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soon withers, after having ripened, it is only conspicuous for about 



two months in the year. In looking for it more carefully at the proper 



season, and in likely situations, I found it in three other localities in 



the parish. I take the present opportunity of stating that I lately 



found, on a temporary manure-heap not far distant from my residence, 



Erodium moschatum and Chenopodium murale, neither of which I 



have observed in Leicestershire before. 



Andrew Bloxam. 



Twycross, October, 1848. 



British Rubi in Yorkshire. By the Rev. Andrew Bloxam, M.A. 



Having during the month of August last been sojourning for a few 

 days at Horton Rectory, between Rotherham and Doncaster, I had an 

 opportunity of observing the different species of Rubi growing in that 

 neighbourhood, of which I send you a list, with a few remarks. 



1. R. Idceus, Linn. Horton Cliff, &c. 



2. R. affinis, W. & N. A form coincident with that in Mr. Leigh- 

 ton's fasciculus from Shropshire. It is abundant in the hedges about 

 Horton and Ravenfield, and readily distinguished by its numerous 

 and strongly curved prickles on the flowering panicle, with their well- 

 marked purple bases and yellow tips. When this species becomes 

 better known, it will, I think, be found to be very generally diffused 

 at least throughout the midland counties of England. I have it from 

 Mr. Lees, in Worcestershire. Mr. Babington finds it in great abun- 

 dance at Llanberris, North Wales, Mr. Leighton in Shropshire; I 

 have also observed it in great quantity near Rugby and Grendon, 

 Warwickshire ; at Newbold Verdun and other places in Leicester- 

 shire; in South Wood, near Calke Abbey, Derbyshire; and possess 

 also specimens of it from Bredbury Wood, near Manchester. 



3. R. niiidus, W. & N. Near Swinton. 



4. R. corylifolius, Sra. Horton Cliff, &c. 



5. R. discolor, fyc, Bab. Syn., R. fruticosus, E. B. Roch Abbey 

 Wood, &c. 



6. R. leucostachys, Sm., #. vestitus, Bab. Syn. This and R. caesius 

 are the two prevalent forms in Roch Abbey Wood. 



7. R. sylvaticus. Horton Cliff. A form identical with that in 

 Mr. Leighton's fasciculus. 



8. R. Borreri, Bell Salt. In Denaby Wood, near Mexborough. 

 Mr. Coleman finds it in considerable quantity in South Wood, Derby - 



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