172 Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 
5. R. nitidus (W.et N.); caule suberecto anguloso levi nitido, acu- 
leis conicis rectis declinatis basi dilatatis, foliis quinato-digitatis 
planis supra nitidis subtus viridibus pubescentibusque, foliolo ter- 
minali ovato rotundatove infimis pedicellatis intermediis dissitis, 
panicule composite foliose ramis patentibus divaricatisve: rachi 
polita superne pilosa. 
R. nitidus, Rub. Germ. 19. t. 4. 
Stem not arching, but producing a pendulous shoot in the 
autumn, glabrous or with a few scattered hairs. Terminal leaflet 
usually ovate; all sharply and irregularly serrate. Petioles with 
short, generally numerous, hooked prickles. Panicle very prickly, 
its branches usually spreading nearly at right angles to the ra- 
chis. 
Hedges and thickets. July and August. 
Obs. 1. “This plant is remarkable for the bright varnished 
appearance” of its stem, as well observed by Dr. T. B. Salter 
(Phyt. 1. 102). These stems are very frequently only suberect, 
but m some cases a slender pendulous shoot is produced which 
reaches the ground and roots. The flowering-shoots are nearly 
glabrous throughout the greater part of their length, but become 
gradually more and more covered with patent hairs as the ex- 
tremity of the panicle is approached, between which the shining 
cuticle is seen. 
Obs. 2. The panicle is here considerably different from that of 
all the preceding species. It is much more compound, irregular, 
and often rather close, nor do any of our specimens quite accord 
with the figure in ‘ Rub. Germ.’ of this part. A specimen from 
Dr. Weihe has a less prickly panicle than the English plant. 
*** Caules arcuati vel procumbentes, radicantes, numguam asperi, 
setis nullis (seepe in caulibus junioribus, in maturis rarius, inve- 
niuntur sete sparse). Aculei in caulis angulis sxpissime congesti, 
subzequales. 
6. R. Salteri (n. sp.); caule procumbente anguloso sulcato parce 
piloso, aculeis equalibus parvis rectis declinatis, foliis quinatis, 
foliolis ovalibus apiculatis pilosis subtus tomentosis, infimis breviter 
pedicellatis intermediis dissitis, panicule angusie inferne foliose 
pubescentis ramis brevibus divaricatis simplicibus corymbosisve, 
sepalis fructui oblongo adpressis. 
Stem long, decumbent, angular, striated, furrowed, green, with 
scattered short patent hairs; prickles few, moderately long from 
a thick base, straight, declining, nearly equal, confined to the 
angles of the stem, slightly pilose. Leaves quinate-pedate ; sti- 
pules linear-lanceolate ; petioles and midribs with a few small 
strong declining or deflexed prickles ; leaflets strongly and doubly 
dentate-serrate in their upper half, the serratures simple and de- 
creasing downwards ; terminal leaflet oval, shortly pointed, sub- 
