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branches that are siinpU; behjw, ])tit again branch in a 

 divaricate manner at tlieir top. Tlius tlie whole inflor- 

 escence, in its most perfect state, forms a dense subcylin- 

 drical blunt panicle of which the ultimate subdivisions are 

 inextricaldy interlaced. 



There is a form of this plant which has foliage very 

 nearly approaching the cordate-leaved state of It, rhamnifo- 

 lius. It has much broader and less wavy leaflets than the 

 typical A*. Limlleianus : the intermediate leaflets are rounded 

 at the base, and the terminal is more or less cordate below, 

 and usually broadest at or below its middle, and also rather 

 cuspidate than acuminate. But these leaflets vary in shape 

 U2)on the same bush. The leaflets are much more hairy and 

 often appear as if felted on the underside, or (on the plant 

 from Measham mentioned by Bloxam in the Flora of Leices- 

 tershire^ and distributed ])y him in his Fasciculus) the hairs 

 have become so very numerous that the clothing is not to 

 be distinguished from felt. The stem of this plant from 

 Measham is similar to that of typical R. Lindleiamis; the 

 panicle is more pyramidal, but similar in other respects. 

 One of the three specimens, derived from Leighton's Her- 

 barium, which are marked as "^. lewostachys^ determined 

 by Prof. Lindley," is tliis Rhamnifolius-like plant : the 

 others are typical It. Lindleia/ius. Another plant obtained 

 from the same Herbariuni with, the remark "A\ rhamni- 

 foliiLS^ la forme ordinaire" appended to it by Nees von 

 Esenbech, and called "typical Ji. rhamni/olius'' by Borrer, 

 has the leaves of the same abnormal form but with tew hail's 

 beneath, and also a panicle which is nearly typical. 



I i)lace here a i)laut noticed in Baker's JS'orth Yorkshire 

 (22G) as a "peculiar small-leaved form" of this species, which 

 I possess from Gorraire, where it is abundant, and which he 

 states to grow on "heathery ground in several places amongst 

 the eastern hills." It diflers in a few points from the usual 



