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border of the county. Mr. Benson finds this bramble in Shrop- 

 shire ; and as it was also found last year in the hilly woods 

 near Trelleck, Monmouthshire, it will probably prove to have a 

 larger range than at present appears in Herefordshire. First 

 found, 1895. 



E. ECHiNATUs Lindl. Flora, 99 (as R. rudis W.). Wood-borders 

 and hedges ; common, and distributed over all the county. Often 

 one of the most abundant of the glandular brambles. 



E. oiGocLADos Muell. & Lefv. In woods, very local. The 

 wooded hills of the centre of the county near Foxley and Weobley 

 are the home of this bramble ; in these it is extremely abundant. 

 One or two other stations in the south and west exist, but the plant 

 is rare, except in the single district above indicated. First notice, 

 Journ. Dot. 1895, 82. 



Var. b. Newbouldii Bab. In woods, rare ; nowhere occurring 

 in great abundance, like the type. Belmont, Dinmore, and at one 

 or two other stations in the centre, and one in the north of the 

 county. First notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 82. 



E. RUDIS W. & N. Woods and wood-borders, very rare. Only 

 found as yet in a single neighbourhood, at several localities, near 

 Dulas, in the west of the county. Occurring at Symonds Yat, 

 West Gloucester {Ilof/ersU), within a few yards of the Herefordshire 

 boundary. First found, 1892; first record, Journ. Bot. 1895, 100. 



E. PR^RUPTORUM Boul. In woods, scattered and rare. One 

 station (Hope Mansel) in the south, two (Dinmore and Wormesley) 

 in the centre of the county. Our plant is very near the /('. Griifith- 

 ianus Eogers, of Carnarvonshire [Flora of Carnarvonshire and 

 Anrjlesea, 1895, 48) ; but is not, in the opinion of Mr. Eogers, 

 identical with either this or the Dorset K. praruptorum. First 

 found, 1885. 



E. Babingtonii Bell Salt. In woods, rare and rather local. 

 Known at two stations (Walford and Yatton) in the south of the 

 county, and at several in the neighbourhood of Presteign and 

 Eardisley in the north. In the last-named stations the plant occurs 

 in great abundance. First found, 1892. 



E. Lejeunei W. & N.. var. b. ericetorum Lefv. Flora, 99, 522 

 (under B. Badula W.). In woods and thickets, very local. Oc- 

 cupying a single area in the county, of which Eardisley forms the 

 centre. Near this centre the abundance of this plant gives a 

 marked feature to the bramble flora of the district ; it thins out 

 rapidly to east and west, occurring in a few outlying stations. 

 First notice, under the present name, Journ. Bot. 1895, 100. 



E. cAVATiFOLius P. J. Muell. Flora, 101. Woods and thickets, 

 very scarce. This beautiful bramble is abundant a few miles to 

 the south-west of our area, in the district of Monmouthshire bor- 

 dering on the Wye Valley, where it was first detected in Britain. 

 A few outliers alone appear to reach Herefordshire. One bush 

 known on the Little Doward Hill, one on Howie Hill, both near 

 Eoss, on the southern borders of the county. 



E. scABER W. & N. Exclude R. scaler, Flora, 521. In woods, 

 very rare. One station in the south, at Ganarew ; one in the west, 



