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Rnbus corylifohus , Sm. Non-felted form. Hulme End, Alstonfield, 
N. Staffordshire, 22nd June 1893. So named from the same bushes 
by the late Prof. Babington. — W. H. Purchas. 
R- • “Apparently a corylifolian hybrid;” W. M. Rogers. 
Near Longside, on the road from Peebles to Eddleston, between Ven 
Law and Redscarhead, eastern Peeblesshire, 1st October 1898 ; 
altitude 550 feet. Strangely enough, no corylifolian bramble is 
recorded for county 78 in Mr. Rogers’ appendix of comital numbers 
in his ‘Handbook,’ pages 106 and 107. — Charles Bailey. 
R. Balfourianus , Bloxam ; var., W. M. Rogers. Hedge on the 
road from Crowborough Cross to Steel Cross, 18th July 1898 ; hedge 
between Bream Wood and Orznash, 23rd July 1898. Both localities 
near Crowborough, north-eastern Sussex, vice-county 14. Of these 
two gatherings Mr. Rogers writes me : “ This very handsome variety 
of R. Balfourianus hardly differs from Mr. White’s R. Bucknalli (vide 
‘ Journal of Botany,’ 1899, p. 389), except in the laxer and more 
diffuse panicle and rather different foliage. (See his description in 
‘Journal of Botany.’)” — Charles Bailey. “Not only in the panicle 
and foliage, but also in the stem armature, I see marked differences 
from R. Bucknalli. Compare my specimens.” — Ed. 
R. Bucknalli , mihi. Hedges and open woodland between North 
Nibley and Wotton-under-Edge, W. Gloucester, 19th July 1900. — 
J. W. White. 
R. Bucknalli , J. W. White. Near Mordiford, Herefordshire, July 
and August 1899. The above name was suggested for this plant by 
Rev. W. M. Rogers, after inspecting a large number of dried specimens. 
Mr. Rogers writes to me on the Mordiford plant as follows: “ Hardly 
differing from R. Bucknalli , J. W. White (‘ Journ. of Bot.,’ 1899, p. 
389). Perhaps it might come under that as a var., with leaflets less 
conspicuously imbricate, and terminal leaflet more frequently oval or 
slightly obovate than broadly ovate, with base less constantly cordate. 
In R. Bucknalli the sepals are described as reflexed after flowering, 
and ‘a fructu laxe reflexis.’ (My specimens show no fruit.) In the 
Mordiford plant they are erect in fruit. The latter also seems to be 
without the 5-nate panicle leaves which are rather frequent in the 
former. In stem, flowers, outline of panicle, etc., they seem practically 
identical : but, of the two, your plant seems rather nearer to R. coryli- 
folius” Mr. Rogers adds : “ On further comparison of your plant 
with Mr. White’s R. Bucknalli , I see that your stem is much less 
densely hairy than his, and apparently without the ‘resinous or 
glandular exudation ’ of which he speaks. Still, they seem too near to 
make two species of— the flowering panicles especially appear indis- 
tinguishable.” From the points admirably noted by Mr. Rogers it 
would be easy to draw up a short varietal description, should this 
Herefordshire plant be deemed worthy of publication, of which 
probably it is not worthy, placing it under R. Bucknalli under the 
