4. R. Fissus. 57 



Adpressed and rcflexed sepals may be found on the same 

 panicle. 



The late Mr Borrer was of opinion that R. fissus is 

 distinct from R. plicatus and R. suberectus. Mr Lees con- 

 siders R. fissus to be only "a more prickly and hairy 

 variety" of R. suberectus; but a specimen of his R. fissus 

 now before me is scarcely, if at all, different from R. affinis, 

 and cannot possibly be the R. fissus of Lindley. 



Dried specimens often very much resemble R. j^^'uinosus 

 (Arrh.), and might well pass for it. But R. 2?rui7iosus has 

 " caulis sterilis ad saxa procumbens, sex ulnas et ultra Ion- 

 gas, tandemque radicans," and therefore has no true rela- 

 tionship to our R. fissus. 



I have been unable to identify R. fissus with any of the 

 described Rubi of continental authors. 



Mr J. Lange considers a specimen of R. fissus, sent to 

 him by me, to be a variety of R. suberectus (Banske Flora, 

 342), and mentions that the same plant grows near Fredericia. 



Mr W. Wilson's plant from Woolston Moss, which is 

 noticed in Leight. Fl. Shrop. (224), is R. fissus. Formerly I 

 confounded it with R. j)licatus, but Leighton always re- 

 garded it as distinct from that species. 



Habitat. — Wet and peaty ground, June to August. 



Area.— I ... 5 . 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 . 15 16 



30. 



Localities. — i. Ivy Bridge, N. Devo/i (Briggs!). — v. Al- 

 mond Park, Twyford Vownog near West Felton, and Shaw- 

 bury Heath, Salop; Wood east of Tintern, W. Glouc. — vii. 

 Doiwyddelan (Borr. !) and Llanberis, Caern.; Near Lanfi- 

 hangel, between Cerreg y Druidion and Buthin, Denb. 

 (Borr.!); Dolgelly, Bala, and Cwm Bychan, MeHon. — viii. 

 Charnwood Forest, Leic. (Blox. !). — ix. Carrington Moss 

 near Sale (G. E. Hunt !), and Woolston Moss, Ches. — x. 

 Kilsdale in Cleveland (Baker:), Thii-sk (Hailstone), and 



