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Sub-Species XXX.— Rubus diversifolius. LbuiUtf, 



Bab. Man. Brit. Bot ed. v. p. 106. 

 R, fusco-ater, Bah. olira. 



Earrcn stems arcliing-prostrate, angular, very sparingly hairy ; 

 prickles numerous, unequal, spreading or slightly deflexed, from aa 

 elongate much compressed hase ; aciculi and gland-tipped sctso 

 numerous and unequal. Leaves of the barren stem quinatc ; 

 leaflets sub-coriaceous, rugose above, paler and frequently felted 

 beneath with short setose hairs on the veins, unequally or dou1)ly 

 dentate-serrate ; terminal leaflet broadly oval or oval-obovate, 

 subeordate, acuminate ; basal leaflets sub-sessile, imbricated, over- 

 lapping the intermediate ones. 



In hedges. Not uncommon, and pretty generally distributed 

 in England. 



England. Shrub. Summer. 



Judging from the two specimens in Mr. Borrer's herbarium, 

 which Professor Babington now considers as E-. fusco-ater, there 

 appears to me little diifercnce between this and the preceding, but 

 I have no other acquaintance with the plant. 



Various-leaved Bramble. 



Sub-Species XXXI.— RubuS Lejeunii. Wdhe & Nees. 

 Bah. Man. Biit. Bot. ed. v. p. 106. 



Barren stem arching - prostrate, bluntly angular, rather 

 spai'ingly hairy ; prickles few, unequal, mostly small, declining, 

 from an elongate compressed base ; aciculi very short, gland-tipped 

 setaj rather few, unequal. Leaves pedate-quinate ; leaflets thin, 

 opaque and sparingly pilose above, paler and abundantly hairy on 

 the veins beneath, unequally or doubly dentate-serrate ; terminal 

 leaflet oval, subcordatc-acuminate or acuminate-cuspidate ; basal 

 leaflets stalked, not imbricated. Elowers in a broad lax leafy 

 panicle, with the upper branches rather short, coi'ymbosp, spreading 

 at right angles to the rachis, the lower ones ascending-spreading ; 

 rachis and pedicels felted with numerous short gland-tipped sette 

 a few aciculi and small slightly declining prickles. Sepals ovate 

 lanceolate, reflexed. 



In hedges. Bare. Occurring from Sussex to York. 



Enijland. Shrub. Summer. 



