166 22. R. SPRENGELII. 



Bloxam which is described by Mr Syme {Eng. Bot. 1. c. 180), 

 but judging from the description given by him I suppose 

 it to be an extreme state of R. Hiwengelii or rather of 

 R. Borreri. Mr Syme's words are " Barren stem arching, 

 very stout, prickles numerous, nearly destitute of gland- 

 tipped setae and aciculi. Leaves quinate ; terminal leaflet 

 oblong obovate-cuspidate. Panicle lax, many-flowered ; 

 rachis more densely setose, with numerous strong prickles 

 and a few aciculi and gland-tipped setse." Mr Bloxam finds 

 it near Mansetter, Warwickshire, and considers it as a 

 distinct species, and the same as R. erubescens (Wirtg.). 



The R. Borreri of Billot's Fl. Gall, et German, exsic- 

 cata (No, 1867) is not exactly either of our forms of 

 R. Sprengelii. It seems to me that it is nearer to the 

 original R. /Sprengelii than to our R. Borreri. No. 971 of 

 the same valuable collection is named R. Spreyigelii, and is 

 exactly the R. Borreri of Bell Salter. It is manifest from 

 this that at least some Continental botanists regard the 

 species precisely as I do. 



Habitat. — Woods and heaths. June, July. 



Area.— . 2 3 . 5 . 7 8 9 10 . 12. 



Localities of a. — ii. Niton, /. of W. — v. Newchurch, 

 Monm. ; Coleford, W. Glouc; Bugby and Atherstone, Warw. 

 — vii. Pass of Llanberis, Caern. — viii. Southwood and Chalk 

 Abbey, Derby; Coleorton, Leic. (Blox). — x. Sheffield and 

 Hebden Bridge, aS'. W. York.; Harrogate, Mid. W. York. — 

 ix. Accrington, S. Lane. 



Of/3. — iii. Hatfield, ZTerfe. — v. Bromsgrove Lickey, Wore.; 

 Newchurch, Monm. — vii. Rhaiader Mawddach, Merion. — 

 viii. Bardon Hill, Leic. — ix. Bowdon (C E. Hunt !), and 

 Congleton, Ghes. ; Bredbury Wood near Manchester (Blox- 

 am), Mere Clough near Prestwick (G. E. Hunt!), and 

 Accrington, /b'. Lane. — xii. Ambleside, Westm. 



