146 NOTES ON THE BUBl OF WArxWICKSHlEE. 



R, huniifiisus, Weilie. — " Eeportecl from Warwickshire," Si/tne, 

 E. />., iii. 189. This I have never seen, nor can I trace any other 

 record of it. 



55. Fi. foliosus, Weihe. — In woods and hedges. Eare, but 

 abundant in some of the stations. (1) Ansle}^ Coal-field Heath. 

 Very abundant, 1880, but building operations bid fair to destroy it 

 there. Lane from Hartshill to Mancetter ; stone-quarries between 

 Hartshill and Nuneaton ; Hartshill Wood, 1878. All these stations 

 are within a radius of three miles. The Warwickshire plant differs 

 markedly from the Devonshire plant ; this I had an opportunity of 

 noticing, as Mr. Briggs sent me fresh specimens h'om his station 

 during the present year. One or other of the plants will require a 

 new name. Mr. Briggs's i^lant appears to me to be degrees nearer 

 the plate of liubi Germ,, than our plant. 



56. R. culornatus, Mull, [atro-ruhcns, Blox.) — In woods, hedges, 

 and on heaths and heathy waste places. Locally abundant. 

 (1) Sutton Park; lane near Marston Green; lane at Minworth; 

 lanes about Temple Balsall ; coppice at Elmdon ; lanes about 

 Solihull. (2) Hay-woods; lanes about Kingswood ; Tile Hill 

 Wood ; borders of Oakley Wood, near Warwick ; Alveston Pas- 

 tures, wood near Stratford-on-Avon. A very distinct bramble, 

 not subject to much variation ; always, as I think, easily detected. 

 This is combined by Prof. Babington (' Manual,' ed. 8) with R. 



foliosus, from which it seems to differ wddely in the characters of 

 the leaves, stem, and panicle. Always recognisable by the hairy 

 glandular stem and panicle, with abundant and strongly declining 

 prickles on both barren shoot and panicle. 



57. R. (jlandiiJosm, a. Bellardl, Weihe. — In woods. Eare. (1) 

 Hartshill Wood ; wood near Hoare Parke, Shustoke. 



58. R. (jlandidosus, a. sub-var. dentatus, Blox. — In woods and 

 on shady banks. Eare. (1) Hartshill Wood ; wood near Hoare 

 Park, Shustoke ; near Boultbie Wood, Fillougley. (2) Wood near 

 Allesley, Coventry Eoad ; Anstey Wood, near Wootton Wawen. 



59. it', (jlandidosus, b. Jiirtus, Wald. — Woods and banks. Eare. 

 (1) Borders of Weigh Wood, Fillougley. (2) Haywood s. 



60. R. (ilandidosus, sub-var. rutundifoUus, Blox. — Borders of 

 woods, hedges, and hedge-banks. Eare. (1) Border of wood near 

 Bentley Park ; on banks in lane above Hoare Park, Shustoke. 



61. R. Bidfourianus, Blox. — In hedges. Locally abundant. 

 (1) Lanes about Shirley and Solihull; near Packington Hall; 

 near Stonebridge ; Atherstone Eoad, near Over Whitacre. (2) 

 Combe Fields and Stoke, near Coventry ; Alcester and Shelfield 

 Green. Off' the type, Alcester Eoad, near Stratford-on-Avon. 



62. /.'. temiiannatiis^ljees. — On hedge-banks. Apparently rare. 

 (1) Near Hoare Park, Shustoke. (2) Borders of wood near 

 Hewell Grange, Tardebig. This I have compared with specimens 

 confirmed by Mr. Edwin Lees, and my specimens appear identical 

 with his. 



63. R. conjlifoliii.s, var. subliistris, Lees. — In hedges and on 

 hedge-banks. Local; abundant in some districts. (1) Lanes 

 about Boldmir, near Sutton ; near New Park, Middleton ; Arley ; 



