Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 239 
8. Isle of Wight and Dorset, Dr. Bell Salter. July and Au- 
gust. 
Obs. The differences between the R. sylvaticus and R. villi- 
caulis of the ‘Rubi Germ.’ do not seem to be more than those of 
varieties. The under side of the leaves of the latter is usually 
rather paler, but in all respects the characters between them are 
only those of degree. I take R. sylvaticus as the specific name 
from its standing first in that work, and also because villicaulis 
has been often misapplied in this country to R. leucostachys B. 
13. R. Borreri (Bell Salt.!); caule procumbente tereti hirto, aculeis 
crebris inzequalibus longis tenuibus deflexis, foliis quinatis subtus 
hirtis concoloribus, foliolo terminali late obovato-lanceolato cuspi- 
dato, panicule corymbose ramis inferioribus longis decompositis 
flore terminali subsessili, sepalis fructum hemisphericum laxe 
amplectentibus. 
R. Borreri, Bell Salter in Ann. Nat. Hist. xv. 306. 
Stems mostly quite prostrate, very prickly ; pubescence of pa- 
tent hairs. Prickles not confined to the angles of the stem. Leaf- 
lets of the same colour on both sides. Flowering shoot and pa- 
nicle with few short slender prickles, hairy and slightly setose. 
Sepals linear-lanceolate. 
“8. Wilsoni (Bell Salt. MSS.); pilis in aciculos paucos abeuntibus, 
aculeis ad basin latis.”’ 
Apse Heath and Pagham Common, Isle of Wight, Dr. Bell 
Salter. $B. Near Buglawton, Cheshire, Mr. S. E. Wilson. June. 
14, R. Sprengelii (Weihe) ; caule procumbente tereti sparsim piloso, 
aculeis uncinatis, foliis ternatis, foliolis obovatis acuminatis conco- 
loribus subtus venosis, panicule ramosze tomentose ramis divari- 
catis paucifloris, sepalis ovatis acuminatis dense tomentosis paten- 
tibus. 
R. Sprengelii, Rub. Germ. 32. 10. 
A low trailing plant with greenish purple stems, which are 
very slender and either simple or branched. Prickles purple, 
yellow-tipped, small and slender, and so extremely uncinate that 
the point is parallel with the stem. Hairs rigid, shining and pa- 
tent, but not sufficiently numerous to produce the appearance of 
pubescence. Leaves rarely otherwise than ternate. Petioles 
armed as the stem, furrowed above. Leaflets obovate acuminate, 
irregularly but finely and acutely serrated, bright shining green 
above, with a few spreading hairs and the principal venations 
grooved, green and hairy beneath with very prominent veins, and 
the midrib armed with a few slender uncinate prickles. Ter- 
minal leaflet with its petiole geniculated, lateral leaflets broader 
externally and somewhat lobed. Stipules with small glands. 
Panicle—or rather flowering stem, as it grows erect from the last 
