lyo EPPING FOREST RUBI, 



form of radii I. x^ is now referred by Mr. Rogers with some licsitation 

 io R. echi/iatus, Lindl. He says : "Under R. echiiiafi/s, I-indl., I 

 think. A remarkable and very beautiful variety." In this case the 

 name radula will have to be omitted. It illustrates the extreme dif- 

 ficulty of classifying some of the forms of this most perplexing genus 

 to note that this not uncommon bramble has been variously named 

 radula, rosaceiis and echinatus. It may ultimately require a name to 

 itself. Another bramble, one of the largest and most showy I have 

 yet collected, is in a similar case. Mr. Moyle Rogers says of it : 

 " This handsome plant seems just intermediate between R. echinatus, 

 Lindl., and R. rosaceus, W. &: N., but with mature stems very dif- 

 ferent from both." (Watson Club Report). 



Another bramble found about Walthamstow has been named 

 R. emersistylus, P. J. Miill, by Prof. Babington, who has also referred 

 one of the commonest forms under hirtus to R. saxicolus, P. J. Miill. 

 Another form of the same group he is disposed to place under R. 

 kaltenbachii. I think we have two of the three varieties of R. coryli- 

 folius, but will await the confirmation of the authorities before 

 recording them. 



It will be seen that there is work yet to be done among the Rubi 

 of the forest, and that the list, though growing, is not complete. 



The following are the additions : — 



R. rhombifolius, Weihe. 



R. pyramidalis, Kalt. 



R. amplificatus, Lees. 



R. sprengelii, Weihe. 



R. plinthostylus, Genev, 



R. emersistylus, Lees. 



R. saxicolus, P. J. Miill. 



The following two species, given in ray former list, should be 

 omitted. 



R. radula, Weihe., and R. sertiflorus, P. J. Mull. 



