252 88. R. GLANDULOSUS. 



I was long inclined to consider R. hirtus as distinct from 

 R. Bellardi; but tlie examination of an extensive series of 

 specimens gathered at Seckley wood (a part of Wyre Forest) 

 has convinced me tliat they are forms of one species. 



The plant named R. fusco-ater by Lindley for Leighton 

 seems to be R. hirtus; that of the Hort. Soc. Garden was 

 R. Koehleri y pallidus. 



Sub-var. rotundifolius ; caule subaDgulato, foliis ter- 

 natis, vel raro quinatis, foliolis duplicato-dentatis cus- 

 pidatis terminali subrotundo basi subcordato, reliquis 

 ut in R. hirto. 



R. rotundifolius Blox. ! in Kirby 39 (1850). 



R. glandulosus e rotundifolius Bab. ! in A. N. H. Ser. 2. 

 iL40. 



R. Lejeunii Lees! Mai v. 52. 



R. glandulosus /3 Lejeunii Lees ! in Steele 55, 



If the broadness of the leaflets, especially the terminal 

 one, and the greater regularity of the toothing are not con- 

 sidered, this plant agrees admirably with the R. hirtus 

 (Weihe). It seems to be almost certainly a form of that 

 plant with leaves which are usually ternate and have the 

 lateral leaflets divaricate and very gibbous or lobed on the 

 lower edge. A full description does not seem requisite. A 

 remark in the Flora of Leicestershire might convey the idea 

 that I formerly considered this plant as R. rosaceus (Weihe), 

 but Mr Bloxam informs me that that was not his intention. 



Habitat. — ^Woods. July, August. 



Area.— . 2 3 . 5 . 7 8 . 10 19. 



Localities of a. — v. Near Tintern, W. Glouc. ; Chase wood, 

 near Ross, Heref; Cowleigh Park, Wore; Seckley wood, 

 Salop. — vii. Llanberis, Caern. — x. Terrington Car, N. E. 

 York 



