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RXJBI7S. BEAMBLE, EASPBEEEY. 



1. R. idseus (common Raspberry.) Woods and thickets ; 

 pretty generally distributed over Britain. Leaflets with close 

 white down underneath. Flowers white, in long panicles at the 

 ends of short branches. Fruit scarlet in a wild state. Eoad 

 between Sandy Park and the Drewsteignton cromlech. Hedges 

 in the lane at Gidleigh, near Chagford. Berry Pomeroy. (E. B. 

 t. 2442.) Sh. vi. 



2. H. suberectus (upright Bramble.) Hedges, thickets, and 

 boggy places. The Rubi have by some botanists been divided 

 into a great number of distinct species, but it seems doubtful 

 whether many of them are entitled to separate specific names. 

 Bentham, in the preface to his c Handbook,' says : " At any rate, 

 if those minute distinctions by which the innumerable varieties 

 of Brambles, of Eoses, of Hawkweeds, or of Willows, have of late 

 years been characterized, are really more constant and more im- 

 portant than the author's experience has led him to conclude, 

 they cannot be understood without a more complete acquaintance 

 with trifling, vague, and sometimes theoretical characters, than 

 he himself has been able to attain, or than can ever be expected 

 from the mere amateur." Most of the varieties of Bramble grow 

 about and around Torquay, but this and the three following are 

 all I have been able to distinguish. Forde Bog, near Newton. 

 (E. B. t. 2572.) Sh. TII. vm. 



3. R. fruticosus (common B.) In hedges, thickets, woods, 

 and waste places, very abundant ; varies considerably in the 

 prickles and hairs, shape of the leaflets, and also in the colour of 

 the flowers. Torquay, etc. (E. B. t. 715.) Sh. vn. vm. 



4. R. corylifolius (Hazel-leaved B.) Thickets and hedges. 

 Scarcely distinct from R. rhamnifolius and R. carpmifolius. 

 Hedges about Torquay. (E. B. t. 827.) Sh. vi.-vm. 



5. R. csesius (Dewberry.) In open fields, thickets, hedge- 

 banks, and borders of fields. Chudleigh. (E. B. t. 826.) Sh. 



FRAGARIA. STEAWBEEEY. 



F. vesca (tvood S) In woods and bushy pastures, banks by 

 roadsides, frequent. (A large variety, the F. elatior (E. B. t. 

 2197), is also frequently met with.) Flowers in Devonshire nearly 

 the whole year. Very abundant in woods and lanes about Tor- 

 quay and neighbourhood. (E. B. t. 1524, and S. t, 2742.) P. 

 Y.-VII. 



