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E. Med.— In the dell at Apse Castle, 1840, W. A. B. Also about Ninham 

 faiTn, and Apse heath. 



j3. With the ahove, being in this island by far more frequent than the typical 

 form. 



Panicle mostly branched. Petals white. Fruit red, soon drying. Leaflets 

 3 — 9, glabrous on both sides, pale green. 



This species and the following increase abundantly by seed. 



3. E. plicatus, W. & N. Uipright Blackhen-y. Stem angular 

 without hairs or setae, prickles few curved, leaves quinate, leaflets 

 mostly ovate plicate, flowers erect, petals spreading, twice as long 

 as the calyx. W. & N. t. i. E. B. S. t. 2714. Br. Fl. p. 584. 



/3. carinatus. Leaflets lanceolate, carinated. 



Moist heaths and boggy places, not rare. /3. Rare. F/. May, June. I?. 



E. Med. — Apse-Castle wood. On Apse heath. lu a boggy wood near Woot- 

 ton, on the road to Cowes. 



W. Med. — Near Debourne Gate, W. Cowes, Miss G. Kilderhee. 



ji. On Blackpan common. 



Panicle usually simple, racemose, with long pedicels. Petals white or pale 

 pink. Fruit scarcely black. Leaflets dark green above, pale beneath. 



** Stem arched or procumbent, perennial, routing al the end. 

 f Stem destitute of setce. 



Group ii. CoEYLiFOLn, Lindl. Stem polished, glabrous or slightly 

 hairy ; hairs patent, translucent ; leaves digitate-quinate ; 

 leaflets pubescent on both sides, pliant. (Fruit black in this 

 and the four following groups). 



a,. Calyx reflected from the fruit. 



4. R. rhamnifolius, "W. & N. ? Buckthorn-leaved Blackberry 

 or Bramble. Stem angled, prickles equal, lower pair of leaflets 

 small directed backwards, panicle branched. Borr. Br. Fl. p. 

 585. 



a. cordifolius. Stems decumbent, leaves cordate. R. cordifolius, W. Sr N. t. v. 

 R. rhamnifolius, W. ^ N. t. vi. 



/3. nitidus. Stem suberect, panicle leafy spreading. R. nitidus, W. Sr N. t. iv. 



y. syhatieus. Stem villous, prickles numerous. R. sylvaticus, W. Sr N. t. xv. 

 R. villicaulis, W. ^ N. t. xvii. 



Hedges and thickets, frequent. Fl. May, June. Tj . 



E. Med. — Tn hedges near Ryde. In sunny thickets on the open parts of San- 

 down and Apse heaths, abundantly. 



W. Med. — Hedges near Cowes. 



/3. In QuaiT copse and Whitefield wood, abundantly. Very frequent in hedges 

 about Cowes. 



y. In a hedge at Week's-field, near Ryde. 



Stem green. Petals white or pale pink. 



A variable plant. /3. has much the habit of R. plicatus ; it is however dis- 

 tinctly osculant with a. and y. 



5. E. macrophyllus, W. & N. ? Large-leaved Bramble or Black- 

 berry. Stem furrowed slightly hairy, prickles equal few mostly 

 small, leaflets elliptic-acuminate very pliant. W. d N. t. xii. ? 

 E. B. S. t. 2625. Br. Fl. p. 585. 



