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near St. Devereux. First notice, Jouni. Dot. 1895, 101. A plant 

 much resembling U. BdUtrdl W. & N. in its leaves, and mentioned 

 imder this name in the hlura (p, 105), grows in the Tintern neigh- 

 bourhood, and has been, no doubt correctly, attributed to R. scaher 

 W. & N. by Dr. Focke. It reappears in more than one station in 

 the south of Herefordshire. Great Doward; and in Queen's Wood, 

 Upton Bishop. I should like to be allowed to name it var. pseudo- 

 Bellardi. 



R. oBscuRus Kalt. In woods ; abundant at a single station in 

 the centre of the county ; unknown elsewhere. Woods at Belmont, 

 near Hereford. The bright red petals, stamens and styles, and the 

 clasping sepals, make this a striking bramble. First detected by 

 Eev. E. F. Linton and myself in 1893 ; seen in situ by Dr. Focke 

 in 1894, and pronounced by him to be the typical it', obscurus Kalt. 

 of the Continent. First notice, Journ. Bat. 1895, 101. 



R. Fuscus W. & N. Flora, 97 (/v. Blo.vamii Lees), 104 {R.foli- 

 osus W.), 521 {R. thyrsiflorns W. & N.), 523 {/.'. fmcus W. & N.). 

 In woods and thickets, widely spread, and locally abundant. 

 Found in all parts of the county: abundant in the soutli, at 

 Bishopswood ; in the east, at Cowleigh Park, Malvern ; in the 

 north at Croft ; in the west at Moccas. The Bishopswood plant 

 has been pronounced by Dr. Focke to be identical with the German 

 R.fmcus W. & N. Those growing at Cowleigh and Moccas were 

 uniformly named R. tlujrsijiorus W. & N. by tiie late Prof. Babington, 

 and present a very robust form of the species, in which the opening 

 panicle is nodding in bud, as in the New Forest variety named 

 nutans by Mr. Piogers. 



Var. c. MACRosTACHYs (P. J. Muell.). In woods. In several 

 stations in the south of the county, in one of which (Rigg's Wood, 

 Sellack) it was first detected by Dr. Focke in 1894 ; probably also 

 elsewhere ; but I do not feel sure of the limits of this variety and 

 typical R./uscus W. & N. First notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 101. 



R. LoEHRi Wirtg. In hilly woods ; locally abundant. Ranging 

 along the southern boundary of the county from Great Doward on 

 the west to Queen-'s Wood in the east, this bramble is also abundant 

 in the adjoining parts of the vice-county of West Gloucester, in the 

 Torest of Dean, and in Newent Woods. I am not aware of its 

 having been detected as yet in any other county. First record, 

 Bot. Exch. Club Report, 1888, 209. Dr. Focke, after suggesting 

 this name for it in 1888, withdrew his suggestion upon seeing the 

 plant in situ in 1894. An inspection, however, of authentic con- 

 tinental specimens in the herbarium of Rev. W. Moyle Rogers 

 allows no doubt to remain that our plant is identical with it'. Lochri 

 Wirtg. Its nearest alliance, among British brambles, seems to be 

 with R./uscus W. & N. and it. pallidus W. & N., especially with the 

 latter. In comparison with these brambles, the very leafy stem, 

 very densely clothed with stalked glands ; the thin texture of the 

 shouldered ovate-acuminate leaflets, which are green on both sides 

 and have coarse toothing ; and the short broad panicle, much 

 branched, with slender branches, are characteristic of R. Loehri 

 Wirtg. Specimens of this plant, from Linton Wood, Hereford- 



