314 Mr. C. C. Babington on the British Eubi. XLI. — A Synopsis of the British E-ubi. By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. &c. * « [Continued from p. 247.] ft Aculei insequales, sparsi, in aciculos setasque adeuntibus. 22. R . fusco-ater (Weihe) ; caule decumbente anguloso sparsim pi-loso setoso, aculeis multis insequalibus rectis, foliis quinatis opacis subtus pallidis mollibus nitidis sericeis, foliolo terminali cordato-ovato acuminato undulato, infimis intermediis incumbentibus, pani-culse inferne foliosse setosse ramis corymbosis. R. fusco-ater, Rub. Germ. 72. t. 26. R. Radula (Lindl.), Leight. ! Barren stem with numerous rather unequal moderately large prickles, and more or less numerous unequal smaller ones con-necting them with the small aciculi and the setae. Petioles with strong declining or deilexed prickles, lower leaflets (in our plant) nearly or quite sessile, terminal leaflet rather broad at the base, all pale green beneath. Panicle clothed with numerous short hairs and setae and long and strong prickles. Calyx patent or loosely reflexed from the fruit. /3. candicans; caulis petiolorumque aculeis paucioribus pilis numero-sioribus, foliis subtus albis, foliolo terminali rotunde obovato, in-fimis petiolatis, panicula hirsuta. R. Radula, Lees MSS. ! y. echinatus ; caulis petiolorumque aculeis multis, foliis concoloribus subtus duris rigide pilosis, foliolo terminali obovato, infimis petio-latis, paniculse pilis longis setis aciculisque longioribus aculeis crebris minimis tenuibus. R. echinatus, Lindl. ! Syn. ed. 1. 94; Leight. ! Ft. Shrop. 235. not Bab. Isle of Wight and Dorset, Dr. Bell Salter ; Shropshire ; Leices-tershire, Rev. A. Bloxam. /3. Little Malvern, Worcestershire, Mr. E. Lees. y. Almond Park, Salop. July and August. Obs. 1. I have received from my friend the Rev. W. H. Cole-man a plant gathered in Mangrove Lane, Hertford, which appears to be referable to the type of this species. Its leaves are almost exactly cordate and cuspidate, glabrous above, very finely tomen-tose beneath ; the petioles have fewer prickles. The barren shoot has scarcely any hairs, few setae, very few and short aciculi ; its prickles are rather numerous and mostly large and equal, but there are a few very unequal and smaller. Another plant sent to me by Mr. F. Adamson, who states that it is " not uncommon near Gouroch '^ in Renfrewshire, has fewer large prickles on its * Read before the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Feb. 12, 1846.
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