21 G 31. R FUSCO-ATER. 



densely felted beneath. The lower leaflets of these plants 

 require attention, for it is out of my power to ascertain from 

 the dried specimens what was their direction when the plant 

 was alive, and therefore cannot be certain that they were 

 incumbent. Also, their calyx seems less inclined to clasp 

 the fruit, even if its tendency was not to be reflexed. It is 

 therefore quite possible that they are misplaced here. 



I have one specimen of a magnificent plant found by 

 Leigliton in a hedge by the road-side between Shrewsbury 

 and Berwick which agrees better with R. fusco-ater (as it 

 was named by Mr Bloxam) than with any other bramble 

 that is known to me. It has a dense nearly cylindrical 

 panicle which is leafy nearly to its top, and has short many- 

 flowered truly corymbose branches. Its basal leaflets (on 

 the stem) are very nearly sessile. 



Hahitat. — Hedges and heaths, July, August. 



Area.— . 2 . . 5 . . 8 . 10 11. 



Localities. — ii. Henfield, W. Suss. — v. Near Tintern, IF. 

 Glouc. ; near the fir trees on the top of Bromsgrove Lickey, on 

 old Storrage hill, and in "Wyre Forest, Wore; Sutton Park 

 near Birmingham, and "Wyken lane, Warw. ; Bog at Almond 

 Park, Salop. — viii. Ashby de la Zoiich and Tw^y cross, Leic. 

 — X. Loxley near Sheffield, >S'. W. York. ; Goldsborough, 

 Mid, W, York.; Wass, lY. E. York.—^. Whitley, Northumh. 



