TH^ flora of WARWICKSHIRE. lOO 



K. Sprengelii, Weihe. SjyreiuieVK Bntmble. 



Native: In woods, on banks and heaths. Locally common. July, 

 August. 

 I. Atherstone ! Bab. Brit. Bub., p. 166 ; Hero. Brit. J/hv. ; Ansley Coal- 

 field Heath ; near Coleshill Pool; Chelmsley Wood ; Marston 

 Green ; Sutton Park, abundant ; Four Ashes, Knowle ; Lanes 

 about Solihull and Shirley. 

 II. Near Rugby ! confirmed by Professor Babingtou ; specimen from 

 Rev. A. Bloxam, Herb. Bur. ; Cathirou Lane, near Brinklow. 

 Both the varieties of this species occur in the county, but although 

 widely different in their extreme forms, seem to blend into each 

 other so truly that I have not hei-e attempted to separate them. 

 c. rubicolor, Blox., MS. 

 I. " Near Mancetter, Warwickshire (Rev. A. Bloxam), from which place 

 he has kindly supplied me with specimens." , ymc, K.B., ed. 

 H, lii., 180. 

 Although I have made special visits to this locality, the exact 

 whereabouts having been communicated by the Rev. A. Bloxam, 

 I have not been able to find the plant. 



K. Bloxamii, L^es. Bloxam's Bramble. 



Native : In hedges, woods, and heaths. Locally common. July, 

 August. 

 I. Near Hartshill! A. Blo.v., Herb. Bor., 1846, confirmed by Prof. 

 Babiugton ; near Atherstone, Bab. Brit. Biib., p. 177;'Ansle\' 

 Heath ; Arley ; Coleshill Hc^ath ; Middleton Heath ; Suttoli 

 Park ; near Little Hell, Ac. 

 II. Near Rugby ! A. Blox., Herb. Bor.: lanes about Brandon; Rouns- 

 hill Lane, Kenilworth ; lanes about AUesley. 

 A form of this, which Professor Babington considers closeh 

 resen-.bles the B. thijn'ifliirus in the Rubi Germanici (tab. 84), 

 was found by Mr. T. Kirk near Kenilworth ; Bab. Brit. Rub., 

 p. 171. I find a similar form in Hay Lane, Solihull. 



R. Hystrix, Weihe. Hedfiehot/ Bramble. 



Native : In woods and hedges. Rather rare. July, August. 

 I. Atherstone, Bab. Brit. Rub., p. 176 ; Hoars Park, near Shustoke ; 

 lane by Bentley Park ; field path from Ansley Coalfield to 

 Hurtshill Wood ; Arley Wood ; lane from Mancetter to Oldbury ; 

 Darnell Hurst, Sutton Park. 

 II. Combe Woods ; Crackley Wood, Kenilworth. 



R. rosaceus, Weihe. Rose-flowered Bramble. 



Native : Woods and hedges. Rather rare. Julj', August. 

 I. Near Hoare Park, Atherstone Road ; confirmed by Professor 

 Babington; near Meriden Shafts, andBoultbie Wood, Ballard's 

 Green, Arley. 

 II. Near Corley Village ; abundant in Combe Abbey Wood, end nearest 



Brinklow ; Alveston pastures. 

 R. scaber, Weilie. Rour/h Bramble. 



Native : On damj:) heaths and in woods. Rather rare. July, August. 

 I. Hartshill Wood, A. Bloxam, Herb. Bar., 1847 ; Sutton Park, 

 abundant, two distinct forms here ; Trickley Coppice. 

 II. Rounshill Lane, near Kenilworth ; Old Park, Warwick. 

 R. rudis, Weihe. Coarse Bramble. 



Native : In hedges and bushy places. Local. July, August. 

 I. Sutton Park ; lanes between Hurley and Whitaci-e ; Ansley Coal- 

 field ; lane by Iron Wood, Oldbury ; Ansley ; Shelly and 

 Shirlev. near Solihull : Damson Lane, Solihull, etc. 



