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Var. b. suBiNERMis Rogers. Flora, 520 (as B. macrophyllus W.). 

 In open woods, very local. Bishopswood and Hope Mansel parishes 

 in the south, in abundance over a wooded area of about one square 

 mile, and extending into West Gloucester, but unknown elsewhere. 

 This is a remarkable and handsome plant, assuming in the above 

 locality an almost suberect growth. First notice (of the variety), 

 Journ. Bot. 1895, 78. 



R. THYRSOiDEUs Wimm. (sp. collect.). Exclude R. thyrsoideus 

 Wimm. Flora, 88. Included in the Herefordshire Flora on the 

 faith of a single specimen (Cowleigh Park, Malvern, on the eastern 

 border of the county, 1887), which has been, however, assigned to 

 this species with confidence both by Dr. Focke and Rev. W. M. 

 Rogers. First notice, Journ. But. 1895, 78. 



R. siLVATicus W. & N. Flora, 94 (under E, macrophyllus W.). 

 Woods and thickets, rare. Gathered at one locality (Rigg's Wood, 

 Sellack) in the south, and one (Hampton Court) in the centre of 

 the county. Abundant in the Honddu Valley, Black Mountain ; a 

 locality strictly in Monmouthshire, but included in the Hereford- 

 shire Flora. First notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 78. 



R. MACROPHYLLUS (sp. Collcct.) Var. a. MACROPHYLLUS W. & N. 



Flora, 93, 94 (ex parte). In woods and thickets, rare. Haugh Wood 

 in the south, Presteign and Aymestry in the north, Pont Esgob in 

 the west of the county, and probably at other stations ; but I still 

 speak with diffidence on this bramble. 



Var. b. ScHLECHTENDALii (W.). Flora, 94 [ex parte). Abundant 

 nearly throughout Herefordshire, and usually an easily recognised 

 plant, not exhibiting much variation. It is found in hedges and 

 open thickets, not often in woods. 



Var. d. AMPLiFicATUs (Lees). Flora, ^A. Very rare. Known at 

 one station only in the south of the county, in St. Weonard's 

 parish, where it was gathered as far back as 1880. 



R. Salteri Bab. Flora, 90 [ex parte], 519. In woods and open 

 rough ground ; very local. Abundant at Aconbury and its neigh- 

 bourhood, on the borders of the south and central districts, but 

 not known elsewhere in Herefordshire or the neighbouring counties. 



R. Sprengelii W. Flora, 96 (as R. Sprenyelii W., var. Borreri 

 Bell Salt.). Rare and local in Herefordshire; at one station near 

 Kington in the north, and at two in the south of the county on the 

 borders of the Forest of Dean. Increasing in frequency in West 

 Gloucestershire, in the Forest of Dean itself. 



R. orthoclados, n. sp. Stem bluntly angular, green, suberect; 

 hairy, with few nearly sessile glands. Prickles uniform, slender, 

 declining, almost subulate, mostly confined to the angles. Leaves 

 3-5nate pedate ; terminal leaflet short-stalked, ovate or elliptic, 

 (jra(hialhi acuminate, icith long point ; intermediate similar, basal 

 subsessiie, imbricate. Leaflets green on both sides, with scattered 

 hairs above, and short Miff hair beneath ; veins prominent beneath, 

 impressed above ; toothing shallow, irregular. Panicle irregularly 

 pyramidal, with blunt top ; rachis zigzag ; prickles very few, acicular. 

 Branches 3-5-flowered, ultra- axillary part short, with patent 1-3- 

 flowered branches, and subsessiie primordial flower. Peduncles, 



