102 NOTES ON THE EUBI OF WARWICKSHIRE. 



8. R. hemistemon, Mull. — In copses aiid quarries. Apparently- 

 very rare. This was first found by Rev. A. Bloxam (1) at Ather- 

 stone Outwoods, and communicated to Prof. Babington under a 

 different name. The specimens I send are from bushes I first 

 noticed in a sandstone quarry near Berkswell, in 1874. Specimens 

 from the same locahty were named li. hemistemon by Prof. 

 Babington in 1881. The plant is very abundant both here and in 

 a small coppice near the quarry. Like it. plicatus, it flowers very 

 early ; as early as May in some seasons, and continues flowering 

 till late in the season. 



9. R. Lindleianus, Lees. — In hedges and on heath-lands and 

 heathy waysides. Is more or less abundant throughout the county. 

 (1) In Sutton Park, and in the lanes about Marston Green and 

 Coleshill Heath, I find a broad-leaved form, which Prof. Babington 

 considers to be the R. nitidus of Bell Salter. This form is very 

 near R. ajfinis, differing, however, in tha armature of the panicle 

 and the clothing of the leaves. 



10. R. rhamnifoUus, W. & N. — In hedges, thickets, and on 

 heathy waysides. Locally abundant. (1) In a few spots in 

 Sutton Park ; lanes about Marston Green and Coleshill Heath ; 

 Eidge Lane, near Bentley Park ; Brockhill Lane, near Honily ; 

 lanes about Solihull and Umberslade. (2) Lanes about Rowington 

 and Baddesley Clinton ; Rounshill Lane, Kenilworth ; near Allesley. 

 The typical plant is fairly well marked, but some of its forms, 

 especially the variety (11) cordif alius, are closely like some of the 

 forms of Fi. macrophyllus var. ft. The cordifolius form has a similar 

 range to the type. 



12. jR. ramosus, Blox. — In quarries and hedges. Very local, 

 but abundant in the two stations from whence I record it. In a 

 lane at Minworth, the main element of the hedge for about twenty 

 yards. In a stone quarry near Hartshill. Very abundant, and 

 usurping the quarry to itself. From the first station it was sent to 

 Prof. Babington, who suggested that it might be ft. ramosus, and it 

 was afterwards confirmed as that subspecies by Mr. Bloxam. When 

 I visited Mr. Bloxam in 1875, he told me he had only found R. 

 ramosus in one Warwickshh^e station. That w^as in the Dunchurch 

 road, from Rugby, and, as he marked on my map the exact spot, I 

 went in search of this bramble in 1880, but could not then find a 

 trace of it; possibly the plant had been destroyed. At first Mr. 

 Briggs was inclined to consider the Warwickshire plant from Min- 

 worth distinct from the Plymouth plant, and it certainly differs 

 very markedly ; recently, however, Mr. Briggs has sent me other 

 specimens from that neighbourhood, which more nearly approach 

 our plant. He says, respecting these Plymouth specimens, " I am 

 glad you think that form of R. ramosus, Blox., from Thornbury, so 

 near that of your neighbourhood. It seems to me too near the 

 more general plant of this neighbourhood, which was named 

 ramosus by the late Mr. Bloxam himself, to be separated from it 

 specifically ; hence, after all, the ramosus of Devon and Cornwall 

 may be essentially one with that of Warwickshire." This, I think, 

 is a very interesting and satisfactory opinion. 



