Bubus.} ROSACEA. 89 



County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. Fl. June— Aug. h .—Stem 

 a little angular, mostly green, tinged with red above, the angle on the 

 under side the largest, seldom hairy, but covered with minute black 

 glands, particularly on the under surface and near the tops of the 

 young shoots, which are nearly upright, and only bent a little at the 

 extremities. Leaves pale green, rather rugose and slender, generally 

 quinate, unless those near the flowers, which are mostly in threes, the 

 upper one single. Petals small, pale white, rather long and narrow. 

 Fruit seldom more than six in a cluster, small, bright red when ripen- 

 ing, black when ripe. (3. Whole plant stouter, more prickly, with 

 shoots more angular and decurved. 



b. Stem arched or prostrate, rooting. 

 a. Prickles nearly uniform, confined to the angles of the stem. 



3. R. rhamvifolius, W. and N. Buckthorn-leaved Bramble. 

 Stem arched, obsoletely angular and furrowed, nearly naked ; 

 prickles uniform, straightish, (horizontal or deflexed) ; leaves 

 quinate, of five stalked, roundish, acuminate, coriaceous leaflets, 

 paler beneath ; panicle repeatedly divided, diffuse, somewhat 

 downy. Br. FL 1. p. 245. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 401. E. Bot. 

 Suppl. t. 2604. Lindl. Syn. p. 92.— R. eordif alius, TV. and N. t. 

 5. Lindl. Syn. p. 92. f 



Hedges in the County of Derry, frequent ; Mr. D. Moore. Hedges 

 on the road-side between Belfast and Comber. Fl. July, Aug. I? . — 

 Stem strong, decurved, somewhat zigzag, green below and purple 

 towards the points. Prickles stiong, decurved with yellow points, 

 those at the bottom of the shoot small, green, and almost straight. 

 Leaflets quinate, of a greyish colour, on long footstalks, especially the 

 terminal one, cordate, with pretty long sharp points, irregularly cut 

 and undulated, smooth above ; hairy beneath and along the edges. 

 Panicle compound, spreading and leafy, often very large, with many 

 hooked prickles. Sepals long, with green points, woolly, and sometimes 

 a few setae. Petals obovate and notched at the point, sometimes 

 white, but tinged with purple. Fruit large, black when ripe. 



4. R. fruticosus, Linn. Common Bramble or Blackberry. 

 Stem arched, angular, furrowed, mostly minutely hairy ; prick- 

 les uniform, straightish (horizontal or deflexed) ; leaves digitate 

 of five-stalked obovate coriaceous leaflets decurved at the edges, 

 their underside and the elongated panicle white with close down. 

 Br. Fl. I. p. 246. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 309. E. Bot. t. 715.— R. 

 discolor, IV. and JV. t. 20. Lindl. Syn. p. 93. — R. abruptus, Lindl. 

 Syn. p. 92. 



p. R. vulgaris major, fructu albo Raii. Syn. 467. 



Hedges and thickets in the more open districts, g. On a hedge 

 bank about two miles south of Bray-head, where it was first 

 pointed out to me by Mr. Robert Hodgens. Fl. Aug. Sep. T? . — 

 Stem shrubby, of a dark red or purple, strongly angular, with interme- 

 diate furrows, tough aud woody, biennial or often perennial, the barren 

 ones smooth, arched, and, when coming in contact with loose earth, 

 taking root at the extremity ; the others erect and slightly downy at 



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