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house named Powisland ; also on a bank close to where the South 
Devon Railway crosses the lane leading from the higher part of Ridge- 
way to Newnham. 
R. ramosus, Blox. Common in open spots in woods, and in bushy 
places in their neighbourhood. This plant varies but little, and seems 
very distinct from all our other species. The remarkably glossy upper 
surface of its frequently convex leaves, its lax, branched, abrupt panicle, 
and small, irregularly-formed fruit, are characteristic features. The 
Rev. A. Bloxam says of it, “ Not uncommon in Warwickshire and 
Leicestershire; I think closely allied to, if at all Mes from, 
Schlikumi, Wirtg., though my specimens vary a little;" and Mr. 
Baker, * No doubt ramosus, Blox., probably = Schlikumi, Wirtg." 
By the Plymouth and Dartmoor “ — near the Leigham tuunel, 
at Maidstone, Fancy, and Wombwell; in a bushy spot below the 
elvan quarry on Derriford estate, and at Bircham, Egg Buckland ; in 
a hedge near Dedham Bridge, and in the neighbourhood of Beer 
Alstone; between Knackersknowle and Tamerton Foliott ; in the lane 
between Elfordleigh and Newnham Park ; in the Plym valley at Com- 
mon Wood, near Plym Bridge, and about Rumple ; also at Blaxten ; 
near Inchers, ete. 
R. discolor, W. and N., inclusive of R. fruticosus, Sm. The plant 
now usually called R. discolor by British botanists, the R. fruticosus of 
Smith, is probably the commonest hedgerow bramble of the neigh- 
bourhood of Plymouth, and often occurs in very exposed situations. 
sets in. With reference to specimens of this from Wembury and 
from Fursdon, Egg Buckland, the Rev. A. Bloxam observes “ the 
common form of what is called discolor in this country ;" and Mr. 
Baker, ** the common form of discolor all over England. Genevier and 
Mercier call it rus£icans." z 
Respecting a more robust plant, with larger and broader leaves, and 
a few aciculi on the barren stem and panicle, gathered by the Ply- 
mouth and Ivybridge road, the latter says, “ probably what those who 
call the last rusticans would regard as true discolor;" Mr. Bloxam, 
“the true discolor of Weihe and Nees, as I believe." Forms oceur in 
a waste spot by a quarry near Ford, Devonport, and by the tramway 
near Marsh House, Crabtree, ete. A: curious plant, with very deeply- 
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