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gathered on the new red sandstone at Breckenbrough, east of 

 the Wiske stream (the dividing hne between vice-counties 62 

 and 65), and some three miles west of Thirsk. 



Next to this the most important observation made was 

 that of the singular hair-clothed Veronica parmulaiia Tur. and 

 Poit., from a pool near Gormire ; and, singular to say, reported 

 as found growing intermixed with the perfectly glabrous ' type ' 

 Veronica scuiellata — a fact that makes it difficult to account 

 adequately for the very distinct aberration it presents, upon any 

 theory of special conditions due to local environment ; and, 

 seeing that its special characters have remained constant under 

 cultivation, lends probability to suggested specific distinctness. 



The ' Gormire bramble ' recorded in ' North Yorkshire ' 

 under the name of Ruhis nitidiis (= R. lindleiajius Lees), 

 was observed to be very abundant on the sandy soil of 

 the slopes above the lake, and noted to have a peculiar fades, 

 due to its neat habit of growth, small neat quinate leaflets, 

 and racemose hairy panicle of flowers, with patent sepals and 

 narrow lilac-grey petals. No special name has been given it, 

 although Mr. J. G. Baker himself says it is not quite like any 

 form known to him ■ and further, R. lindleianus {iiitidus Bell 

 Salt.) is said in Stud. Flo., 118, to be unknown on the continent, 

 i.e., not correlatable with any continental type. Under these 

 circumstances it seems a pity that it has no scientific cognomen ; 

 to remove which disability and connect the name of John 

 Gilbert Baker by one more (and that a natural) link with his 

 native county, for the botany of which he has done so much, it 

 is proposed by the President of the Botanical Section (Mr. F. 

 Arnold Lees) to name it, Rubus bakeri (provisionally, at any 

 rate, until shown to be identified with some form already named), 

 and to give it this title, not as a distinct species, but as a variety 

 of the Rubus affinis of English authors (said by Mr. Baker to be 

 essentially the same super-species as R. montamis Wirtg.), 

 intermediate between R. nitidus Weihe (of the suberecti Section) 

 and R. carpinifolius Weihe (and Bab. Man.), to which rather 



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