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ON RUBUS BRIGGSII, Blox., A NEW SPECIES FOUND 
IN DEVONSHIRE. 
By tue Rev. ANDREW Bioxam, M.A, 
(PLATE XXXVIIL.) 
Rubus Briggsii, sp.n. Stem fuscous, prostrate, angular, covered 
with hairs and setz ; prickles small, unequal, slightly declining, with 
a compressed base; leaflets generally 3-nate, closely and not deeply 
dentate, hairy on the prominent veins beneath. Central leaflet broadly 
cordate; basal leaflets nearly or entirely sessile, overlapping the central 
one. Panicle short and dense; sepals adpressed to the fruit ; leaflets 
of the flowering stem all 3-nate, the basal ones sessile, overlapping the 
central one, which is cordate, quite as broad as long. 
The peculiar aspect of this species is very distinct from any that I 
have previously met with, either British or Continental, and in this 
opinion Mr. J. G. Baker, who has a most extensive collection of 
foreign as well as British specimens, coincides. It comes nearest to 
R. fusco-ater, W. and N., but is quite distinct. I have named it 
R. Briggsii, from its discoverer, who has found several plants of it in 
the Vale of Bickleigh, Devon. 
STATIONS OF, AND NOTES RESPECTING, SOME 
PLYMOUTH RUBI. 
By T. R. Arcuer Briaes, Esq. 
For some time past I have had the pleasure of carrying on a cor- 
respondence with the Rev. Andrew Bloxam respecting the Rudi of the 
neighbourhood of Plymouth, and it is principally through his kind- 
ness in having named numerous specimens for me, sent from this lo- 
cality, that I am now enabled to give the following particulars respec- 
ting the local distribution of the Rubi named below. It will be seen 
that my thanks are also due to Professor Babington, for having kindly 
given me his opinion on a few; and I am under great obligations to 
Mr. J. G. Baker, for the assistance he has afforded. 
It must not be supposed that the list is anything like a complete 
one of the Rudi of Plymouth, for many doubtful plants, etc., are 
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