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simple panicles and growing chiefly in lieatliy places, it bears 

 no resemblance) : from H. cordi/olius [li. rhamni/olius] by 

 the laxer and less pyramidal panicle, the absence of tomen- 

 tum [felt] on the underside of the leaves, and the agreeable 

 flavour, globular shape, and glossy lustre of the fruit, which 

 in the latter species are very peculiar, when able to ripen 

 fi-eely, being remarkably large, oblong, with somewhat 

 flattened drupes, dull and burnished rather than glossy, and 

 very insipid (it should be observed that all these three 

 species grow in the same neighbourhood) : from B. incur- 

 vatus by the leaves being hairy but not covered with a firm 

 velvet beneath, and by the yellowish-green not flesh-coloured 

 styles. The numerous secondary shoots of the barren stem, 

 the imbricated and convex leaves and leaflets, and the absence 

 of tomentum on the upper part of the panicle, sufficiently 

 separate it from all three species." Ann Nat. Hist. 1. c. 

 375—376. 



I have very little acquaintance with this plant, never 

 having seen it growing, but have great confidence in the 

 accuracy and judgment of its descnber. The convex state of 

 the leaves and also of 'the leaflets must cause it to differ 

 remarkably in appearance from R. incurvatus, which the 

 dried and pressed specimens greatly resemble. It is also 

 much like some states of R. corylifolius ; but wants the 

 bloom, the smaller scattered prickles, and the more or less 

 plentiful setae of that species. I am unable to identify it 

 with any described plant, and recommend it to the study of 

 botanists visiting the beautiful district which it inhabits. 



Habitat. — Thickets. June, July. 



Area. — .... 5. 



Localities. — v. "In many places mostly on sloping banks, 

 for three or four miles on both sides of the Wye below Mon- 

 mouth, in both Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire: es- 

 pecially by the tramroad above Redbrook." Hort. 



