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EPPING FOREST RUBI. 



By J. T. POWELL. 

 PART IIL— FURTHER ADDITIONS. 



[See Essex Naturalist, Vol. III., p. 20 ; and Vol. V ., //. .189-190.] 



^HROUGH thekindnes.s of the Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, F.L.S., I 

 -*- am able to record some additions to the Hst of Forest Brambles. 



I mentioned in my last paper (Essex Naturalist, vol. v., p. 

 189) that one elegant but puzzling little Rubus had received three 

 different names. A specimen of this form was forwarded by Mr. 

 Rogers to Dr. Focke, the greatest European authority on the genus, 

 who named it Rubus hystrix, Weihe, var. This nearly agrees with 

 Professor Babington's determination, and may be accepted as con- 

 clusive. Thus a difficulty is cleared up and another name added to 

 the Forest list. 



A very distinct-looking Bramble found on both sides of the 

 Epping Road towards the Wake Valley turns out to be R. fuscus, 

 W. and N. This name is not in the " London Catalogue of British 

 Plants," and is, I believe, a new record for the district. Also near 

 the Wake Valley Pond I found a bush or two of a very striking form 

 which I had not seen before. This proved to be R. corylifolius, var. 

 conju/igetis, Bab. The commoner variety of the same species, siiblus- 

 tris. Lees, is found about Leppitt's Hill and elsewhere ; and was 

 included in my first paper (Essex Naturalist, vol. iii., p. 20) 

 under the aggregate name. Two other forms, possibly hybrids, have 

 not, up to the present time, been satisfactorily referred to any known 

 species. 



The nomenclature of the Rubi is in so transitional a state that 

 one or two of the names given in my previous reports, on the 

 authority of the " London Catalogue," eighth edition (already out of 

 date so far as the Brambles are concerned), w'U have to be changed. 

 This revision it will be well to defer. 



The additions are : — 



R. hystrix, Weihe, var. High Beach to Wake Arms. 

 R. fuscus, W. and N. Epping Road. 



R. corylifolius, Sm. 



var. a. subiustns. Lees. Leppitt's Hill, etc. 

 „ b. conjungens, Bab. Wake Valley. 



