rosacea:. 95 



uncertain. There may be several species in cultivation, and it appears 

 that F. elatior is not now in much repute with gardeners. 



RUBUS, Unn. 

 211i It. Idaeus, L. Raspberrj/. 



Cyb. Br. i. 354; iii. 420 ; Comp. 161. Syme E. B. iii. t. 442. 

 Heaths and woods ; rather rare. Shrub. June — July. 

 I. In a lane on Mr. Austin's farm on Harefield Moor ; Blackst. Fasc. 88. 

 Woods by Pinner Lane ; Fl. Herts Supp. 9. Stanmore Heath. 

 Harrow Weald Common. Sfeep bank round Bentley Priory, abundant. 

 II. Shaklegate Lane, Teddington, G. Francis ; Coojier Supp. 12. 



III. Gravel-pit nr. Hounslow. Twickenham Park. Inclosure, Whitton Park. 



IV. Harrow Park ; hedge in Loudon Road ; Melv. 26. Near the great 



bog, Hampstead, J. Bliss ; Park Hampst. 30. Hamp^tead Heath ; 

 W. 8. Coleman. 

 V. Twyford ; Lees. 



VI. Wood near Colney Hatch, doubtfully wild, 1821 ; Bennett {v. s.). 

 Copse near Whetstone. Edmonton. 

 First record: Blackstone, 1737. Certainly native in I., but no doubt the 

 result of cultivation in many localities. 



212. R. fruticosus, L.* Bramble. Blackberry. 



R. vulgaris (Johns. Enum.). 

 Cyb. Br. i. 353 ; iii. 336-46; Comp. 161-2. 

 Hedges, thickets, woods and heaths. Shrub. B. June — August. 



1. R. affinis, W. & N. 

 Cyb. Br. iii. 340. 



V. Horseuton Wood ; Lees in Phyt. iii. 400. 



Is not ' R. affinis ' of the Home counties, R. calvatus ? ; Warren, 



2. R. Lindleianus, Lees. 



R. leucostackys (Lindl. Syn. II.). R. nitidus (Coop. Melv.). Cyb. 

 Br. iii. 339. 

 I. Harrow Weald Common, 1861 ; Melv. 26.t 

 II. Shacklegate Lane, Teddington, G. Francis; Coop. Suppi. 12. 

 III. Hanworth Ed. nr. Hounslow, 1866 ! ; Newb. Hospital Bridge ; Bloxam. 



* We much regret the imperfection of the list of Middlesex Brambles. It has 

 resulted from the illness of one, and absence from the county of the other, of the 

 Authors during the summer of 18()8, which was to have been occupied by an investi- 

 gation of the subject. "We are indebted to the Hon. J. Leicester Warren for many 

 parts of the list, which is made up of his observations and those of Mr. Hind, Mr. Lees, 

 Mr. Meehan, and the authors of the Flora Ileiifordiensis, with a few other, and some 

 original, localities. It is, however, probable that further investigation would not add 

 more than three or four recognised names to the list, though it woiiM greatly improve the 

 account of their distribution through the county. We have followed Mr. SjTno in making 

 the named forms, considered species in Bab. Mai. v., sul - pejies. 



t All the fmcticose Rubi (17), recorded in Melv. 25, 2C, were found by the Rev. W. M. 

 Hind, and named by Professor Babington. 



