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panicle is not leafy to the summit, but the upper branches are 
subtended by trifid bracts. It agrees so well in most other re- 
spects and in general appearance with that plate, that I have very 
little doubt of its claims to the name of R. foliosus. 
21. R. Lingua (Weihe) ; caule procumbente arcuatove subanguloso 
aspero, aculeis inzequalibus subrectis declinatis, aciculis setis pi- 
lisque paucis brevibus, foliis quinatis ternatisve subglabris subtus 
pallide viridibus albidisve hirtis, foliolo terminali ovato abrupte 
cuspidato, panicule lave ramis sepissime unifloris, foliis floralibus 
simplicibus magnis, sepalis ovatis tomentosis cuspidatis a fructu 
laxe reflexis. 
R. Lingua, Rubi Germ. 88. t. 38. 
Stem green or greenish purple. Prickles not very numerous, 
moderate, purplish yellow, fewer than in the preceding-species and 
less decidedly larger than the aciculi. Leaves usually green on 
both sides; terminal leaflet generally remarkably abrupt, lower 
pair stalked. Panicle nearly simple with very long pedicels or 
2—3-flowered branches, leafy below ; lower floral leaves ternate, 
upper simple ; rachis and branches clothed with an ashy tomen- 
tum, short setz and slender purplish prickles. Calyx greenish. 
{. tomentosus ; foliolo terminali acuminato subtus tomentoso albido- 
cinerascente, panicule ramis corymbosis subtrifloris. 
R. scaber, Rub. Germ. t. 32? 
Oakhampton, Devon; Jardine Hall, Dumfries-shire. £8. Jer- 
sey. Poole, Dorset, Dr. Bell Salter. July to September. 
Obs. 1. The Oakhampton plant agrees very exactly with the 
plate in the ‘ Rubi Germ.’ In it one or two of the lowermost 
branches of the panicle have more than one flower, the others 
being reduced to a single flower;which thus appears to be pro- 
vided with a peduncle of at least an inch inlength. The Dum- 
fries-shire specimens only differ by having these branches all 
very much shorter so as to give a close appearance to the panicle. 
In this latter plant the flowers and fruit are contemporaneous. 
Obs. 2. The var. B. tomentosus has the general appearance of 
R. scaber (Weihe) as represented in the ‘ Rubi Germ.,’ but that 
plant has much smaller and more decidedly hooked prickles on 
its barren stem, and the under side of all its leaves pale green 
and only slightly pubescent. It probably is a state of this 
species. 
It seems doubtful, as suggested by Dr. Salter, if R. Lingua 
will not ultimately be shown to be a form of R. Radula. 
[To be continued. ] 
