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B. macrophyllus var. Schlechten' B, rosaceusyax.wfecimdas'Rogevs, 



(lain Weihe. (Westerness). 



B. SpremieVd Weihe. \B. dumetorum vai'. / diversifolius 

 B. echhiatns Lindl. Lindl. (E. Ross).] 



[B. ? Newboiddii (Fife).] ii. ctfstMs var. a?T<?ws/s Wallr.(Rox- 



^. f%raV/6rBab.,var. (N.Ebudes) B. saxatiUs li. [burgh). 



B. rosaceus W. & N. B. Chamamonis L. 



(2) Other Eubi reported from Scotland, but not seen by me, 

 either living or in dried specimens : — 



B. sulcatus Vest. (Perth). B. Koelderi W. & N. 



[i?. affinis W. & N. (Perth). Pro- B. plinthostyJus Genev. (Kirkcud- 



babiy B. Selmeri.] bright). 



7?. thyrsoideus Wimm. (S. Aber- B. Jiirtns W. & N. (Kirkcud- 



deen). bright). 



it. viacrophyllus var. ainplificatiis B. dnmetontm var. tuhetcnhitus 



Lees. ' Bab. (Perth). 



B. micans Greu. & Godr. B. dumetorum var. fascindatus 

 B. Lejeanei W. & N. (M. Perth). P. J. Muell. 



B. rosaceus XAV.hystrix (y^ . k^.) B. corylifolius Sm. var. cyclo- 



(E. Perth). phylliis Lindeb. 



B. rosaceus \a.v. Purchasianus^o- B. Balfourianus Blox. 



gers(as "J?. BeuteriMevc"). 



These two lists, added to mine of species and varieties seen by 

 me in July, 1896, leave fifty-five species and thirty-six varieties of 

 British Rubi (as given in Lond. Cat. ed. 9) still unrecorded from 

 any part of Scotland. 



NOTES ON THESPESIA. 

 By Edmund G. Baker, F.L.S. 



The genus Thesiusia was first described in print in a paper by 

 Correa de Serra in the Annales du ]\[iiseum d'Flistoire yaturelle, ix. 

 290 (1807), The name was taken from Solander's MSS., and, as 

 these are in the Natural History Museum, I transcribe a portion of 

 the original description : — 



"Novum constitui genus ob calycem exteriorem triphyllum & 

 baccam siccam, hisce ab Hibiscis discedit etsi in reliquis fere omnibus 

 partibus fructificationis & habitu congruit. Ab Hibisco Malvavisco 

 Linn, cujns fructus etiam baccatus est, nostra differt calyce & 

 seminibus quaternis ; a Malca & Malope quibus calyce convenit 

 fructu distinctissima. Fere ubique ad ccemiteria hoc arbor occurrit 

 forte quasi sacra ibidem plantata ; semper enim dum precibus vel 

 pro mortuis vel cum fegrotis Deos suos adorant, ilUs placandis 

 libamenta offeruntur, inter ilia ramuli hujas primum fere obtinent 

 locum. Uti signum pacis seu amicitiae etiam una cum plantulis 

 Mtisa rami ThespesicB nostrfe porriguntur ; saepe illud nobis apparuit, 

 et quidem dum ad Insulam Otaheite primum accessuri eramus, 

 incola?que uonnulli Lisula adhuc e longiuquo lintribus suis navem 



