2. R. LEESII. 47 



the var. anomalus; but an expression of Arrlienius shows 

 that he had the sterile stem before hjm when writing the 

 account of his phint, for he remarks "si ex frutice sterili 

 judicai^es, hunc ad R, Idceuni vix traheres," and we are 

 therefore probably right in supposing that the leaves de- 

 scribed in the above quotation were taken from the stem 

 not from the flowering shoot, although tliose of the latter 

 may have been similar. He also says " Omnia basin versus 

 angustata," which does not apply to the leaves of our plant. 

 I have not observed the least approach to the simple con- 

 dition of leaves on stems of R. Leesii, either in a wild or 

 cultivated state. The lateral leaflets of R. Leesii accord 

 tolerably with the description of Arrhenius. They are al- 

 most sessile but scarcely narrowed at their base : the ter- 

 minal leaflet has a stalk which I have never seen to exceed 

 one-sixth of an inch in length, and it is usually shorter. 

 Nevertheless Hr. de Brugh in the JVederlandsch Kruid- 

 kundig Archief (iv. 460) decides that our R. Leesii is iden- 

 tical with the R. Idceics c. anomalus. Unfortunately I have 

 not access to Swedish specimens of the var. anomalies. 



The figure in LJnc/. Rot. Suppl. (t. 2981), and in Syme's 

 Eng. Bot. (t. 443), erroneously represents the terminal 

 leaflet as having a considerable stalk. This is a mistake 

 made by the engi-aver of the plate which was unfortunately 

 not seen in time for its correction. 



Habitat. — Woods and thickets. June. 



Area.— I 12. 



Localities. — i. In a wood near Ilford Bridges, three miles 

 from Linton, iV. Devon, where it was discovered by Mr E, 

 Lees J in 1843. On a shingly bank near Bonniton, not far 

 from Dunster, W. Son., where it was detected by the late 

 Rev. W. H. Coleman, in 1849. — xii. By the side of a stream 

 that flows into Windermere between Troutbeck and Bowness, 

 Westmoreland. Mr E. Lees, in E. B. S. fol. 2981. 



