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pressis inpoqiialibus, aciculis setisque crebris instructo ; foliolis 

 rugosis hand duplicato-serratis, subtus pilosis et viridibus at baud 

 tomentosis ; panicula ad apicem foliosa, ramis brevissimis ; sepalis 

 erecto-patentibus vel fructui laxe adpressis ; petalis latis rugosis 

 albis. 

 6. intensus ; caule liorrido, hirto, aculeis parvis at densissimis, 

 aciculis setisque ; foliolis subtus pilosis hand tomentosis baud du- 

 plicate serratis ; panicula aperta ramis longis et compositis ; petalis 

 albis (?) ; sepalis fructui hand laxe adpressis, longe attenuatis. 

 British Synonymy of the 'plant. 



R. hirtus, Lindl. Synop. Erit. PL p. 94. R. Schleicheri et dumeto- 

 rum, Leigbt. Fl. Sbrop. p. 237. R. diversifoUus, Lindl. Synop, cd. 2. 

 p. 94=Bab. Man. ed. 5. p. 217, and 6tb edition ; and ' Britisb Eubi,' 

 p. 217. R. fusco-ater,^B)o. Synops. p. 29, and editions 1 to 4 of the 

 ' Mamial,' not 5, 6, and 'Britisb Rubi.' R. tuberculatus, Bab. Fl. 

 Camb. p. 306; 'British Rubi,' p. 280. R. nemorosus, Bab. Syn. p. 

 33, and the earlier editions of the ^M.B.Xi\m\' ex parte. — The plant dis- 

 tributed by Mr. Bloxam under the name nemorosus always this and 

 Leighton's nemorosus, var. ferox. R. diversifolias and tuberculatus. 

 Baker's ' North Yorkshire,' pp. 227-228. 

 Foreign Synonymy. 



R. dumetorum, as defined by Weihe and Nees in ' Rubi Germanic!,' 

 D. 99, excluding corylifolias and some other synonyms, and the dume- 

 torum of all German writers also excluding corylifolius. R. nemorosus, 

 Garcke, Fl. Nord. Deutschl. ed. 6, p. 126 (excluding the synonyms 

 pallidus, W. and N., and TFahlbergii, Arrh.), but scarcely the nemo- 

 rosus of Hayne as figured Arzne. iii. t. 10, and certainly neither of 

 Arrhenius nor of Godron, both of which, as represented by authentic 

 specimens in the Kew Herbarium, are forms of corylifolius. R. diver- 

 sifoUus, Genevier, ' Rubi,' p. 41. R. delectus, schistogenes, and horre- 

 factus, Muller. R. adenoleucos, Chaboisseau. 



[The conclusion of this papei*, with two plates illustrating the varieties 3 

 and S, will be given in the next number.] 



CALLITRICHE TRUNCATA, Guss., AS A BRITISH PLANT. 

 By Henky Trimen, M.B., F.L.S. 

 Durini,' his recent visit to London, Dr. Hegelmaier, of Tiibingen, 



