78 7. R. LINDLEIANUS. 



state of the species. Its leaflets are slightly downy on the 

 veins beneath, but otherwise glabrous; they are small and 

 finely serrate so as much to resemble those of R. cayyini- 

 folius: often the double character of the dentition is not 

 easily detected; although that is its structure on well deve- 

 loped leaflets. Its panicle exactly resembles that frequently 

 seen on undoubted forms of K. Lindleianus, being small and 

 open and comparatively few-flowered ; but nevertheless 

 possesses the structure characteristic of the species, although 

 less finely and amply divided than that of the luxuriant 

 plants to which Leighton applied the name of E. leucostachys. 

 I have received an interesting specimen from Mr Lees of 

 what seems to be a form of R. Lindleianus. Unfortunately 

 I do not possess any part of its stem, but have one stem- 

 leaf which is pinnate->eptenate like those of the Suherecti. 

 This confirms the idea that R. Lindleianus is closely allied 

 to the Suherecti; but the inflorescence and calyx of R. 

 Lindleianus are not like those of the plants of that group. 

 This specimen grew on May Hill in Gloucestershire. 



As the plant named R. nitidus by all continental 

 botanists is very difierent from this species, and as some 

 foreign authors still continue to think that their R. nitidus 

 is distinct, although very closely allied to R. plicattis; it 

 seems better to give up the name which was generally used 

 for the present species in England. We therefore adopt the 

 next oldest name, which happily is one which will com- 

 memorate the researches of a late eminent writer upon 

 RuMy viz. Dr John Lindley. 



It is singular that Dr Bell Salter continued in his very 

 last published remarks upon Brambles to identify his R. 

 nitidus with that figured on tab. iv. of the Rubi Germanici. 

 This is the more astonishing from his combining his R. 

 nitidus with it. rhamnifolius, and placing it as the second 

 Variety of the species between R. cordifolius and R. sylvati- 



