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be retained for the many plants to which Prof. Babington has given it 
lately, e.g ., Mr. Painter’s, Knypersley, Staff., 1885. See ‘ B. E. C. 
Report, 1885,” p. 126.” — W. Moyle Rogers. Both the above Prof. 
Babington names “ saxicolus” Dr. Focke only saw the Gloster plant; 
he says, “form of the hirtus group, not the German R. saxicolusT 
Rubus Gelertii , Friderichsen. Beeston, St. Andrew, Norfolk, E., 
30th August, 1888. Named originally by Dr. Focke. On seeing 
further specimens from me last autumn, Dr. Focke observed that they 
were “near R. Gelertii , Frid., and my R. Banningii , but not identical 
with either of these nearly allied forms.” — E. F. Linton. “ Gelertii ’, 
probably, as Focke says. I have a beautiful series from Friderichsen, 
and our plant agrees very well with them. I should describe the 
terminal leaflet of his specimen as rather acuminate than cuspidate.” 
— C. C. Babington. 
R. macrothyrsus , J. Lange, ‘Flor. Dan.’ tab. 2,832. A species 
intermediate between R. vestitus and R. Lejeunii. Near Bangor, 
August, 1888. — J. E. Griffith. Named by Dr. Focke. 
R. adornatus, Mull. Gorstley quarries, Herefordshire, 25 th Sep- 
tember, 1888. — Augustin Ley. “Why called adornatus l The 
foliage sent is not satisfactory. It does not agree with the description 
nor species. Is it not what I called velatus , for Mr. Ley, from 
Cowleigh Park, 19th July, 1887?” — C. C. Babington. “Is R. 
muricatus, Boul. et Gil., a more pubescent form of R. scaber , Wh. & 
N.”— Dr. Focke. 
R. Purchasii , Blox. Bradley, S. Derbyshire, 20th September, 1888. 
— W. R. Linton. Westhide Wood, Herefordshire, 18th September, 
1888. Fields, borders Glynhir, Carmarthenshire, 6th September, 1888. 
— Augustin Ley. From a root brought from the original station, and 
grown in the garden at Alstonfield Vicarage, October, 1888.— W. H. 
Purchas. “ I send this from a new S. Devon station (wood, Whitleigh, 
near Tamerton Foliott, August, 1888). Is certainly similar to the 
bramble given under this name in the ‘ Rep. of Bot. Ex. Club ’ for 1887, 
collected from a wood, Howie Hill, Herefordshire, 18th July, 1887, 
by Rev. Augustin Ley. It is a well marked plant.” — T. R. Archer 
Briggs. Prof. Babington only saw Mr. Linton’s and Mr. Ley’s 
Carmarthenshire specimens. Of these he writes “ these are Purchasii , 
which I believe to be Drejeri , the older name.” Dr. Focke writes, 
“ Mr. Purchas has sent me, besides the wild type, a cultivated 
specimen of it which I cannot distinguish from R. mucronatus , Blox.” 
This also refers to Mr. Ley’s plant. Of Mr. Briggs’ plant Dr. Focke 
says, “ This seems to be not identical with the type of Rev. W. 
Purchas. It is nearer the R. Koehleri 
R. velatus , Lef. ? Wood border, Manor Wood, Whitebrook, 
Monmouthshire, 18th September, 1888. This plant bears strong 
resemblance to one so named by Prof. Babington last year, from 
Cowleigh Park, Herefordshire. I have not, however, seen any 
description of R. velatus , Lef.— Augustin Ley. “ Velatus .” — C. C. 
Babington. Form of the hirtus group. There is a description of R. 
velatus in Genevier’s ‘ Monographic des Rubus du Bassin de la Loire,’ 
2nd edition (1880), p. 97. — Ed. 
