242 Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 
infimis intermediis dissitis, panicule anguste valde hirsute ramis 
ascendentibus. 
R. carpinifolius, Rub. Germ. 36. t. 13; Eng. Bot. Suppl. 2664. 
Stem suberect, ultimately arching, clothed with fascicles of 
straight spreading hairs, angular when young. Prickles nume- 
rous, of moderate size, equal, hairy, tipped with yellow. Leaflets 
slightly hairy above, more so and paler beneath. Panicle prickly, 
compact, often slightly setose, usually with short ascending few- 
flowered branches, or with a simple close panicle. Flowers and 
fruit contemporaneous. 
Hedges, rare. July to September. 
Obs. 1. It has been well observed by Dr. Bell Salter, that the 
mode of growth of the barren shoot of this species is very sumilar 
to that observed in R. nitidus. In the present case the autumnal 
secondary growth more generally takes place, but during the 
summer months it is truly suberect. The young shoots are 
usually angular, but the matured wood seldom shows much trace 
of the angles. 
Obs. 2. A variety with rose-coloured flowers, flaccid leavesand — 
more angular stem is noticed in the ‘ Rubi Germ.’ and mentioned 
as “an extremely beautiful” plant by Dr. Salter, who also ob- 
serves that this form has a few scattered glands in the panicle. 
17. R. macrophyllus (W. et N.); caule arcuato anguloso hirto, 
aculeis paucis parvis rectis zqualibus, foliis quinatis mucronato- 
serratis subtus pallide viridibus pubescentibusque, foliolo termi- 
nali elliptico-ovato, infimis petiolatis intermediis dissitis, panicule 
composite elongato-corymbose ramis ascendentibus. 
R. macrophyllus, Rub. Germ. 35. t. 12; Eng. Bot. Suppl. 2625. 
Stem long, purplish, more or less hairy or nearly glabrous. 
Prickles short, thick at the base, distant. Leaflets irregularly 
but doubly serrate, acute, or with a long point, downy or di- 
stantly pilose beneath. Prickles on the panicle small. 
8. Schlechtendalii (Bab.) ; foliolo terminali obovato-cuneato cuspi- 
dato irregulariter duplicato-serrato, aculeis majoribus. Bab. Man. 
95. | 
R. Schlechtendalii, Rub. Germ. 34. t. 11. 
y. amplificatus ; foliolo terminali ut in var. 6. sed spe subtus pal- 
lido, panicule longissime anguste inferne foliose ramis erecto- 
ascendentibus : pubescentia flavescente. 
R. amplificatus, Lees MSS. ! 
Hedges and thickets, rare. July and August. 
Obs. 1. These plants are usually quite without sete on the bar- 
ren shoot, but even on English specimens I believe that a very few 
may occasionally be detected. On Irish (Killarney) specimens 
of the typical variety short sete are moderately abundant, and a 
