158 HEREFORDSHIRE RUBI. 



Sclil. var. vestitus). Locally abundant in many parts of the county. 

 Ross and Gorstley districts, in the south, extending into the central 

 districts at Aconbury ; Malvern and other districts in the east. 

 Unknown at present in the north and west. 



Var. b. ROBusTus (P. J. Muell.). Still more local than the type. 

 Abundant in St. Weonard's parish, in the south ; seen at two other 

 stations, one in the south, one in the north of the county. 



Var. c. CLivicoLA, nov. var. Flora, 519 (as R. montanus 

 Wirtg.). Stem arched, angled, with many scattered hairs, red in 

 exposure. Prickles uniform, strong, slightly declining, bright rosy 

 red at base, with yellow tip. Leaves quinate or 5-pedate ; leaflets 

 small, not imbricate, lowest very shortly stalked, peduncle and 

 midrib armed with strong sharp prickles. Leaflets with close 

 white or ash-coloured felt underneath. Terminal leaflets long-stalked, 

 roundish cuspidate-acuminate, all the leaflets deeply doubly serrate, 

 with conspicuousl 1/ waved edges, green above, aslty wJute beneath. 

 Flowering branch with many strong thorns, which are similar to 

 those of the stem. Rachis hairy, glandular especially in the lower 

 part, branched and slightly wavy below, the ultra-axillary part 

 long, nearly cylindrical, with patent, 1-3-flowered, often 1-flowered 

 branches. Fruit round, rather small, freely produced. Sepals 

 ovate-acuminate, reflexed in flower and fruit, with ash-coloured 

 felt. Flowers cup-shaped ; petals white or faintly rose-coloured ; 

 stamens longer than, ultimately connivent on, the yellow-green 

 styles. The ash-coloured felt of the leaves, the Waved edges and 

 prominent veins of the smnll leaflets ; the subrotund, somewhat 

 obtuse-angular shape of the terminal one; and the patent, 1- or 

 1-3-flowered upper branches of the panicle, are characteristic. The 

 stem bears some, sometimes many, sessile glands ; rachis and 

 pedicels bear many ; the latter bear also numerous hooked prickles. 

 Clearly in its place as a variety of R. artjentatus P. J. Muell., with 

 which plant it was associated by Dr. Focke, who saw it growing, 

 and by Rev. W. Moyle Rogers. Native in woods, thickets, and 

 hedges, especially in hill districts. Distribution. — Monmouthshire: 

 Near Trelleck; Houddu Valley, abundantly. West Gloucestpr : 

 Flaxley and Longhope Valleys. Herefordshire: Occurring in all 

 the divisions of the county, but especially abundant in the hilly 

 districts to the west, under the Black Mountain. Brec'nsbire : 

 Very abundant in the mountain valleys and subalpine ground in 

 the Brecon Beacon range. Glyn Tarell; ascending to 1300 ft. in 

 Glyn Collwng, at Torpantau tunnel mouth. In the neighbourhood 

 of Crickhowell. Montgomery: At the junction of tlie Tarenig and 

 the Wye. Oxfordshire: Wormsley Wood, Rev. W. Moyle Rogers! 



R. RusTicANUs Merc. Flora, 87 (as R. discolor W. & N.). Very 

 widely distributed in the county, and absent from no district. 

 Hybrids of R. rusticanus are of rather frequent occurrence, and have 

 been noticed with the following species in Herefordshire: rhamni- 

 folius, pyramidalis, leucostachys, ecJtinatus, fuscus, and corylifolius. 



R. PUBESCENS W. (sp. collect.). Flora, 87 {e.v parte). In woods 

 and thickets, rare and local. Caplar and one other locality in the 

 south ; Coxwall Knoll in the north of the county. 



