178 ENGLISH BOTAXr. 



" 8, R. anij)lificatus. Lees. 



"Prickles short, from a very large base. Leaves usually quinate ; 

 leajleta somewhat doubly patently dentate, hairy only on the veins 

 beneath, not felted ; terminal leaflet broadly obovate, acuminate. 

 Panicle very large, its prickles strong, compressed from a very 

 large base. Sepals usually leaf-pointed. Corolla white or pinkish. 

 E-emarkable for the very strong prickles with exceedingly long 

 compressed bases on the panicle. 



" e, cjlahratas. Bab. 



" Prickles short from a very large base. Leaves quinate ; leaflets 

 irregularly or rather doubly dentate, slightly hairy on the veins 

 beneath, terminal leaflet roundly cordate or broadly obovate, sub- 

 cordate ; panicle with slender prickles. Sepals (apparently) leaf- 

 pointed. Leaves nearly glabrous beneath ; terminal leaflets very 

 round." — (Bab. Man. /. c.) 



Woods and copses. Common, and generally distributed. 

 • England, Scotland, Ireland. Shrub. Summer. 



A very variable plant, but yet I cannot think that all the 

 forms referred to it by Professor Babington are mere varieties. 



I judge of these from the specimens named by him in the Kew 

 Herbarium, many of which I am unable to refer to any of the 

 varieties given in the Manual, especially one with the leaflets 

 white beneatli, which I suppose he would include under var. a. 

 Between vars. 3 and y I see little if any difference, judging from 

 the specimens so named. 8 appears to be one of the commonest 

 forms ; e I have never seen at all. 



Large-leaved Bramble. 



Sub-Group III.— SPECTABILES. Bab. 



Barren stem with the pubescence usually dense and often 

 deciduous ; also generally with a few gland-tipped seta3 and aciculi ; 

 prickles rather unequal. Leaves green beneath, not felted. 



Sub-Species XIX.— RubuS mucronulatUS. Boreaxi. 



Plate CCCCLI. 



Bah. Man. Brit. Bot. ed. v. p. 103. 



K. muoronatus, Blux. in Fl. Leicester, p. 43 ; and Bab. olim (nou Senngf). 



Barren stem arching, bluntly angular or nearly round, with 



