KUBUS 175 



Native. Heathy places, open woods, occasionally on sandy soil. 

 Locally common and with a wide range. Shrub. July-Sep- 

 tember. 



First found in Berkshire by the author in 1882. See Report of Bot. Exch. 

 Club, 1892. 



1. Isis. Tubney Wood. 



2. Ock. Hen "Wood. The typical plant as growing in open sunny 



spots. Boar's Hill. Also as a shade grown plant, and as the 

 type, and also as a robust form in Bagley Wood, Tubney Wood, 

 Frilford. Lockinge Park. Wittenham. 



3. Pang. Ashampstead. Oare. Curridge. Hermitage. Cold Ash 



Common. 



4. Kennet. Ufton Wood, W. M. Rogers. Aldermaston, 1886. 



Greenham Common. Crookham Heath. Chieveley. Enborne 



Street. Newbury Wash. Typical. 

 .5. Loddon. Park Place. 



R. PYRA5I1DALIS X RHAMNiFOLius occurs at Tubuoy and at Bagley. 

 R. pyrayniclalis, which in Berkshire varies considerably, is found in 

 Hants, Surrey, Bucks, Oxfordshire, and W. Gloucestershire, 



R. leucostachys, Schleicher, in Sm. Engl. Fl. ii, 403 (1824). 

 Top. Bot. 131. Syme, E. B. iii. 172, t. 448. Nyman, 218. Fl. Oxf. 95. 

 Native. Sylvestral. Woods, hedges, and heathy places, not only 

 on sand, but also on limestone and clay soils. Common and 

 widely distributed ; occurring in all the districts. July-Sep- 

 tember. 

 First record. About Newbury, Mr. Bicheno, in Sm. Engl. Fl. 403, 

 1824, and first as a British plant. See also the author in Report 

 of Bot. Rec. Club, 1880. 

 Var. A^^GUsTIFOLIus, Rogers, in Journ. Bot. (1892) 234. 

 This very distinct variety, or perhaps species, has been seen on 

 Boar's Hill, the auOior in Rep. of Bot. Exch. Club, 1892, in Bagley Wood, 

 Hen Wood, near Newbury Wash. {MoYt\raei\W.M. Rogers.) Beai-wood, 

 189 1 (narrow-leaved leucostachys, teste Dr. Focke). Near Wellington 

 College. 



The Beedon plant, named by Prof. Babington R. villicaulis, var, 

 pampinosvs, Lees, see Journ. Bot. (1888) 156, belongs to this species. 



R. LEUCOSTACHYS X RHAMNIFOLIUS occurs OH Boar's Hill and on Knowl 

 Hill. 



R. leucostachys occurs in all the bordering counties. 



[R. LASiocLADos, Focke, See Syn. E-ub, Germ, 198. 



A bramble strongly recalling this species was found near Tilehurst in 1895, 

 but it will be necessary to collect specimens earlier in the season before we 

 can admit it to our list. It occurs in Surrey.] 



