Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 169 



which vary gi'eatly in number. Leaves pinnate, of two pairs and 

 an odd leaflet, snowy-white beneath; terminal leaflet ovate or 

 cordate with a long stalk, lateral ones ovate, nearly or quite ses- 

 sile; on the flowering-shoots ternate. Fruit red or amber-co- 

 loured. 



jS. trifoliatus (Bell Salt. I) ; caule polito alto, aculeis paucis minimis 

 rectis, foliis ternatis, foliolo terminali pedicellate, panicula laxa, 

 fructibus sanguineis. Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. 365. 



y. Leesii; caule tomentoso alto, aculeis paucis brevissimis purpureis, 

 foliis ternatis, foliolis omnibus rotundato-ovatis subsessilibus late- 

 ralibus terrainali incumbentibus, panicula fructuque ignotis. 



R. Idseus c. fragariae-similis, Lees ! in Lond. Cat, of Br. Plants (name 

 only). 



In woods and hilly places, y. In a wood near Ilford Bridges, 

 three miles from Linton, Devonshire, Mr. E. Lees, June. 



Obs. I. Our var. /3. is at least as large as the normal plant. 

 Not so the trifoliate var. microphyllus (Wallr. Sched. Crit. 226), 

 which is much smaller, has leaves of only half the size, and is 

 branched from the base. 



Obs. 2. Our var. <y. is a very curious plant, of which the barren 

 stems alone were found. Its three leaflets being all nearly or 

 quite sessile and very round, give it greatly the appearance of a 

 distinct species. It is well deserving of the attention of botanists 

 visiting the north of Devon. 



** Caules plerique suberecti ; folia digitata vel subpinnata ; panicula 



laxa. 



2. R. suherectus (Anders. !) ; caule suberecto anguloso, aculeis pau- 

 cis minimis rectis subulatis, foliis quinatis septenatisve, foliolis 

 flexibilibus : terminali cordato-ovato acuminate infimis subsessili- 

 bus, ramorum jloriferorum basi attenuatis, panicula subsimplici, se- 

 paHs a fructu (atro-sanguineo) reflexis. 



R,. suherectus, Anders, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 218. t. 16; Eng. Bot. 

 2572; Sm. Eng. Fl. ii. 406 ; Arrhen. Rub. Suec. 19. 



Stems 3 — 4 feet high, nodding at the end, glabrous. Prickles 

 enlarged suddenly at the base. Leaves green on both sides, paler 

 beneath, pilose ; on the flowering shoots ternate, all much nar- 

 rowed to their base, terminal one scarcely emarginate below. 

 Panicle usually unarmed, or with small hooked prickles. Torus 

 conical. 



/3. trifoliatus (Bell Salt. !) ; caule polito, aculeis paucis, foHis ternatis, 

 panicula elongata laxa simplici, " fructibus sanguineis." Ann. 

 Nat. Hist. xvi. 365. 



Boggy woods and heaths. July and August. 



Obs. 1. The typical form of this plant cannot be confounded 



