l86 ROSACEAE 



Var. CYCLOPHYLLUS, Lindeb. =var. conjiingens, Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. 

 p(l. 3, 103 (185 1). 



1. Isis. Cmnnor. Appleton. 2. Ock. Near Kennington. Boar's 

 Hill. Wittenham. Frilford. 3. Pang. Hermitage, W. M. 



Rogers. Near Bradfield. Compton. Yattendon. 4. Kennet. 

 Padworth. Theale. Greenham. 5. Loddon. Sonuing. 



Sandhurst. Near Windsor. 

 R. corylifolhts is found in all the bordering counties. 

 R. Balfourianus, Blox. ex Bab. in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xix. (1847^ 86. 



Kogers' Key, 49. Syme, E. B. iii. 192. Nyman, 221. Fl. Oxf. 99. 

 Native. Septal. Hedges. Chiefly on clay soil. Local. Shrub. 



July-August. 

 First recorded on the authority of Mr. Bicheno in Bah. Brit. Rubi. 260. 

 1869. Mr. Bicheno probably found it about the commencement of 

 the present century. 



1. Isis. Cumnor. Near Shrivenham. 



•_'. Ock. NE. side of Boar's Hill Range. Bagley Wood. 



4. Kennet. Sheen, Bicheno. Greenham. Near Newbury. 



R, Balfourianus is recorded from all the bordering counties. 



A bramble, which I gathered in 1890 near Silchester, Dr. Focke says 

 is perhaps R. glaucovirus, Maas. in Verb. Bot. Ver. Brand. 1870, p. 162. 

 a rare German form which is kept as a distinct species in Index 

 Keuensis. 

 R. caesius, Linn. Sp. PI. 493 (1753)- The Bewherrxj. 



R. repens frudu caesio, Goodyer in Ger. Em. 1271. 

 Top. Bot. 148. Syme, E. B. iii. 195, t. 456, Nyman, 221. Fl. Oxf, 100. 

 Native. Septal. Hedges, ditches, stream sides, &c. Usually in low 

 .situations and clayey soil. Common and generally distributed. 

 •Shrub. May-August. 

 First record. R. caesius, Dr. Noehden, in Marors Agr. Bet-ks, 272, 1809. 



A very variable plant, but at present the varieties included in our 

 British lists are by no means clearly defined. 



Var. TENUIS, Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. 5, no, has been noticed ia 

 Hen Wood, Wytham, and elsewhere. 



Var. ARVENSis, Wallr Sched. Crit. 228 (1822^ = var. ulmifolius, Bab. 

 Man. Brit. Bot. ed. 5, no (,1862, occurs in Wytham Wood, &c. 



Var. PSEUDO-ID AEUS, Weihe & Nees, Rubi Germ. t. 466 (1827' — R, 

 idaeus x caesius. This hybrid I have seen with both parents near Kint- 

 l)ury, and also near Radley Wood. 



R. CAESIUS X coRYLiFOLius occurs near South Hinksey, near Cumnor, 

 Ashampstead, Appleton. 



R. caesius occurs in all the bordering counties. 

 [R. sAXATiLis, Linn. Sp. PI. 494 (1753), occurs in Gloucestershire.] 



