94 FLORA OF OXFORDSHIRE. 
Native. Ericetal and sylvestral. Heaths and coppices, on sandy or 
gravelly soil. Widely distributed and locally abundant. Absent for three 
miles round Oxford, but plentiful on Boar’s Hill, and less frequently so on 
Shotover. Shrub. June, July. 
First record, Plot. 1677, who says it is plentiful on the Chilterns. 
See also Ray 3rd edit. and Hudson’s Flora Anglica. With variegated: 
leaves, near Cookley Green. 
Var R. Leesii, Bab. Syme, E. B. iii. 161. 453. 
7. Thames. Woods above Shirburn. It is given in Student’s Flora 
for Oxon instead of Berks, where Mr. Dyer saw it; see below. 
Berks. Boar’s Hill, W. 7. Dyer, Hb. Br. Mus. 1867. 
Warwick near Woodloes. 
BR. fruticosus, L. Blackberry. 
Aggregate. Native. Septal, ete. Woods, hedges, and waste places. 
Generally distributed. Sh. June-Sept. 
First record, between Finstock and Fawler with striped foliage, 1677, 
Plot. A variety with white fruit, R. leucocarpus, ‘found accidentally in a 
hedge near Oxford,’ D. Bobart, in Ray, ed. ii. 1696. 
RB. suberectus, And. 
Syme, E. B. iii. 164. 444. 
Native. Heathy Woods. Rare or overlooked. July, Aug. 
I believe this occurs on Shotover Hill on the north side, but the plant 
had no panicle, so doubt attaches to the occurrence of this species in 
Oxon. 
Berks. Snelsmore, Newbury, Brit. Warwick. 
R. Lindleianus, Lees. Nym. 216. 
Native. In hedges and on upland heaths. Local. July, Aug. 
1. Stour. Tadmarton, ‘ nitidus;’ Bell Salt, now W. and N., Beesley. 
4. Ray. Headington Wick. 
6. Thame. Shotover. 
7. Thames. Nuffield. 
Berks. Snelsmore, Brit. Tubney, Warwick, Northants. 
BR. ramosus, Blox. 
Native. Heathy ground. Rare. July, Aug. 
6. Thame. Shotover. 
R. rhamnifolius, W. and N. 
Nym. 216. Syme, E. B. iii. 169. 446. 
Native. Thickets, commons, and heathy ground. Widely distributed 
and locally common. July-Sept. 
First record, Mr. Bicheno in Sm. Eng. Fl. 1824. Abundant in woods 
about Tangley. 
