Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 169 
which vary greatly in number. Leaves pinnate, of two pairs and 
an odd leaflet, snowy-white beneath; terminal leaflet ovate or 
cordate with a long stalk, lateral ones ovate, nearly or quite ses- 
sile; on the flowering-shoots ternate. Fruit red or amber-co- 
loured. 
B. trifoliatus (Bell Salt.!); caule polito alto, aculeis paucis minimis 
rectis, foliis ternatis, foliolo terminali pedicellato, panicula laxa, 
fructibus sanguineis, Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. 365. 
y. Leesii ; caule tomentoso alto, aculeis paucis brevissimis purpureis, 
foliis ternatis, foliolis omnibus rotundato-ovatis subsessilibus late- 
ralibus terminali incumbentibus, panicula fructuque ignotis. 
R. Ideeus c. fragarie-similis, Lees! in Lond. Cat. of Br. Plants (name 
only). 
In woods and hilly places. y. In a wood near Ilford Bridges, 
three miles from Linton, Devonshire, Mr. E. Lees. June. 
Obs. 1. Our var. B. is at least as large as the normal plant. 
Not so the trifoliate var. microphyllus (Wallr. Sched. Crit. 226), 
which is much smaller, has leaves of only half the size, and is 
branched from the base. 
Oéds. 2. Our var. y. isa very curious plant, of which the barren 
stems alone were found. Its three leaflets being all nearly or 
uite sessile and very round, give it greatly the appearance of a 
istinct species. It is well deserving of the attention of botanists 
visiting the north of Devon. 
** Caules plerique suberecti; folia digitata vel subpinnata ; panicula 
laxa. 
2. R. suberectus (Anders. !) ; caule suberecto anguloso, aculeis pau- 
cis minimis rectis subulatis, foliis quinatis septenatisve, foliolis 
flexibilibus : terminali cordato-ovato acuminato infimis subsessili- 
bus, ramorum floriferorum basi attenuatis, panicula subsimplici, se- 
palis a fructu (atro-sanguineo) reflexis. 
R. suberectus, Anders. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xi. 218. t. 16; Hing. Bot. 
2572; Sm. Eng. Fl.ii. 406; Arrhen. Rub. Suec. 19. 
Stems 3—-4 feet high, nodding at the end, glabrous. Prickles 
enlarged suddenly at the base. Leaves green on both sides, paler 
beneath, pilose; on the flowering shoots ternate, all much nar- 
rowed to their base, terminal one scarcely emarginate below. 
Panicle usually unarmed, or with small hooked prickles. Torus 
conical. 
B. trifoliatus (Bell Salt. !) ; caule polito, aculeis paucis, foliis ternatis, 
panicula elongata laxa simplici, ‘‘ fructibus sanguineis.” Ann. 
Nat. Hist. xvi. 365. 
Boggy woods and heaths. July and August. 
Obs. 1. The typical form of this plant cannot be confounded 
