ICOSANDRIA— POLYGYNIA. Rubiis. 405 



R. nitidus. H'cllic and Ne.es Rub. Germ. 17. t. 4, 

 R. majorj fructu nigro. Schiiiid. It: t. 2 ; according to Wcihe and 

 Nees. 



Ill thickets and woods, not rare. 



On Snelsmore Common, near Newbury. Mr. Bicheno. In St. 

 Leonard's forest, Sussex (also in Normandy). Mr. Borrcr. In 

 Shropshire. Rev. E. IVllliams. 



Shrub. July, August. 



A slender straggling plant, with no hoarincss, except about the 

 edges and inside of the calyx. The prickles of every part^arc 

 strongly hooked. Stems reddish, with obsolete or blunt angles, 

 few or no hairs, and no glandular bristles. Leaves brigiit green 

 and shining on their upper side ; paler and minutely hairy, but 

 not hoary, vvith strong prickly midribs, and straight parallel 

 transverse ribs, beneath ; all pointed, sharply serrated ; those 

 on the barren stems of 5 leaflets, somewhat pedate ; the rest 

 of 3. The flowering stems are numerously branched. Panicles 

 simple, or slightly compound, sometimes aggregate, all erect, 

 with slender hairy stalks, and a few strong scattered prickles, 

 (in Mr. Williams's specimens chiefly at the base,) but no bristles, 

 nor glands. Bracteas lanceolate, partly fringed. Cal. bearing 

 a few prickles, hairy, scarcely glandular or viscid, spreading, 

 not strongly reflexed, and sometimes becoming subsequently 

 inflexed. Pet. broadish, white or pink. Fruit black and shining, 

 of large but few grains. The authors of the Rubi Germanici 

 indicate two varieties of this species, one with rose-coloured 

 Jlowers, and acid /ruii; the other with white ^ou-'ers, and a 

 sweet fruit. The latter is judged by them to be Schmidei's 

 plant, cited in Fl. Brit, as my corylifolius. I rely on their better 

 opportunities of information. No living specimens of U. nitidus 

 have come under my observation. 



7. R. affinis. Ovate Hairy Bramble. 



Steins angular, reclining, nearly smooth. Prickles hooked. 

 Leaflets five, three, or solitary, ovate-heart-shaped, 

 pointed : loosely hairy beneath. Panicle hairy and 

 prickly. Calyx hoary, unarmed. 



R. afiinis. Weike and Nees Rtib. Germ. \6.t.3 and ^3. h. 



In woods, hedcjes, and bushy places. 



In a lane at Havtfield, Sussex; also in Epping forest. Mr. E. 

 Farster. 



Shrub. July, August. 



Most nearly related to the last, as Di . Weihe observes. He com- 

 ])ares it also to the second species, R. plicaius, on account of 

 some slight undulation, not always very evident, in the central 

 leajiet. It is distinguished from R. 7iitidus by its hairy, or 

 hoary, soMctimcs densely downy, panicle, and much more 



