172 Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 



5. R. nitidus (W. et N.) ; caule suberecto anguloso Icevi nitido, acu- 

 leis conicis rectis declinatis basi dilatatis, foliis quinato-digitatis 

 plants supra nitidis subtus viridibus pubescentibusque, foliolo ter- 

 minal i ovato rotundatove infimis pedicellatis i?itermediis dissitis, 

 paniculte compositce foliosce ramis patentibus divaricatisve : rachi 

 polita superne pilosa. 



R. nitidus. Rub. Germ. 19. t. 4. 



Stem not arching, but producing a pendulous sboot in the 

 autumn, glabrous or witb a few scattered hairs. Terminal leaflet 

 usually ovate ; all sharply and irregularly serrate. Petioles with 

 short, generally numerous, hooked prickles. Panicle very prickly, 

 its branches usually spreading nearly at right angles to the ra- 

 chis. 



Hedges and thickets. July and August. 



Obs. 1. "This plant is remarkable for the bright varnished 

 appearance " of its stem, as well observed by Dr. T. B. Salter 

 (Phyt. ii. 102). These stems are very frequently only suberect, 

 but in some cases a slender pendulous shoot is produced which 

 reaches the ground and roots. The flowering- shoots are nearly 

 glabrous throughout the greater part of their length, but become 

 gradually more and more covered with patent hairs as the ex- 

 tremity of the panicle is approached, between which the shining 

 cuticle is seen. 



Obs. 2. The panicle is here considerably difierent from that of 

 all the preceding species. It is much more compound, irregular, 

 and often rather close, nor do any of our specimens quite accord 

 with the figure in ' Rub. Grerm.' of this part. A specimen from 

 Dr. Weihe has a less prickly panicle than the English plant. 



*** Caules arcuati vel procumbentes, radicantes, nunquam asperi, 

 setis nullis (ssepe in caulibus junioribus, in maturis rarius, inve- 

 niuntur setae sparsae). Aculei in caulis angulis ssepissime congesti, 

 subsequales. 



6. R. Salteri (n. sp.) ; caule procumbente anguloso sulcato parce 

 pilose, aculeis sequalibus parvis rectis declinatis, foliis quinatis, 

 foliolis ovalibus apiculatis pilosis subtus tomentosis, infimis breviter 

 pedicellatis intermediis dissitis, paniculcB angustcB inferne foliosce 

 pubescentis ramis brevibus divaricatis simplicibus corymbosisve, 

 sepalis fructui oblongo adpressis. 



Stem long, decumbent, angular, striated, furrowed, green, with 

 scattered short patent hairs ; prickles few, moderately long from 

 a thick base, straight, declining, nearly equfil, confined to the 

 angles of the stem, slightly pilose. Leaves quinate-pedate ; sti- 

 pules linear-lanceolate; petioles and midribs with a few small 

 strong declining or deflexed prickles ; leaflets strongly and doubly 

 dentate-serrate in their upper half, the serratures simple and de- 

 creasing downwards ; terminal leaflet oval, shortly pointed, sub- 



