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allowance for those botanists wlio fancy, most erroneously as 

 I believe, that our sjDecies all run into each other to such a 

 degree as not to allow of their separation. A plant which 

 Mr Briggs informs me is abundant near Plymouth very 

 closely resembles that found at Henfield by the late Mr 

 Borrer; but its leaves are (I suppose) all ternate, whereas 

 those of the Henfield plant are nearly always quinate. The 

 adult stems also aie less but similarly armed. The specimens 

 from Hentield are in flower ; those from Plymouth in fruit, 

 so that they cannot be quite satisfactorily compared. Mr 

 Bloxam separates the Plymouth plant from other brambles, 

 and names it 7i. Briggsii (Seem. Journ. of Bot. vii. 3. t. 88). 

 Others found at the Slate Houses, Henfield, were named 

 ]l. Bakeri by Mr Bloxam, but they differ greatly from the 

 state of It. villicaulis similarly named by him. They have 

 the terminal leaflet cordate, the basal leaflets sessile, the 

 panicle close and short, and the sepals adpressed. 



The Ji. scaher of Lees (from Storrage hill), seems to be a 

 state of this species, but differs slightly from the ty[)e. Its 

 stems have few hairs, but plenty of very short aciculi and 

 set£e in addition to the large thick-based ones. The under 

 side of its leaves is covered with very minute hairs. The 

 Iiairs on the stem seem to be often deciduous, and may have 

 been so in this case. 



B. diversifolius will be seen by the descrij^tion to differ 

 considerably from this plant. Its leaves are rugose above, 

 the basal leaflets are sessile, the panicle leafy almost to the 

 top, and the sepals are unarmed. Indeed it is far more 

 diflerent in appearance than can be shown by description. 



Some specimens (which I refer to B. fusco-ater) show a 

 slight tendency to have the under side of their leaves felted, 

 but it can only be detected by the use of a powerful magni- 

 fying glass. "When such is the case with the leaves of the 

 stem those of the flowering shoot are usually (perhaps always) 



