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broadly obeordate, emarginate, or deeply notched ; in G. inter- 
medium they are yellow, mostly rounded at the apex, and with 
a shorter claw. The flowers are generally rather smaller 
and less drooping than in G. rivale , but much larger than in 
G. urbanum. After the examination of numerous specimens, 
I find the comparative lengths of the upper and lower joints 
of the awn, as well as of their glabrous points, variable. In 
this, as well as in G. rivale and urbanum , the cauline leaves 
are either ternate or three-lobed. These observations, of 
course, apply solely to the plants as seen in this county. 
Rubus L. Bramble. 
Br. sp. andv. (18 Hook. 32 Bab.) F. 6. 
(Neither the brambles nor the roses of Forfarshire have 
been well investigated, and the county lists of these may 
therefore be far from complete. Both genera require long 
and patient examination in the growing state , and that at 
different stages of their growth, and under various conditions ; 
and even alter many years close observation, botanists are 
found to differ widely as to their specific distinctions.) 
R. idceus , L. Raspberry. H. 95, B. 92. — F. May, June ; 
and in July on the mountains. S. 
Plentiful in woods, and by waysides, and ascending more 
than half-way up the Clova mountains. The fruit ripens in 
July and August, and in shady woods is occasionally white, 
and of large size. 
R. suberectus, And. Upright Bramble. If. 95, B. 92. 
— F. June, August. S. 
Near the Kirkton of Clova, and in other places in the 
valleys and on the mountains. 
R. fruticosus, L. Common Bramble. H. 96, B. 94. — 
F. July, August. S. 
Abundant on the banks of the Tay, and in woods, thickets, 
and by waysides. The flowers are generally pure white, but 
occasionally more or less tinted with rose-colour, and on a 
bush or two at Dudhope, Dundee, I have seen the petals 
almost red. 
Though puzzling to botanists from the variableness of its 
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