3l8 Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 



j8. Menkii ; foliis mediocribus quinatis vel ternatis, foliolo terminali 



ovali-lanceolato, panicula hirta, sepalis aciculatis. 

 R. Menkii, Rub. Germ. 66. t. 22. 



Rare. a. Dumfries-shire. Alborne, Sussex, Mr. Borrer. 

 Almond Park, Salop. jS. Mount Nod near Tunbridge Wells, 

 Mr. Borrer ; Haughton Dale, Cheshire, Mr. Sidebotham. 



Ohs. 1. It is very difficult to point out upon paper any good 

 character by which to distinguish this plant from the following, 

 between which and R. Koehleri it forms the connecting link. 



Obs. 2. The Rev. W. H. Coleman has sent a specimen under 

 the name of R. horridissimus (Colem. MSS.) which seems to be 

 referable to this species. The panicle appears to have been taken 

 from a young plant, and so does not admit of accurate determina- 

 tion ; it is short, narrow, nearly simple ; the two lower axillary 

 branches 3-flowered, very short; the rest single-flowered and 

 short. Barren shoot rather angular, thickly covered with prickles, 

 aciculi, setse and hairs merging gradually into each other ; prickles 

 slender, nearly or quite straight, declining. Petioles both gene- 

 ral and partial, similarly armed, except that the prickles are de- 

 flexed and the hairs much more numerous. Leaves quinate, dull 

 green and pilose above, rather paler, hairy and finely tomentose 

 beneath. Terminal leaflet oblong-obovate acuminate. This plant 

 is well deserving of attention ; it was found in Easney Park Wood 

 near Ware, Hertfordshire, in flower on the 26th of June 1844. 



25. R. glandulosus (Bell. !) ; caule arcuate declinatove tereti vel 

 subanguloso hirto setoso, aculeis parvis tenuibus inaequalibus rectis 

 declinatis, foliis ternatis vel quinatis concoloribus pilosis subtus 

 hirtis, foliolo terminali ovali obovato vel obovato-lanceolato, pani- 

 culse valde setosae hirtae vel tomentosse aciculatse corymbosse inferne 

 foliosse setis brevibus subaequalibus purpureis, sepalis fructui laxe 

 adpressis reflexisve setosis. 



a. Bellardi (Bell Salt. !) ; caule tereti sparsim pilose valde setoso, 

 aculeis parvis permultis, foliolo terminali ovato cuspidate aequaliter 

 subtiliterque serrato, paniculae tementesae aculeis multis tenuibus 

 rectis herizentalibus apice et ramis paucis longis distantibus pau- 

 cifleris corymbosis. — Ann. Nat. Hist.xvi. 370. 



R. Bellardi, Rub. Germ. 97. t. 44. 



R. glandulesus, Eng. Bot. Suppl. 2883. 



j3. Lejeunii (Bell Salt.!); caule subanguloso sparsim pilose setoso, 

 aculeis plurimum parvis nennullis lengieribus, foliolo terminali ovali 

 cuspidate vel ebovate -lanceolate ineequaliter subtiliterque serrato, 

 panicula ramesse valde tomentosce setis multis recenditis brevibus 

 aculeisque tenuibus declinatis vel subreflexis. 



R. Lejeunii, Rub. Germ. 79. t. 31. 



y. rosaceus (Bell Salt. !) ; caule subanguloso hirto valde setoso, 

 aculeis valde insequalibus, foliolo terminali obovato vel obovato- 



