T?nsACK.E. iny 



rounded or narrowod at Iho base, and rathor lonp^-stalkod, the 

 lateral leaflets shortly stalked : the plants ibrnierly named 11. 

 plicatus, which have cordate leaflets, he appears now to refer to 

 li. Ussus. 



JPlaited-leaved Bramble. 



Sub-Species IV.— RubuS afllnis. Weilie & Fees. 

 Bah. Jfan. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 98. 



Barren stem sub-erect, or arching but not rooting at the apex, 

 angular with the angles somewhat rounded, smooth ; prickles 

 conliucd to the angles of the stem, very strong, hooked or declining 

 from a large compressed base. Leaves of the barren stem quinate 

 Avith the leaflets sub-coriaceous, "wavy towards the end" (Bab.), 

 opaque above, pale green and softly and densely pubescent beneath, 

 finely, acutely, and irregularly dentate-serrate ; terminal leaflet oval, 

 acuminate, rounded at the base; basal leaflets stalked; lateral 

 leaflets of the flowering-shoot often narrowed towards the base. 

 Plowers in a comjiound panicle, with the lateral branches as- 

 cending, often elongated, corymbose ; rachis and peduncles pilose. 

 Fruit black when ripe, with the sepals spreading or reflexed. 



On heaths and in open woods. Not uncommon and pretty 

 generally distributed, being found, according to Professor Babington 

 in " Cybele Britannica," Vol. III., from Sussex to Perth and 

 Argyle. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 



This species forms the connecting link between the Suberecti 

 and the lUiamnifolii, between which it is intermediate in habit. 

 It is a larger and stronger plant than R. plicatus, and with the 

 leaves much more softly pubescent b»-ncath. The fruit is con- 

 siderably larger, with the sepals at first reflexed, but afterwards 

 rising until they are spreading, or spreading-ascending. 



Professor Babington considers R. lentiginosus of Lees (Phyt. 

 18.j3, p. 927), which has narrower more glabrous sharply cut 

 leaflets and smaller petals, as a form of the above. 



Intermediate Bramble. 



Group XL— RHAMNIFOLII. Bab. 



Barren stems arching and rooting at the end, slightly pilose 

 with rather distant hairs, not felted nor glaucous, and destitute 

 of gland-tipped set£E ; prickles nearly uniform. Sepals felted, cou- 

 colorons. 



