l82 26. R. PYGM^US. 



acuminate-attenuate, subcordate below ; all stalked : all 

 nearly equal on the ternate leaves ; lateral unequal-sided 

 or slightly lobed, ascending ; midribs and petioles with 

 small slender slightly hooked prickles beneath ; stipules 

 very slender, linear. 



Flowering shoot from brown ashy scales, armed like the 

 stem but less strongly. Leaves temate. Leaflets obovate- 

 lanceolate-acuminate, dull and pilose above, very slightly 

 paler and hairy on the veins beneath ; few uppermost floral 

 leaves simple. Panicle rather long ; axillary branches dis- 

 tant, short, corymbose, erect ; top short, leafless, close, race- 

 mose, with very short corymbose often divaricate branches ; 

 terminal flowers of branches and panicle with longish stalks ; 

 rachis and branches and pedicels hairy, scarcely if at all 

 felted, with many prominent very unequal setae and very 

 slender nearly straight unequal subpatent prickles. Sepals 

 ovate-attenuate with a slender point, greenish, felted, hairy, 

 with many prominent set^e and aciculi, loosely reflexed from 

 the fruit. Petals oval or lanceolate, narrowed below, entire, 

 white or pinkish. Filaments v^hite. Anthers -purple. Styles 

 greenish. Primordial fridt-stalk shorter than the calyx. 



I have long had much doubt concerning the true position 

 of this plant, and am now surprised that it should have been 

 considered as. R. Menkii (Weihe) ; for a careful comparison 

 of the plate and description given in the Ruhi Germanici, 

 with specimens received from Mr Borrer and the Rev. 

 "W. M. Hind, convinces me that they are not even very 

 nearly related. These specimens accord so well with R. 

 pygmceus (Weihe) as described and figured in the Ruhi 

 Germanici^ that there seems very little reason to doubt the 

 specific identity of the plants. Should this plant prove 

 abundant near Tonbridge or "Watford, it will probably be 

 rightly considered as a species distinct from our other bram- 

 bles. It seems more nearly related to R. rosaceus than to 



