168 . ENGLISH BOTANY. 



Sub-Species v.— Rubus Lindleianus. Leea. 



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



R. nitidus, Bell Salt. Bab. olim, non W. <k N. 



Barren stem arching or sub-erect, rooting at the apex, angular, 

 furrowed, hairy at the base, sub-glabrous towards the apex ; prickles 

 confined to the angles of the stem, strong, declining or hooked, 

 from a large much-compressed base. Leaves of the barrjn stem 

 quinate; leaflets sub-coriaceous, shining above, greyish-green, 

 opaque and pubescent, and often whitish-felted beneath, finely and 

 unequally dentate-serrate ; terminal leaflet rhomboidal-oval or 

 rhomboidal-elliptical acuminate, wedge-shaped at the base ; basal 

 leaflets stalked, not overlapping the intermediate ones. Flowers 

 in an elongate compact compound panicle, with rather short 

 spreading corymbose branches ; rachis and peduncles densely 

 pubescent, very prickly. 



In hedges and thickets. Not uncommon, occurring from Hants 

 to Renfrew. — (Bab. in Cyb. Brit.) 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 



This plant has somewhat the habit of R. plicatus, but besides 

 having the barren stem moi-e arching, the panicle has more 

 numerous, more spreading and shorter lateral branches, and the 

 leaflets are paler, often felted beneath. The flowers are smaller 

 than those of R. plicatus, the fruit about the same size, but smaller 

 than that of R. aflinis. 



Lindleifs Bramble. 



Sub-Species VI.— Rubus rhamnifoUus. Wexlie. <fe Nee». 



Plate CCCCXLVI. 



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

 R. cordifolius, IT. & N. 



Barren stem ai'ching, angular, furrowed, smooth ; prickles 

 confined to the angles of the stem, strong, declining or spreading, 

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

 leaflets coriaceous, flat, shining above, opaque, greyish-green and 

 pubescent or often whitish-felted beneath, very finely acutely and 

 irregularly dentate-serrate; terminal leaflet roundish or oval 

 rhomboidal, cordate or rounded at the base, shortly cuspidate; 

 basal leaflets stalked, not overlapping the intermediate ones. 

 Flowers in an elongate compound panicle compact at the apex, 

 with rather short spreading-ascending corymbose upper branches. 



