178 ENGLISH BOTANY. 
“3, R. amplificatus. Lees. 
‘Prickles short, from a very large base. Leaves usually quinate ; 
leaflets somewhat doubly patently dentate, hairy only on the veins 
beneath, not felted; terminal leaflet broadly obovate, acuminate. 
Panicle very large, its prickles strong, compressed from a very 
large base. Sepals usually leaf-pointed. Corolla white or pinkish. 
Remarkable for the very strong prickles with exceedingly long 
compressed bases on the panicle. 
“e, glabratus. Bab. 
* Prickles short from a very large base. Leaves quinate; leaflets 
irregularly or rather doubly dentate, slightly hairy on the veins 
beneath, terminal leaflet roundly cordate or broadly obovate, sub- 
cordate; panicle with slender prickles. Sepals (apparently) leaf- 
pointed. Leaves nearly glabrous beneath; terminal leaflets very 
round.”—(Bab. Man. J. c.) 
Woods and copses. Common, and generally distributed. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 
A very variable plant, but yet I cannot think that all the — 
forms referred to it by Professor Babington are mere varieties. 
I judge of these from the specimens named by him in the Kew 
Herbarium, many of which I am unable to refer to any of the 
varieties given in the Manual, especially one with the leaflets 
white beneath, which I suppose he would include under var. a. 
Between vars. 6 and y I see little if any difference, judging from 
the specimens so named. 4 appears to be one of the commonest 
forms; ¢ I have never seen at all. 
Large-leaved Bramble. 
Sus-Grovur III.—_SPECTABILES. Bab. 
Barren stem with the pubescence usually dense and often 
deciduous; also generally with a few gland-tipped setee and aciculi; 
prickles rather unequal. ‘Leaves green beneath, not felted. 
Sus-Srecies XIX.—Rubus mucronulatus. Boreau. 
Pirate CCCCLI. 
Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 103. 
R. mucronatus, Blow. in Fl, Leicester, p. 43; and Bab. olim (non Seringe). 
Barren stem arching, bluntly angular or nearly round, with — 
ee a 
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