ON THE RUBI LIST IN 'LONDON CATALOGUE.' 46 



just possibly have a strain of R. pimpinellifolia in it; a theory, 

 however, which more detailed examination showed to be groundless. 

 The report upon it was as follows: — " C'est pour moi la var. 

 jenensis M. Schultze du R. ruhi(/inosn L. Pedicelles et receptacles 

 lisses ; sepales non glanduleux sur le dos. C'est une variete rare 

 et qui est nouvelle pour I'Angleterre." Dr. Focke (in tlie new 

 edition of Koch's Si/nnpsis, p. 836) gives Miith. But. Ver. Thiir. 

 1884, as the place and date of publication. 



Although the question is unconnected with what precedes, 

 I may state here an experience of mine which probably has some 

 bearing on a remark under R. Sahini in Mr. Baker's Monagraph of 

 British Hoses, pp. 205-6: — "Ascending to 300 yds. in Yorkshire, 

 and probably to a considerable height in Forfarshire, as Don 

 localizes a specimen 'on a rock on one of the mountains at the 

 head of Clora [Clova] , near the limits of perpetual snow,' hence 

 his name nivalis)." On July 12th, 1888, when descending from 

 the table-land above Craig Rennet into Glen Fiagh, I noticed, when 

 but a short distance down the cliffs, a rose which I supposed at the 

 time to be R. piinpinellifolia. It was not in flower, and I un- 

 fortunately omitted to take specimens or make a proper examination ; 

 but I have little doubt that this was Don's station, if not the very 

 same bush. The elevation must have been at least 2500 ft., 

 probably more. 



ON THE RUBI LIST IN 'LONDON CATALOGUE,' Ed. 9. 



By the Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, F.L.S. 



Since the publication of the 8th edition of the London Catalogue 

 in 1886, a great impetus has been given to our study of British 

 Rubi by Dr. Focke's visits to England in 1889 and 1894. He has 

 now seen a considerable number of our plants in the living state, 

 in addition to the very large number of dried specimens which he 

 has been receiving all this time. Many of the difficulties and 

 uncertainties which weighed upon Professor Babington when he 

 compiled the list for the 8th ed, of the Catalogue have thus gradually 

 been removed. In a very large number of cases there is no longer 

 room for doubt as to the identity of our species with Continental 

 ones. But, on the other hand, not unnaturally a good many of the 

 names with which we were once familiar have had to give place to 

 new ones, and the persevering work of a steadily increasing company 

 of students has brought to light many strikingly distinct new forms 

 which can no longer be ignored, though the utmost caution and 

 self-restraint are necessary in our attempts to deal with them. 

 That under these circumstances there should be considerable 

 changes in our list is inevitable. I shall try to explain these, 

 or give reference to former explanations, as I proceed, in the 

 briefest possible terms. As it has been necessary to revise the 

 comital numbers for the different species, the key to the revised 

 numbers will be given by the enumeration in each case of the 

 several Watsonian vice-counties in which the plant is known to 



