RUBUS i8r 



Native. Sylvestral. Woods on sandy soil. Locally common. Shrub. 



July- August. 

 First found in Berkshire by the author in 1886. 



2. Ock. BagleyWood. Frilford. Hen Wood. Wittenham Wood. 



3. Pang. In West Brook Copse in immense quantity, very fine and 



characteristic. Cold Ash Common near the junction with Fence 

 Wood, W. M. Rogers. Near Oare Wood. Hermitage. Tilehurst. 



4. Kennet. Copse east of Snelsmore Common. Mortimer, especially 



between the Vicarage and Common, W. M. Rogers. Silchester, 

 1886. Aldermaston, Near Chieveley. (The Silchester plant 

 was referred to the var. saltuum by Dr. Focke.) 



5. Loddon. Near Eisely. Sandhurst. 



R.foliosus is recorded for Hants, Surrey, and Oxfordshire. 

 B. rosaceus, Weihe & Nees, 1. c. i. 685 & Rubi Germ. t. 36 (1826). 

 Top. Bot. 143. Syme, E. B. iii. 181. Rogers' Key, 37. 

 Native. Septal, &c. Hedges, woods, and heathy places. Local. Shrub. 



June-August. 

 First found in Berkshire by the author in 1891. 



2. Ock. Boar's Hill. Hen Wood, but not typical. 



3. Pang. Hermitage. 



4. Kennet. Mortimer, W. M. Rogers. Silchester. Aldermaston. 



5. Loddon. Bearwood, and a form not typical. Windsor Great 



Park. 

 Var. iNFECUNDUs, Rogers' Key, 38. 



2. Ock. Boar's Hill. 3. Pang. Ashampstead Common, 1894. 



Hermitage. 5. Loddon. Binfield, F. A. Rogers. Bearwood. 



Var. Hystrix, Bab. Lond. Cat. ed. 8, 12 (1886). R. Hystrix, Weihe & 



Nees in Bluff & Fingerh. Comp. Fl. Germ. i. 687 (1825) & Rubi Germ. 



t. 41 (1826). Syme, E. B. iii. 181. Nyman, 220. Fl. Oxf. 97. 



2. Ock. A strong form occurs at Frilford Heath. Boar's Hill 

 (teste Dr. Focke). 3. Pang. Ashampstead. 4. Kennet. 



Bucklebury. Mortimer (teste Dr. Focke). 5. Loddon. 



Early Heath (Dr. Focke says this is a very pretty form). 

 Ambarrow. 

 Var. BERCHERiENsis ; this name may be provisionally applied to the 

 bramble which is so widely distributed and which is locally so 

 abundant in Berkshire. It was at first considered to be intermediate 

 between R. Hystrix and hirtus, but more recently Dr. Focke and the Rev. 

 W. M. Rogers place it without hesitation under the aggregate species 

 R. rosaceus as a form which comes best under Hystrix, though departing 

 from it somewhat towards vars. infecundus and Purchasianus, but un- 

 usually strong and so approaching Hydrix. It is a handsome bramble 

 with elegant leaves and striking armature, both of the panicle and 

 barren branches. 



