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Schlechtendalii , but the specimen is very poor. Mr. Baker considers 
it typical macrophyllus . 
Rubus mucronulatus, Bor. Collected by Miss J. B. Fortescue, 
at Kingcaussie, Kingcardineshire, September, 1879, an< ^ sent by Dr. 
Boswell, with the following note : — “ This is the commonest bramble 
on Lower Deeside ; usually the flowers are white, both there and in 
Fife; but Miss Fortescue’s specimens now sent have pale pink petals, 
and so agree with Prof. Babington’s description in his “British Rubi.” 
Rubus Sprengelii , Weihe. From a pond-side west of Simons- 
wood Lane, S.W. Lancashire; Mr. J. Harbord Lewis, 13th July, 
1879. Mr. Briggs agrees with this name. Mr. Baker thinks it 
macrophyllus , and Prof. Babington var. Borreri . 
Rubus Bloxamii, Lees. Highgate Wood, Middlesex, July, 1878; 
Dr. Eyre de Crespigny. Prof. Babington says this is very near, if 
not exactly, the rhenanus Mull, which is a form of Bloxamii. 
Rubus plicatus W. & N. teste Prof. Babington. From enclosure, 
Beacon Hill, Trelleck, Monmouthshire, 13th September, 1879, by Rev. 
A. Ley. Prof. Babington reports that “these specimens from Mr. Ley 
are certainly not correct, although I am stated to have named them 
so. This is a glandular plant. It seems to be Hystrix, if we may 
judge from the barren stem. Do the leaves and panicle belong to 
the same plant ? I much doubt it.” 
A Rubus is sent by Mr. J. Harbord Lewis, from a hedge-row at 
the entrance to the Powder Works, Cunscough, S.W. Lancashire, 
19th August, 1879, which Prof. Babington names Hystrix. 
Rubus Hystrix , Weihe. Sent from four stations : — Appleby 
Road, Twycross, Leicestershire (Co. 55), 6th September, 1879, by 
Mr. James E. Bagnall; Braggeridge Wood, Stafford, August, 1879, 
by Dr. John Fraser; Harrow Weald Common, Middlesex, August, 
1879, by Dr. Eyre de Crespigny; and from a delf, Kirkby, S.W. 
Lancashire, 1st September, 1879, by Mr. J. Harbord Lewis. Prof. 
Babington confirms the name for Dr. de Crespigny’s and Mr. Lewis’s 
plants, and believes Mr. Bagnall’s is correct ; but he names Dr. 
Fraser’s plant rosaceus. 
Rubus Radula , Weihe. Dr. Eyre de Crespigny sends a plant 
named Rubus Koehleri , Weihe, c. pallidus , from waste ground left of 
the Paddington Canal towards Sudbury, Middlesex, August, 1879, 
which Mr. Briggs names R. Radula. Prof. Babington says it “ has 
nothing to do with Koehleri , but apparently Radula, but the panicle is 
very far from satisfactory.” 
Rubus Koehleri, Weihe, var. cavatifolius , Miill. teste Prof. Babing- 
ton. Sent by Rev. Augustin Ley, from a field side, Trelleck, 
Monmouthshire, 13th September, 1879. 
Rubies diversifolius , Lindl. Mr. Lewis sends a plant from Coalpit 
Lane, north of Newton-in-Mackerfield, S.W. Lancashire, 26th August, 
1879, to which he, doubtfully, gives this name, but Prof. Babington 
does not agree ; he thinks it much more like Lejeunii. 
Rubus Lejeunii, Weihe. From near Bentley Park, Warwickshire, 
October, 1879, by Mr. James E. Bagnall, who writes that “the 
specimens sent thus named have been confirmed this year by Prof. 
Babington. The plant is abundant here, but I was unable to get a 
supply of good typical specimens, owing to the abnormal season 
