246 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
Trifolium agrarium , Linn. Arable ground, originally sown as 
fodder, now fallow, and on which these are probably ‘self-sown.’ 
Boat of Garten, Easterness, Aug., 1889. — G. C. Druce. 
Oxytropis campestris , DC. Glen Fiadh, Clova, Forfar, 13th July, 
1889. In very fair quantity both on the rocks and on slopes of debris; 
pretty safe from extirpation, as so many strong tufts of this deep-rooting 
plant are inaccessible to men and deer. — E. F. and W. R. Linton. 
Vida Cracca , L. var. iucana , Thuill. Steep grassy bank in the 
open part of Clova valley, Forfar, 17th July, 1889. I owe the 
suggestion of the above varietal name to Mr. Arthur Bennett The 
plant was remarkably dwarf and condensed in habit, and the peduncles 
appeared to be much shortened, remaining so in the few cases in 
which the pods were well formed. The situation was not an alpine 
one, being some distance below Kirktown of Clova. — E. F. Linton. 
Rubus. The Club is greatly indebted to Professor Babington for 
the care and attention he has given to the unusually numerous 
representatives of this genus. When sending his notes the Professor 
writes : — “ I am sorry to make the usual remark that the specimens of 
Rubi are often very far from satisfactory, from bad selection and 
imperfect preservation, and that in most cases the characters derived 
from the direction of the stem and the colour , direction and structure 
of the flowers are not recorded. These characters cannot be seen 
satisfactorily, or even at all, on the specimens sent. Collectors have 
little idea of the care required in selecting, collecting, and drying 
brambles so as to be of any use to students. 55 
R. sulcatus , Vest. Boggy wood, Lyonshall, Herefordshire, 18th 
July, 1889. This is the same plant as that mentioned at p. 173 of 
the “ Report” for 1887 under this name, but referred by Dr. Focke 
to R. carpijiifolius , W. and N. — Augustin Ley. “ It does not agree 
with my foreign carpinifolius .” — C. C. Babington. 
R. affinis W. and X. — Canford Chine, (between Poole Harbour 
and Bournemouth) Dorset, 19th July, 1889. Also West Cliff, Bourne- 
mouth, S. Hants, 22nd Aug., 1889. Dr. Focke accepts these as the 
true R. affinis of Weihe and Nees. He was with me when I gathered 
the Canford Chine specimens, and he afterwards saw the West Cliff, 
Bournemouth, bushes. I have seen quite the same bramble in Teign 
Valley, S. Devon, and in several places in East Dorset and S. Hants. — 
W. Moyle Rogers. Prof. Babington agrees to this name. 
R. . Ludford Park woods, 2nd October, 1SS9. A plant from 
near the above station, which I believe to have been identical with 
the plant now sent, was said, in 1881, by Mr. Archer Briggs, to be 
very near “ R. silvaticus, W. and N.” I do not know what to call it 
It is abundant over about three miles of wooded hill in the district 
from which I send it, and occurs also in other parts of North Here- 
fordshire. The stamens are white; the pistils light green. — Augustin 
Ley. “This seems to approach R. nitidus , but that is a plant of 
which I have no satisfactory knowledge.” — C. C. Babington. 
R. affinis , Bab. non W. and N. : Baker. On the quarry railroad 
side between Cwm-y-Glo and Llanberis, on the north eastern side 
of Llyn Padarn, Carnarvonshire, 13th September, 1888. — Charles 
