238 Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 
and panicle with numerous long straight prickles (im which re- 
spect it differs from the figure quoted above from the ‘ Rubi 
Germ.’) and a few sete ; branches short, patent or divaricated. 
3. vestitus (Bell Salt.!) ; caule zstivo suberecto, foliolis subrotundis 
acutis mucronato-dentatis subtus pallide viridibus albidisve. Phytol. 
i. 105. 
R. vestitus, Rub. Germ. 81. t. 33. 
R. diversifolius, Lindl. Syn. ed. 1. 83. 
R. villicaulis, Leight. ! Fl. Shrop,. 231. 
R. villicaulis a, Bab. Man. 95. 
y- argenteus (Bell Salt.!); caulis pubescentia densa argenteaque, 
foliolo terminali subrotundo-obovato acuminato duplicato-dentato 
subtus albo sericeo micanteque, caulis paniculeeque aculeis maxi- 
mis, panicule ramis inferioribus elongatis et erecto-patentibus. 
Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. 366. 
R. villicaulis 8, Bab. Man. 95. 
Hedges and thickets. @. in shady places. yy. Channel Islands. 
Sussex and Isle of Wight, Dr. Bell Salter. July and August. 
Obs. I fully concur with my friend Dr. Bell Salter in com- 
bining these three plants, although it would be difficult to believe 
that they are only varieties if the extreme forms alone were be- 
fore us. The remarkably round leaflets and somewhat suberect 
habit of R. vestitus, and the branching corymbose and often very 
straggling panicle of R. argenteus would undoubtedly afford good 
distinguishing marks, did we not see numerous intermediate 
forms connecting both of them with the typical R. leucostachys. 
12. R. sylvaticus (W. et N.); caule arcuato anguloso subteretive 
piloso, aculeis paulo inzqualibus tenuibus rectis, foliis quinatis 
subtus mollibus micantibus pallideque viridibus, foliolo terminali 
cordato-ovato apiculato, panicule composite foliose ramis brevibus. 
R. sylvaticus, Rub. Germ. 41. t. 15. 
R. villicaulis y, Bab. Man. 95. 
Stem not furrowed, often nearly round; pubescence of shining 
patent nearly parallel hairs. Prickles moderate, rather nume- 
rous, declining, hairy at their base, not quite confined to the 
angles. Leaflets serrate, usually tinged with purple on the veins 
beneath. Flowering shoot and panicle with short slender prickles 
and setz usually sunk in the dense pubescence; floral leaves 
usually 3-fid or simple. 
. villicaulis ; foliolo terminali ovali rotundatove cuspidato, panicule 
ramis longioribus: aculeis validioribus, caulis aculeis subequali- 
bus sparsis. 
R. villicaulis, Rub. Germ. 48. t. 17. 
Rather rare. Bath; Killarney; Loch Kil and Linlithgow. 
