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lower branches frequently elongate and distant; rachis slightly 
pubescent, branches and pedicels densely so, sparingly prickly. 
In woods and hedges. Common from Hants to Arran; but as 
in the 5th edition of the Manual Professor Babington considers it 
restricted to England, it is probable he thinks the Scotch localities, 
given previously by him in ‘“ Cyb. Brit.,” do not belong to this 
form. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 
R. rhamnifolius bears considerable resemblance to R. Lind- 
leianus, but has the stem smoother, generally reddish, with the 
prickles shorter, more distant and not so suddenly contracted 
above the base; the leaflets are generally broader though very 
variable in shape, more finely and evenly serrate; the branches 
of the panicle are less spreading, the lower ones usually remote. 
and elongated on large examples. ‘The flowers and fruit are 
larger. 
Buckthorn-leaved Bramble. 
German, Straussartige Brombeere. 
Sus-Srecres VI.—Rubus incurvatus. Bab. 
Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 98. 
Barren stem arching-prostrate, angular, scarcely furrowed, 
hairy; prickles confined to the angles of the stem, rather strong, 
spreading or declining, from a rather small base. Leaves of the 
barren stem quinate; leaflets coriaceous, with “‘incurved wavy 
edges,” shining above, with a few scattered hairs, opaque, and whitish- 
green-felted beneath, very irregularly dentate-serrate ; terminal 
leaflet broadly ovate or roundish, cordate, cuspidate or acumi- 
nate; basal leaflets stalked, slightly overlapping the intermediate 
ones. Flowers in a rather short slender panicle, with very short 
ascending corymbose branches ; rachis and pedicels densely pu- 
bescent, sparingly prickly. 
On heaths and in open woods. Rare,—in Sussex, Pembroke, 
Carnarvon, and Westmoreland, and to these localities, in the fifth 
edition of the Manual, Professor Babington adds Scotland; a spe- 
cimen from Dunoon, Argyleshire, being apparently referable to 
R. incurvatus. 
England, Scotland. Shrub. Summer. 
I am acquainted with this bramble only from dried specimens, 
which I owe to the kindness of the Rev. W. W. Newbould. These 
have the underside of the leaves more densely and velvety pubescent 
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