ON SOME NORTH DEVON PLANTS. 11 



the Barnstaple Eoad. Decidedly local. Not recorded for N. Devon 

 in " British Rubi," but discovered near Westward Ho in 1880 by- 

 Mr. H. A. Evans. 



R. discolor, W. & N. — Lynton district ; especially common close 

 to the sea ; frequent, but not as a rule the prevailing bramble, 

 inland. Instow and Braunton Burrows ; about Instow, Westward 

 Ho, Torrington, and Umberleigh. 



Pi, leucostachys, Sm. — Hedge near West Lyn Farm (a bush or 

 two), the only place near Lynton where I saw the typical plant ; 

 but here and there in W. Lyn Valley occurs just the plant 

 described at p. 115 of Brit. Rub. as the R. leucostachys var. 

 argenteus of Bell Salter and of Prof. Babington's ' Synopsis.' 

 Westward Ho ; Torrington ; Umberleigh. I believe not previously 

 recorded for N. Devon, except in Rav. Fl. on Mr. R. Stewart's 

 authority. 



R. villicaulis, W. & N. — Valleys of East and West Lyn, 

 frequent. Valley of Rocks. New record. 



R. 7nacrophyUus, Weihe, a. umbrosus. — W. Lyn Down, and 

 border of Exmoor towards Martinhoe ; between Lynton and Lyn- 

 mouth ; Woody Bay ; between Barnstaple and Parracoml3e ; 

 Westward Ho. Frequent, especially on high ground. — c. Schlec- 

 tendalii. — Hedges of steep lane between Ilford Bridges and W. Lyn 

 Down. 



R. pyramidalis, Bab. — Between Watersmeet and Ilford Bridges, 

 in one or two spots ; and again (in greater quantity) beyond Ilford 

 Bridges, towards Brendon. {R. Mmkvi, W. & N., and (i. pyra- 

 midalis, R. pyramidalis, Bab. — " Banks of the Lyn near Brendon ;" 

 the "var. with the type." Mr. E. Lees on British Rubi in 

 Phyt. iv.) Not recorded for N. Devon in Brit. Rub. 



Pi. Gimtheri, Weihe. — By Ilford Bridges and in lanes and 

 woods near ; in considerable quantity. No N. Devon station given 

 in Brit. Rub. 



R, glayidulosus, Bell, a. Bellardi. — Furzy hillside near Tor- 

 rington. b. hirtus. — Valleys of E. & W. Lyn, in several places; 

 above Woody Bay; near Parracombe. Usually the sub-var. R. 

 rotundifolius, Blox. New record. 



R. Balfourianiis ? Blox. — "I should provisionally place this 

 under Balfourianus'' is what Prof. Babington says of a curiously 

 weak bramble which prevails, almost to the exclusion of every 

 other, in the immediate neighbourhood of Instow. It seems to 

 bear hardly any fruit. 



Pi. corylifolius, Sm. — Braunton Burrows ; near Westward Ho ; 

 Umberleigh (good sublustris), in great quantity. New record. 



R. ccBsius, L. — WooUacombe Sands ; the only place in N. Devon 

 where I am quite satisfied that I have seen it. 



Four of the most characteristic Rubi in the Lynton district I 

 have quite failed to identify satisfactorily: — (1) "Near affinis,'' 

 Prof. Babington, — a very large-leaved and remarkably leafy plant 

 with handsome white flowers, — is certainly one of the most con- 

 spicuous brambles everywhere about Lynton and along the ^ border 

 of Exmoor as far as Loxhore. I have not met wdth anything like 



