IO THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
having caused the plants to be poorly developed. Very few barren 
stems were to be found.” 
Rubus saltuum , Focke. Dr. Eyre de Crespigny sends a Rubus 
under the name of R. fusco-ater , Weihe, from Harrow Weald Com- 
mon, Middlesex, August, 1879, which Mr. Baker names saltuum , 
Focke = Guntheri , Bab. Mr. Briggs says this is certainly R. Guntheri 
“Weihe” Bloxam, = R. saltuum, Focke. Prof. Babington does not 
accept it as fusco-ater , but his specimen has not a perfect terminal 
leaflet. 
Rubus foliosus , Weihe. Sent from Ansley Coalfield, Warwick- 
shire, August, 1879, by Mr. J. E. Bagnall. Prof. Babington says 
it is no doubt correct. 
Rubus glandulosus , Bell., b. hirtus. Sent by Dr. Eyre de 
Crespigny, from a hedge in a meadow below Hampstead Heath, 
Middlesex, August, 1879. Baker thinks this is a form of pallidus 
less hairy than usual. Prof. Babington pronounces hirtus correct. 
Rubus Balfourianus , Blox. Shirley, Warwickshire. Sent by Dr. 
John Fraser, 20th September, and Mr. James E. Bagnall, 29th 
September. 1879, fr° m the same locality. Name confirmed by Prof. 
Babington. 
Rubus corylifolius , Sm., b. conj ungens. From a hedge at St. 
Weonard’s, Herefordshire, September, 1879, by Rev. Augustin Ley. 
Also confirmed by Prof. Babington. Mr. Briggs asks, “ Why not the 
type, sublustris ? ” 
Rubus corylifolius, Sm., d. purpureas, Bab. Minworth, War- 
wickshire, September, 1879. Sent by Mr. James E. Bagnall, with 
the following note : — “ Specimens from the bushes from which these 
specimens have been collected were named for me, in 1871, by the 
late Rev. Andrew Bloxam, as Rubus concinnus , Baker ; but, as I could 
see no difference between this and what I considered to be R. pur- 
pur eus, Bab., I sent specimens this year to Prof. Babington, labelled 
R. purpureas , and this name was confirmed by him. The plant is 
remarkably abundant in the Minworth district, often to the exclusion 
of all other forms. I also noticed it in abundance in the hedges at 
Twy cross this year (1879), an d believe it to be the plant named R. 
concinnus , Baker, and distributed by the late Mr. Bloxam, from that 
district. The bushes in the Appleby road, Twycross (from which I 
gathered my specimens), pointed out by Mr. Bloxam, had been cut 
down this year.” Prof. Babington writes : — “My specimen from Mr. 
Bloxam’s ‘set’ of 1876 is poor, but I agree with Mr. Bagnall in 
believing this to be the same plant, and correctly named purpureas.” 
Mr. J. Harbord Lewis sends from a hedge opposite the 
powder works, Cunscough, S.W. Lancashire, 19th August, 1879, a 
Rubus , which he thinks is near fusco-ater. It is considered by Mr. 
Baker to be ccesius. Prof. Babington thinks it is his althceifolius. 
Rubus ccesius , L. var. a. agrestis. Sent by Rev. Augustin Ley, 
from railway banks, St. Devereux, Herefordshire, 16th September, 
1879. Confirmed by Prof. Babington. 
Rubus ccesius, L. var. a. umbrosus , fide Prof. Babington. 
from Drayton Bushes, Warwickshire, July, 1879, by Mr. James E. 
Bagnall. Prof. Babington says this is the same as agrestis. 
Dryas octopetala , var. pilosa Bab. Limestone rocks, Blackhead, 
