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are the most certain and characteristic, R. hirtus and R. pallidas, 

 though equally common, are confined to woods. R. Bellardi and 

 Lejeunii (" glandulosus," Bah.) are local species, yet widely dispersed 

 from Yorkshire to Middlesex. They occur in several places in the 

 intermediate counties, as Leicester, Hereford, Worcester, and Bucks. 

 I have also gathered R. Bellardi near Dolgelley, Merionethshire. 

 The very prickly R. scaber affects hilly woods, as Horsenton Hill, 

 near Harrow, Middlesex, and Bromsgrove Lickey, Worcestershire. 

 It also forms thickets about the bases of the mountains in Ciiernarvon- 

 shire. 



R. carpinifolius and cordifolius are of general occurrence ; and 

 scarcely any wood is devoid of R. amplificatus ; but what I conceive 

 to be the true R. macrophyllus, W. 8; N., is rare, except in the south of 

 England. R. villicaulis abounds in North Wales, but is by no means 

 a general hedge-bramble ; and R. vestitus is universally diffused in 

 woods, becoming excessively villose in the shade. R. Lindleianus 

 (R. nitidus, Bell-Salt.) is a common form, particularly abundant in 

 North Wales and Anglesea ; nor is R. affinis much less diffused, as I 

 have either gathered or received it from various counties, from West- 

 moreland to Dorset. 



In Wales, a microphyllous form of R. Idaeus is prevalent in subal- 

 pine spots ; but though the foliage of this is often ternate, the leaflets 

 are never ovate and overlapping, as in the very local R. Leesii. The 

 common state of R. Idaeus, from its stoloniferous growth, is almost 

 everywhere widely spread, and continually extending itself. 



R. saxatilis is well known as a northern herbaceous species ; but I 

 have gathered it as far south as Watersmeet, on the banks of the Lyn, 

 Devonshire. It occurs, also, in Wire Forest, Salop, and Worcester ; 

 and is quite abundant among the stony recesses of the woods of the 

 Cotteswolds, Gloucestershire. 



Edwin Lees. 



Cedar Terrace, Henwick, Worcester, 

 March 9, 1853. 



