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Bailey. “ This is far too near R. Radula for R. macrothyrsus , Lange, 
which as Lange quoted above says belongs to the group of R. vestitus , 
Weihe. This plant is moreover identical with that Mr. Bailey has 
sent, labelled R. Radula , var., from near Llandrindod, Radnor. Dr. 
W. O. Focke replies on this — 1 R. Radula , Wh. (no niacrothyrsus y 
It is however an interesting plant, well worth further study.” — E. F. 
Linton. 
Rubus carpinifolius , Wh. and N. Shirley, S. Derbyshire, 30th 
August, 1889. Teste Dr. Focke. I send this as representing the type 
of R. carpinifolius , which I believe has been much and long misunder- 
stood, owing to the same name having been given by Rev. A. Bloxam 
to what we now know as R. nemoralis , P. J. Mull. The barren stem 
of R. carpinifolius recalls occasionally R. Lindleianus ; the panicle is 
very different. — W m. R. Linton. 
R. rhombifolius , Weihe. Royal Common, Elstead, and Common 
between Witley and Hambledon, Surrey; 19th and 20th September, 
1890. Petals bright pink. Apparently an abundant bramble in this 
part of Surrey. Name confirmed by Dr. Focke. New County 
record. — W. Moyle Rogers. 
R. calvatus , Blox. Ednaston, August, 1889; and Brailsford, S. 
Derbyshire, 15th. August, 1890. The Ednaston plant is the same as 
was sent up in 1889 by Rev. W. H. Purchas, labelled “ R. 
melanoxylon , P. J. Miill., Shirley, Derby,” and so named on Dr. 
Focke’s authority. It represents a setose form of R. calvatus , whilst 
the glabrous form is represented by the Brailsford specimens. Both 
are thoroughly typical of the Midland species. — W. R. Linton. On 
this Ednaston plant, which, in my experience, varies greatly in the 
quantity of its setae, Professor Babington writes,—' U R. calvatus (Blox.) 
— R. sylvaticus (W. and N.), as Bloxam originally believed, and as 
Focke now states definitely.” I have not sent this to Dr. Focke 
again. He originally named it for me R. melanoxylon , M. and W. ; 
and he refers to this plant as approaching “ somewhat more the true 
R. melanoxylon ,” in Journ. of Bot., vol. xxviii., p. 133; stating in the 
same paragraph that “ the true R. melanoxylon, Muell. et Wirtg. 
resembles a weak glabrous R. villicaulis ( calvatus ) bearing some 
glandular setae.” Considering that Dr. Focke holds the calvatus 
of the S. of England to be R. villicaulis , Koehl., and the Midland 
calvatus to be not very different, is not a “setose form of calvatus ' 1 ' 1 
(see above) much what the true R. melanoxylon should be? — E. F. 
Linton. 
R. , No. 1. Dalrannoch, Glen Artney, Comrie, Perthshire, 
August, 1889 and 1890. Frequent for a distance of three miles. — 
James Cosmo Melvill. R. villicaulis, Koehl. — E. F. Linton and W. 
Moyle Rogers. 
R. villicaulis , W. and N. ; Baker. Hedge near the bridge over 
the river, Llanyre, near Llandrindod, Radnorshire, 3rd October, 1890. 
Siding on the road from Strathpeffer to Fodderty Church, East 
Rossshire, 28th July, 1890. Both these are new county records for 
43 and 106. In “Top. Bot.,” p. 141, Linlithgow (84) and Stirling (86) 
are the only two Scotch counties- given. — C harles Bailey. “ The 
