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lower branches frequently elongate and distant ; racliis slightly 

 pubescent, branches and pedicels densely so, sparingly prickly. 



In woods and hedges. Common from Hants to Arran ; but as 

 in the 5th edition of the Manual Professor Babington considers it 

 restricted to England, it is probable he thinks the Scotch localities, 

 given previously by him in " Cyb. Erit.," do not belong to this 

 form. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 



R. rhamnifolius bears considerable resemblance to R. Lind- 

 leianus, but has the stem smoother, generally reddish, with the 

 prickles shorter, more distant and not so suddenly contracted 

 above the base; the leaflets are generally broader though very 

 variable in shape, more finely and evenly serrate ; the bi'anches 

 of the panicle are less spreading, the lower ones usually remote 

 and elongated on large examples. The flowers and fruit are 

 larger. 



Bucklhorn-leaced Bramble. 



Germau, Straiissarlige Bromhcere. 



Subspecies VII.— Rubus incurvatuS. Bah. 

 Bab. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. j). 98. 



Barren stem arching-prostrate, angulai*, scarcely furrowed, 

 hairy ; prickles confined to the angles of the stem, rather strong, 

 spreading or declining, from a rather small base. Leaves of the 

 barren stem quinate ; leaflets coriaceous, with " incurved wavy 

 edges," shining above, with a few scattered hairs, opaque, and whitish- 

 green-felted beneath, very irregularly dentate-serrate ; terminal 

 leaflet broadly ovate or roundish, cordate, cuspidate or acumi- 

 nate ; basal leaflets stalked, slightly overlapping the intermediate 

 ones. Flowers in a rather short slender panicle, with very short 

 ascending corymbose branches ; rachis and pedicels densely pu- 

 bescent, sparingly prickly. 



On heaths and in open woods. Rare, — in Sussex, Pembroke, 

 Carnarvon, and Yv'estmoreland, and to these localities, in the fifth 

 edition of the Manual, Professor Babington adds Scotland ; a spe- 

 cimen from Dunoon, Argyleshire, being apparently referable to 

 R. incurvatus. 



England, Scotland. Shrub. Summer. 



I am acquainted with this bramble only from dried specimens, 

 which I owe to the kindness of the Rev. W. W. Newbould. These 

 have the underside of the leaves more densely and velvety pubescent 



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