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B. rubiginosa, Linn. Mant. ii. 564 (1771). Siceet Briar. 



E. Eglanteria, Huds. Fl. Angl. 191 (1762), and Miller, Gard. Diet. 



ed. 8 (1768), and probably of Linn. Sp. PI. 491 (1753). 

 Top. Bot. 151. Syme, E. B. iii. 210, t. 468. Nyman, 233. Fl. Oxf. 105. 

 Native. Septal and sylvestral. Hedges and woody places, not common, 



but widely scattered through the county. Shrub. June-July. 

 First record. R. riibiginosa, Mavor's Agr. Berks, 1809. 



1. Isis. Cumnor, Britt. Contr. Carswell, Miss M. Niven. Wytham. 



2. Ock. Bagley, Boswell. Cothill. Boar's Hill. Blewburton. Steven- 



ton. Sandford. Besilsleigh. Blewbury. Lockinge, planted. 



3. Pang. In the hedges about Hampstead Norris, Lousley, in Russell's 



Cat. Streatley, Pamplin. Sulham, Tufnail. Tilehurst. Hawkridge 

 Common. Unwell Wood. Ashampstead. Pangbourn. Frilsham. 

 Ashridge Wood. A curious form occurs near Hermitage. 



4. Kennet. Roadside from Newbury to Oxford, near Snelsgrove, 



Bicheno. West Woodhay very cominon, Reeks, in Britt. Contr. 

 Mortimer, Tufnail. Beedon, Chieveley, and Snelsmore, W. M. 

 Rogers. Snelsmore. Padworth, Newbury Wash Common. 

 Greenham Common. Near Lambourn. Beenham. 

 fl. Loddon. Park Place. Stanton. Stubbing's Heath. Ashley Hill. 

 Maidenhead. Wargrave. Loddon Bridge, Windsor Park. 

 Bisham Wood. Finchampstead. 

 Many variations are found in Berkshire. 

 R. ruhiginosa occurs in all the bordering counties. 

 K. micrantha, Sm. E. B. t. 2490 (1812). 



Top. Bot. 151. Syme, E. B. iii. 211. t. 469. Njanan, 233. Fl. Oxf. 106. 

 Native. Septal, &c. Hedges, bushy places. Thinly scattered through 



the county. Shrub. May-July. 

 First record. Baglej' Wood, Mr. Baxter, in Herb. Oxf. 1824, Publislied 

 by Mr. H. Boswell, in PJiiit n.s. iv. 160, i860. 



1. Isis. Near Faringdon. Wytham. Buscot. Coleshill. Cumnor, 



a curious form with large leaflets and large elliptic fruit. 



2. Ock. Bagley, Baxter. Birch Copse, Bosivell. Boar's Hill. Besils- 



leigh. Cumnor Hurst, a similar form to the Cumnor specimen. 



3. Pang. Langley, two or three bushes in the same hedgerow as 



subglohosa, W. M. Rogers. Compton. Ashampstead. Pangbourn. 

 Bradfield. Sulham. Bucklebury. Hampstead Norris. Fril- 

 sham. Hermitage. 



4. Kennet. Newbury, Padworth. Mortimer. Theale. Hunger- 



ford. Lambourn. Woodhay. 



5. Loddon, Maidenhead. Cookham. Windsor Forest. Woking- 



ham. Swallowfield. Wargrave. Ascot, 

 R. micrantha, which has foliage often as odorous as that of R. rubi- 

 ginosa, occurs in all the bordering counties. 



