336 ADDITIONAL SPECIES, ETC. 



the natural and the agricultural area of the species. It 

 is, however, not always possible to know whether authors 

 intend one or both forms in their Lists and Floras. (See 

 vol. i. page 317.) 



t. ViCIA ERVILLA, WUld. 



Area (1). 



Alien. " Has occurred on cultivated land in Somerset- 

 shire " (Bab. Man. edit. 3). This extract conveys all that 

 is known to me about the plant being found in England. 



339. RuBus CiESius, Aut. 



340. RuBUS FEUTICOSUS, Ailt. 



&c. &c. &c. 



In the first volume of the Cybele all the British spe- 

 cies of Rubus, real or supposed, between R. saxatilis and 

 R. Idseus, were grouped under the above two names, for 

 the reasons 6xplamed under the second of them, page 353. 

 Since that volume was written various further subdivi- 

 sions, and some few combinations, have been made by the 

 botanists who devote their attention particularly to these 

 troublesome bushes. The consequence is, that published 

 records of localities, names and stations on labels, and 

 other sources from which any account of their distribution 

 could be drawn, are rendered too uncertain and non-cor- 

 responding for reliance, in any attempt to trace the special 

 distribution of the several supposed species taken sepa- 

 rately. Only one safe course seems left ; namely, that of 

 ignoring the past records, with few exceptions, and com- 

 mencing de novo. Accordingly, I requested Mr. C. C. 



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