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b. diversifolius (Lindley). 
Hedges, &c. Rare in Lancashire. Frequent in Cheshire. 
L. “ Hedges” (h.s.f.). 
C. “ Hedges; about the first Bramble that we find in flower” 
(f.m.w.). 
e. tuberculatus (Bab.). 
Hedges, &c. Not recorded from Cheshire. 
L. Frequent in hedges at Walton and Everton (h.s.f.). 
f. concinnns (Warren). 
L. 1896, Walton (j.a.w.). 
R. corylifolius. Small Hazel-leaved Bramble. Native. Shrub. 
VII, VIII. 
Hedges and thickets. Very common. 
a. sublustris (Lees). 
L. In hedges, Walton ; Aintree ; Netherton (j.a.w.). 
Note. — A remarkable form of this plant occurs in several places near 
Walton, with large septenate leaves. 
[b. conjugens (Bab.). 
C. In hedges in several parts of Wirral (f.m.w.). 
c. purpureus (Bab.). 
C. About Oxton and Bidston Heaths (f.m.w.).] 
R. caesius (L.). Fig. 179. Dewberry. Native. Shrub. VII, VIII. 
On the sandhills, very common. Hedgebanks, frequent. 
b. aquaticus (W . and N.). 
L. 1894, Crosby sandhills ; Formby; Southport (j.a.w.). 
C. Wallasey; West Kirby (j.a.w.). 
c. intermedins (Bab.). 
L. 1896, Fazakerley (j.a.w.). 
d. ulmifolius. 
C. Dunsdale Valley near Frodsham (j.f.r.). Bank on Grange 
Hill (Dr. o.). 
R. rosaceus x Sprengelii. 
L. 1896, Ince Blundell (j.a.w.). 
R. leucostachys x mercicus. var. b. bracteatns. 
L. 1896, Aintree (j.a.w.). 
Note. — In this critical genus the field work was originally done almost 
entirely by Messrs. H. S. Fisher and F. M. Webb. 
During the thirty years that have elapsed since that period, the nomen- 
clature of Rubus has been completely transformed by the work of experts, 
so that in the ninth edition of The London Catalogue of British Plants, 1895, 
