328 SUPPLEMENT TO NOTES ON RUBI, 
strike me; but my R. latifolius, which I place amongst the Rhamni- 
folti, does in appearance greatly approach our R. corylifolius, which 
is hardly that of Scandinavia. - latifolius is a ‘plant concerning 
which we require more information. It seems more nearly allied 
to the Rhamnifolii than the Casi (Corylifolit of ee It has 
meh as yet been noticed in more than three of the a 
districts, all in the east of Scotland, and is ool rare in 
Apparently also Areschoug would place our R. dive) ‘sifolius, with 
which he would combine our R. fusco-ater, in his aggregate species 
u 
R. ferox Arrh. and R. acutus Lindb. are subglandu lose. I have not 
seen authentic specimens of these, and so cannot ray any judgment 
co: 
The puntos a from all this seems to be that our R. corylifolius, 
especially as represented by the typical form KR. sublustris Lees, and 
ah British allies, does not well fall in with Areschoug’s arrange- 
White’ 8 herbarium would greatly help in removing this ignorance 
as far as Perthshire is a : : rie 
ridericksen is stated to have said that ‘individuals emia 
were very ae landulose before, and which have been hewn dow 
and grown. up agin, are eeaadent with glandules.” Unfortunately 
n’ are written in Danish, whic 
e Ido not ae But if he has made such ee 
tions, which I consider very difficult to make and producing results 
eptreny te “They I val, to be the fact, they are of extre er 
portance. wo ange some 0 
our prevalent ideas Miss ~ ae tend to totally change so 
= va Emer is an rigs couesion hie saney probably be arrived 
ee olius is one a gate 
eclnait and the aoe: R. co sei ith all its allies, 
hick § probably our KR. Balfourianus an scabrosus, is another, 
‘sok te 5% ps the name moralis Aresch., but 
© 41. nemoralis of southern botanists. It is R. milliformis 
te : K éj ; oe ; > th: e . 
ee and Gelert (‘Danmarks og Slesvigs Rubi,’ p. 108). 
an 3 = de aa he the conclusion at afm Areschoug has arrived, 
z. pee aioac tage very well with the views of British botanists. Our 
it and d the forms which I have combined with it as the 
Hs corylifolius Sites ah not noticed by Areschoug, and do not seem 
We will now turn to another diffi 
ome group, ny pce ony plants 
included under the orginal R, glandulosus Bell. I possess a good 
of B. Bellardi ‘rom Jutland Sy Sleswig 
france _(Genevier, Billot, and Bo nari; the Rhine Provinces 
\bicws ‘ All of these seem to me to accord very fairly with our 
- Bellardi. Aveschoug dustly remarks that the prickles are in some 
Pale Anse 
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