192 28. R. EUDIS. 



rudis. It agrees in most respects with another, from Poole, 

 Dorset, also called M. Radula by him. 



Mr Baker has sent specimens with the name of R. rudis 

 P Leightonii, gathered at Aislaby and Sowerby near Thirsk 

 in Yorkshire, which seem to be correctly referred to this 

 species. Their leaves differ considerably from the typical 

 form ; the terminal leaflet is roundly obovate-acuminate with 

 a subcordate base ; the toothing is less coarse and less deep ; 

 the veins are only slightly hairy beneath, although the whole 

 under surface is finely felted. The leaves of the flowering 

 shoot have a very thin coat of felt. The panicle is not so 

 narrow as that of the typical plant. 



I know only the old leafless stem and panicle of Dr 

 Moore's plant from the county of Wicklow, but am tolerably 

 certain of its being B. rudis. 



I possess a specimen gathered at Kullaberg, Scania, 

 Sweden, in 1846, by A. G. Longberg, and named B. 

 Radula. It appears to be R. rudis, a species not recorded 

 as Swedish by Arrhenius or Fries. 



I place the R. hracteatus (Billot ! Fl. Gal. et Germ, exsic. 

 'No. 1470) with R. rudis. The only specimen that I have 

 seen is very like a form not unfrequently assumed by our 

 plant. M. Boreau is of the same opinion (Billot, Annot. 93). 



In common with Mr J. G. Baker 1 am unable to dis- 

 tinguish the R. discerptus (Mlill.) from R. rudis, nor can the 

 R. Genevierii (Bor. !) be separated from this species. 



Habitat. — Hedges and thickets. July, August. 



Area.— I 2 3 . 5 6 7 8 . 10 11 12 13 14 



. . 22 23. 



Localities. — i. Plymouth, S. Dev. (Briggs) ; Leigh woods 

 near Bristol, N. Som. — ii. Ide of Wight (Borr. ! and Bell 

 Salt. !) ; Poole, Dors. (Bell Salt. !) ; Bere Forest, Hants 

 (Hind!); Great Ridge near Boy ton, S. Wilts (E. Forster!). 

 .^iii. Long Ditton and Chertsey, Surr.; Goldings, Herts.; 



