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Spiraea (L.). 
S. salicifolia ( L .). Casual. Shrub. VII. 
Is occasionally met with as an escape from cultivation. 
S. Ulmaria (L.). Fig. 176. Meadow Sweet. Queen of the 
Meadows. Native. P. VI-VIII. 
By the side or ditches and ponds, and in moist meadows. 
Common. 
Rubus ( L .). Bramble or Blackberry. 
Section /. — FRUTESCENTES. 
Sub=Section /. — Idaei. 
R. Idaeus (L.). Fig. 177. Raspberry. Native. P. VI, VII. 
In woods and thickets, also about the edges of the Lancashire 
Mosses. Frequent. 
C. About Storeton ; Barnston ; Thingwall ; Bromborough ; 
Raby ; Hooton ; Eastham ; Overpool. 
Sub=Section II. — Fruticosi. Fig. 178. 
Suberecti. 
I R. suberectus (Anders.). Suberect Bramble. Native. Shrub. \ 
! " VI, VII. I 
Boggy woods and heaths. Rare. 
L. Bath Wood, Ormskirk ; Crosby; Southport (D.). 
C. Overton Hills (j.f.r.).] ' 
Note. — The records of this species cannot be accepted without modern 
confirmation. 
R. plicatus (W. and N.). Plaited-leaved Bramble. Native. 
Shrub. VII, VIII. 
Heathy and bushy places. Rare. 
L, Banks of seven pits on the Aintree road (D.) ; now 
destroyed. Simmonswood Moss, 1900 (j.a.w.). 
C. Patrick Wood, Bromborough (h.s.f.). 
[R. nitidus (W. and N.). 
C. BidstOn Hill (A. E. Lomax).] 
Note. — Recent confirmation is desirable. 
S ubrhamnifoiii. 
R. affinis (W. and N.). Intermediate Bramble. Native. Shrub. 
VII, VIII. 
Heathy places. Rare. 
L. Priory Lane, Walton (D.) ; now destroyed. Ditton, near 
the railway station (h.s.f.). 
