33. R. LEJEUNII. 229 



when collected in company with Dr Salter, but afterwards 

 corrected by him into R. Lpjeunii, is in my opinion certainly 

 H. rosaceus. He continued to call it R. Lejeunii as lately as 

 the time (1856) when the Fl. Vectensis appeared, for he 

 there states that it is the only form of R. glandulosus (under 

 which he places it as a variety) ''yet observed in the island." 

 He was probably led to hold this opinion concerning the true 

 name of the plant by finding in Herb. Borr. a specimen gathered 

 at Yervier by Mr Woods in company with M. Lejeune, and 

 considered as certainly R. rosaceus, became so-named by the 

 latter botanist. It is exactly like R. Lejeunii, and has, even 

 more decidedly than our plants, the armature proper to the 

 Koehleriani. I do not find that Lejeune even published any 

 plant as R. rosaceus. 



"VVirtgen [Fl. der 2jreussischen Rheinprovinz, 158) places 

 R. Lejeunii as a variety of his R. vestiius which he places 

 between R. scaber and R. thyrsiflorus, and combines our 

 R. leucostachys with R. discolor. I cannot agree with either 

 of these arrangements. Our R. vestitus (and I think that of 

 continental botanists) is certainly a state of R. leucostachys 

 which itself seems abundantly different from R. discolor. 



Garke {Fl. v. N. und Mitt. Deutschl. ed. 7. 125) considers 

 R. Lejeunii as absolutely identical with R. glandulosus (Bell,). 



I see no reason to doubt the correctness of placing this 

 plant amongst the Koehleriani. The short conical remains 

 of aciculi on its stem are exactly like those of other plants 

 belonging to that group, and differ from the tubercles of the 

 Radulce. The Bellardiani present no trace of either of 

 these structures. R. Lejeunii seems to be quite distinct 

 from all our other species. 



A plant is given in Billot's Flora Gall, et Germ, exsic. 

 (No. 970) a3 R. Lejeunii which is not the same as ours, nor, 

 I fully believe, as that figured in the Rubl Germanici. 



In the Botany of Worcester Mr Lees states that he still 



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