320 Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Rubi. 
27.? R. Schleicheri (Weihe?) ; caule arcuato vel procumbente suban- 
guloso vel subtereti pilis setisque sparsis, aculeis sparsis ineequali- 
bus rectis declinatis, foliis quinatis vel ternatis pilosis subtus viri- 
dibus molliter pubescentibus, foliolo terminali rotundo breviter acu- 
. minato inferne attenuato, panicule parve setose ramis 3—4 di- 
stantibus valde paucifloris brevibus corymboque terminali simplici : 
aculeis multis longis rectis declinatis, sepalis fructus erecto-paten- 
tibus. Pig 
R. Schleicheri, Leight.! Fl. Shrop. 237; Bell Salt.! in Phytol. ii. 
131. 
Rare. Shropshire, Rev. W. A. Leighton; Hants, Dr. Bell 
Salter. July and August. 
Obs.1. Although Dr. Salter and I have continued the use of 
the above name for this plant, we are far from being convinced 
that it is the species figured and described in the ‘ Rubi Germa- 
nici’; I have therefore not quoted that work. Leighton sent 
specimens to Nees von Esenbeck, who named them as above, but 
that does not remove my doubts. Neither am I satisfied that 
this is a distinct species ; it has much the appearance of a plant 
in one of its earlier stages of growth. 
28. R. Wahlbergii (Arrh.); caule arcuato obtusanguloso, pilis setisque 
paucis vel subnullis, aculeis multis valde inzqualibus, foliis qui- 
natis subtus pallide viridibus, foliolo terminali late ovato acuminato 
inferne cordato, ramorum floriferorum cordato inferne lato, panicula 
longa foliosa aciculata, sepalis fructus patentibus, petalis obovatis 
inferne attenuatis, “‘ stylis virescentibus.”’ 
R. Wahlbergii, Arrhen. Rub. Suec. 48; Godron, Rub. Nancy, 16; 
Bell Salt.'! in Ann. Nat. Hist. xvi. 371. 
Stem nearly terete at its base, obtusely angular above. Prickles 
very numerous and very unequal, straight, rather declining ; on 
the autumnal shoots and the petioles hooked. Leaves cuspidate- 
dentate-serrate. Stipules of the flowering shoot narrow. “ Torus 
conical. Fruit blue-black.” Panicles with very numerous, long, 
strong, declining prickles. 
Hedges in the south of England. August. 
Obs. 1. In some states this plant closely resembles R. coryli- 
folius, which differs from it by having equal prickles on a sub- 
terete stem, those on the petioles nearly straight; the torus 
“ youndish-clavate.” Between this and the following species the 
specific character is a sufficient distinction. 
Obs. 2. A state of arrested development occurs in this plant 
in more shady places when the plant is suberect and the panicle 
very short with large leaves amongst the flowers; it is the R. 
Wahlbergi B. frustratus (Bell Salt.), ‘Ann. Nat. Hist.’ xvi. 371. 
Similar states occur in other species. 
29. R. nemorosus (‘‘ Hayne’’) ; caule arcuato subanguloso, pilis se- 
