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which may to some extent account for the difficulty at first ex- 

 perienced in naming some of tliem. But I now believe that in the 

 vast majority of cases Irish brambles are practically identical with 

 those of Great Britain. As usual, an asterisk will be found pre- 

 fixed in the case of new county records. Where the collector's 

 name follows the locality given, the sign ! is added as often as 

 I have seen specimens. 



R2ibus Idam L. Appears to be generally distributed, though in 

 some districts rather sparingly. 



SUBERECTI. 



B. suherectus ^wdi^v^. 38. Castlewellan Lake, Stewart \ The 

 only Irish suberectus that I have seen, except a Westmeath plant 

 from Knock Drin. I have seen no R.Jissus. 



R. Rogersu Linton. 38. Mile Hill Lane, Aghaderg ; very local. 

 Not yet found in any quantity in Ireland, but quite characteristic 

 in this Aghaderg locality, as at Gilhall, Dromore [Lett !), and Saint- 

 field {Warden !), in other parts of Co. Down. I have also seen a 

 Derry specimen, collected by Mr. Druce at Lough Neagh. 



R. j)Ucatus Wh. & N. Locally abundant. 37. Lane by Dublin 

 Road, Newry. 38. Anacloan ; Banbridge. "39. Ballymena ; Cush- 

 endall; Giant's Causeway ; but " not common," F. A. Rogers. 



Ehamnifolii. 



R, Lindleianus Lees. 37. Lurgan ; Armagh, Fraeger ! Raugh- 

 lin, Waddell ! & Lett \ Lough Gilly, Fruce ! Scarva, abundant ; 

 near Newry. 38. Aghaderg and neighbourhood ; common. At 

 Saintfield found only sparingly by Mr. Waddell. 39. Glen Dun, 

 Shoolbredl Cushendall ; Giant's Causeway ("not common"), F. A. 

 Rogers ; Glynn. In 37 and 38 usually very abundant and typical ; 

 but the form with roundish-cordate terminal leaflet referred to in 

 my Handbk. Brit. Rnbi, p. 28, as received from Canon Lett, is 

 quite frequent in his neighbourhood, and in this one feature (the 

 terminal leaflet of its stem-leaf), though not in other respects, it 

 recalls the true R. cordi/olius of Rnbi Germanici. 



R. rhammfoJius Wh. & N. 37. Armagh, Fraeger ! bushy ground 

 near Newry. 38. Aughnadarragh, Saintfield, Waddell ! near Gil- 

 ford, Lettl Aghaderg. 39. Cairncastle, Stewart I The ordinary 

 British form. Apparently quite frequent. 



Subsp. Bakeri F. A. Lees. '''38. Dry banks by the sea, Kil- 

 lough, Waddell ! 



R. jndcherrimus Neum. 37 & 38. Very abundant and charac- 

 teristic. 39. Cushendall and Knocknacarry ; Larne ; Cave Hill, 

 Belfast, SJioolbred ! near Giant's Causeway, Bailey \ & F. A. Rogers ! 

 Glynn. 



ViLLICAULES. 



R. Selmeri Lindeb. 37. Tanderagee, Lettl Scarva and near 

 Newry, very abundant. 38. Saintfield, Waddell ! common at Ag- 

 haderg ; Anacloan. 39. Cushendall ; near Giant's Causeway, 

 Bailey \ k F. A. Rogers. Evidently as abundant and easily recog- 

 nized through a great part of Ireland as in most parts of Great 



