258 THE BOTANICAL EXCHANGE CLUB OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 
Radnorshire. — A ugustin Ley. “ On what authority so-called ? It 
does closely resemble the R. festivus of Wirtg. Herb. Rub. Ed. 2 (1867), 
quoted by Focke. It is very difficult to determine the real name of 
this. Several named plants approach it closely. I was inclined to 
call a collective species either festivus or obscurifrons , but do not see 
my way clearly.” — C. C. Babington. 
Rubus tenuiarmatus , Lees, = R. dumetorum , var. concinnus ; Baker. 
Near Whaley Bridge railway station, Derbyshire, 27 th July, 1889. 
New County record? — C harles Bailey “ Why adopt tenuiarmatus 
as the name when there is an older, R. BalfourianusT — C. C. Babington. 
R. rubicundus , Wirtg. Sellack, Herefordshire, July, 1889. See 
Report for 1888, p. 213. — W. H. Purchas. “Doubtless correct. 
Focke places it as a form of R. obscurus , Kalt. Does not all our 
R. Reuteri belong here ? If so, they should probably bear the name 
of R obscurus , Kalt., published in 184s, R. rubicundus in 1 8^8.” — 
C. C. Babington. 
R. corylifolius , Smith; Baker. In the road between Gisburn and 
Long Preston, Mid-west Yorkshire, 23rd September, 1889. Hedge 
on the roadside near Whithorn, Wigtonshire, 20th September, 1889. 
New County record — Charles Bailey. Of the Gisburn plant Prof. 
Babington remarks “It is my conj ungens which differs very slightly 
from sublustris .” Of that from Whithorn he says “ A little nearer to 
sublustris than the plant from Gisburn.” Dr. Focke considers the 
Gisburn specimens “near R. corylifolius 
R.horridus, Schultz, = R. dumetorum, Warren; Baker. Hedge in 
field on road from Ashley to Mobberley, on the east side of the railway, 
Cheshire, 21st July, 1888 .— Charles Bailey. “I do not think it 
is horridus. I call it R. scabrosus .” — C. C. Babington. 
R. ccesius , Linn., var. Ballidon, Derbyshire, 12th Aug., 1889. — 
E. F. Linton. “Is my ulmifolius but probably the more correct 
name is R. ligerinus , Gen.” — C. C. Babington. 
R. . Near Alton Towers, Staffordshire, 7th September, 
1889. — W. H. Purchas. “I think it is closely allied to R. Lintoni , 
but has quinate leaves ; in that the lateral leaflets are often lobed. 
Is the terminal leaflet entire below? I find no setae on the stem, and 
scarcely any trace of felt on the leaves.” — C. C. Babington. 
R. obscurifrons, M. and W. ; Prof. Babington. R. septorum , 
P. J. Mull., Dr. Focke. Bradley Wood, near Ashbourne, September, 
1889. These specimens are from the bushes originally found by me 
in 1884, and from which specimens were, in 1885, submitted to Dr. 
Focke, who said : “ R. septorum , P. J. Mull., or a closely-allied form.” 
Specimens were afterwards sent to the Club by the Rev. W. R. Linton, 
from the same station, and were noticed in the Report for 1888. A 
set of this year’s gathering has been sent to Prof. Babington by < 
myself, and I received his opinion a few days ago, which is that he , 
adheres to the name of “ obscurifrons ” which he had adopted on his ( 
previous examination of Mr. Linton’s specimens. The bushes at 
Bradley Wood are not many, but they have increased in size from 1 
what they were when first noticed, and they have produced better I 
developed panicles, which will give members a good idea of the plant. 1 
