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



27. ? R. Schleicheri (Weihe}) ; caule arcuato vel procumbente suban- 

 guloso vel subtereti pilis setisque sparsis, aculeis sparsis insequali- 

 bus rectis declinatis, foliis quinatis vel ternatis pilosis subtus viri- 

 dibus moUiter pubescentibus, foliolo terminali rotundo breviter acu- 

 minato inferne attenuate, paniculae parvse setosse ramis 3 — 4 di- 

 stantibus valde paucifloris brevibus corymboque terminali simplici : 

 aculeis multis longis rectis declinatis, sepalis fructus erecto-paten- 

 tibus. 



R. Schleicheri, Leight. ! FL Shrop. 237 ; Bell Salt, ! in Phytol. ii. 



131. 



Rare. Shropsbire, Rev. TV. A. Leighton ; Hants, Dr. Bell 

 Salter. July and August. 



Ohs. 1. Althougb Dr. Salter and I bave continued the use of 

 the above name for tbis plant, we are far from being convinced 

 that it is the species figured and described in the ^ Rubi Germa- 

 nici ' ; I have therefore not quoted that work. Leighton sent 

 specimens to Nees von Esenbeck, who named them as above, but 

 that does not remove my doubts. Neither am I satisfied that 

 this is a distinct species ; it has much the appearance of a plant 

 in one of its earlier stages of growth. 



28. R. Wahlbergii (Arrh.); caule arcuato obtusanguloso, pilis setisque 

 paucis vel subnuUis, aculeis multis valde insequalibus, foliis qui- 

 natis subtus pallide viridibus, foliolo terminali late ovato acuminate 

 inferne cordate, ramorum floriferorum cordato inferne lato, panicula 

 longa feliosa aciculata, sepalis fructus patentibus, petalis obovatis 

 inferne attenuatis, ** stylis virescentibus." 



R. Wahlbergii, Arrhen. Rub. Suec. 43; Godron, Rub. Nancy, 16; 



Bell Salt. ! in Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. 371. 



Stem nearly terete at its base, obtusely angular above. Prickles 

 very numerous and very unequal, straight, rather declining ; on 

 the autumnal shoots and the petioles hooked. Leaves cuspidate- 

 dentate -serrate. Stipules of the flowering shoot narrow. " Torus 

 conical. Fruit blue-black.^^ Panicles with very numerous, long, 

 strong, declining prickles. 



Hedges in the south of England. August. 



Obs. 1. In some states this plant closely resembles R. coi^yli- 

 foliuSf which difibrs from it by having equal prickles on a sub- 

 terete stem, those on the petioles nearly straight ; the torus 

 ^' roundish-clavate." Between this and the following species the 

 specific character is a sufficient distinction. 



Obs. 2. A state of arrested development occurs in this plant 

 in more shady places when the plant is suberect and the panicle 

 very short with large leaves amongst the flowers ; it is the R. 

 Wahlbergii 13. frustratus (Bell Salt.), ^ Ann. Nat. Hist.' xvi. 371. 

 Similar states occur in other species. 



29. R. nemorosus (" Hayne ") ; caule arcuate subanguleso, pilis se- 



