RUBUS — ROSA. 295 



Rubus horridus Schultz^^. dumetonun Warren, W. & N., 

 ex parte. English type. Native. Area general. Range 

 0-300. Of this there are two types in the North Riding, both 

 common and not running into one another, viz : — i. R. diver- 

 sifolius Lindl., noted in every drainage district, ascending in 

 Svvaledale to the Marrick Smelting Mill, and lately traced by 

 Percival to 1000 feet in Fossdale. 2. R. femiiar7natus Lees 

 (var. concinnus Warren & Baker), the plant given in the first 

 edition as R. fuberculatiis Bab., also noted in every drainage 

 district. 



Rubus corylifolius Smith. English type. Native. Area 

 general. Range 0-200. Next to R. ulinifolius, the commonest 

 Bramble of the low country hedges, but rare amongst the hills. 

 Ascends Wensleydale to Askrigg ; /. Percival. R. ai/heifolius, 

 edition i, is a form midway between corylifolius and ccesiiis, 

 found in Whitcliffe Wood near Richmond, and in hedges at 

 Thirsk and Topcliffe. R. Balfouriamis Blox. has been found 

 by Webster at Acomb, and forms connecting it with corylifolius 

 (referred by Genevier to his R. dcj^encr) in hedges at Thirsk 

 and other places. 



Rubus caesius L. English type. Native. Area general. 

 Range 0-300. Ereciuent in woods and hedges throughout the 

 lower zone. A', pscudo-idaus W. & N., a hybrid between 

 R. idceus and R. ccesiiis, I have seen in garden-hedges at 

 Sowerby. 



Rosa spinosissima L. British type. Native. Subxero- 

 philous. Area 9 S 7 6 5 4 3 2. Range 0-500. In numerous 

 stations amongst both the eastern and western calcareous hills, 

 ascending to Cronkluy and Whitsundalc Scars. About the 

 Magncsian Limestone at Catterick Bridge, Nosteifield, Tanficld 

 and Thorp Arch. In the Central Valley at Croft, Middleton 

 Tyas, Burrell, Broni])ton-on-Swale, Wath, Nunwick, Thirsk, etc. 

 In Cleveland at Saltburn, Kiikleatham, Wilton, Guisbrougli, 

 Stokesley, Arncliffe Wood in Eskdale, Ruswarp, etc., and on 



Sept. 1889. 



