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THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
Rubus serpens, Weihe. Wood, Beacon Hill, Monmouthshire, 28th 
September, 1888. I traced this for a distance of some five miles 
from Whitebrook to Tinterne, on the woods bordering the Wye on 
the west. It stands well apart from R. flexuosus , which also occurs 
in these woods. — Augustin Lev. “ Whom does this come from ? I 
think it is the plant named fuscus , by Focke, for Mr. Ley. I am not 
clear at present where to place this. Focke says near scaberP — C. C. 
Babington. “ Small form of the hirtus group.” — Dr. Focke. 
R. chlorothyrsus , Focke. Shirley, S. Derbyshire, nth September, 
1888. — W. R. Linton. “ I am still in much dfficulty between the 
foliosns of Devonshire, which is, I think, the chlorothyrsus , and the 
other foliosns of Bloxam. I think this specimen is the former from a 
more northern locality than usual.”' — C. C. Babington. “ Doubtful, 
but not R. chlorothyrsus — Dr. Focke. 
R. hirtus , W. & N., var. rotundifolius, Blox. Between Chudleigh 
and Trusham, S. Devon, 16th September, 1879, teste C. C. Babington. 
Also the same, or forms intermediate between rotundifolius and 
hirtus , Teign Valley, S. Devon, 1879, Dux Common, Bridgrule, 1884. 
Moorend, Okehampton, N. Devon, 1882. The North Devon plants 
(growing in much bleaker localities) have stronger prickles, and 
thicker, hairier leaves than the S. Devon one, named rotmidifolius by 
Prof. Babington, but they do not otherwise seem different.” — W. 
Moyle Rogers. Single specimens are very inconvenient to the 
distributor. — Ed . 
R. hirtus , W. & N. Mousehold Heath, Norfolk, 8th September, 
1888, teste Dr. Focke. Specimens from the same spot were referred 
to roiu?idifolius by Prof. Babington. As the plants from which 
specimens were gathered are invariably ternate, it should, perhaps, 
rather go under the latter name. Probably this distinction is not 
recognised on the Continent. — E. F. Linton. 
R. tereticaulis , P. J. Mull. Beeston Copse, near Sprowston, 
Norfolk, E., 30th August, 1888. So named for me by Dr. Focke. 
Prof. Babington assented to the name, remarking that it seemed to 
approach very nearly to flexuosus. To my eyes, it appears more 
closely to resemble ternate R. hirtus . — E. F. Linton. 
R. fuscus, W. & N. Woods, Aconbury, Herefordshire, 12th 
September, 1888. Lodge Grove, Bishopswood, Herefordshire, July, 
1888. This is the same plant as I sent out last year without a name, 
also from x\conbury Wood, though from a station fully two miles 
distant from the present one, and which was named R. fuscus by Dr. 
Focke. It is a frequent plant in parts of Herefordshire. I wish to 
correct here a clerical error which I made in page 176 of ‘Report’ 
for 1887. ‘ R. hirtus, W. & N., Woods, Welsh Newton, and Bishops- 
wood, Herefordshire,’ should have been 1 R. fuscus, W. & N.’ Those 
plants are identical with those I sent, in 1886, from the same localities 
under the name of 1 fuscus, W. & N.’ See ‘ Report,’ 1886, pp. 149- 
150. I cannot, however, see how these very hairy plants can receive 
the same name as the Koehleri-Mke. plants sent both this year and last 
from Aconbury Wood.” — Augustin Ley. “ Doubtful.” — Dr. Focke. 
“ Fuscus of Focke.” — C. C. Babington. 
