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 HEREFORDSHIKE RUBT. 55iy ^ear St. Devereux. First notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 101. A plant much resembling R. BeUardi W. & N. in its leaves, and mentioned under this name in the Flora (p. 105), grows in the Tintern neigh- bourhood, and has been, no doubt correctly, attributed to R. scaber W. & N. by Dr. Focke. It reappears in more than one station in the south of Herefordshire. Great Doward ; and in Queen's Wood, Upton Bishop. I should like to be allowed to name it var. j^seudo- Bellardi. R. oBScuRus Kalt. In woods ; abundant at a single station in the centre of the county ; unknown elsewhere. Woods at Belmont, near Hereford. The bright red petals, stamens and styles, and the clasping sepals, make this a striking bramble. First detected by Rev. E. F. Linton and myself in 1893 ; seen in situ by Dr. Focke in 1894, and pronounced by him to be the typical R. obscurus Kalt. of the Continent. First notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 101. E. Fuscus W. & N. Flora, 97 {R. Bloxamii Lees), 104 {R.foli- osus W.), 521 (R. thyrsiflorus W. & N.), 523 {R. fuscus W. & N.). In woods and thickets, widely spread, and locally abundant. Found in all parts of the county: abundant in the south, at Bishopswood ; in the east, at Cowleigh Park, Malvern ; in the north at Croft ; in the west at Moccas. The Bishopswood plant has been pronounced by Dr. Focke to be identical with the German R. fuscus W. & N. Those growing at Cowleigh and Moccas were uniformly named R. thyrsiflorus W. & N. by the late Prof. Babington, and present a very robust form of the species, in which the opening panicle is nodding in bud, as in the New Forest variety named nutans by Mr. Rogers. Var. c. MACRosTACHYs (P. J. Muell.). In woods. In several stations in the south of the county, in one of which (Rigg's Wood, Sellack) it was first detected by Dr. Focke in 1894 ; probably also elsewhere ; but I do not feel sure of the limits of this variety and typical R. fuscus W. & N. First notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 101. R. LoEHRi Wirtg. In hilly woods ; locally abundant. Ranging along the southern boundary of the county from Great Doward on the west to Queen's Wood in the east, this bramble is also abundant in the adjoining parts of the vice-county of West Gloucester, in the Forest of Dean, and in Newent Woods. I am not aware ,of its having been detected as yet in any other county. First record, Bot. Exch. Club Report, 1888, 209. Dr. Focke, after suggesting this name for it in 1888, withdrew his suggestion upon seeing the plant in situ in 1894. An inspection, however, of authentic con- tinental specimens in the herbarium of Rev. W. Moyle Rogers allows no doubt to remain that our plant is identical with R. Loehri Wirtg. Its nearest alliance, among British brambles, seems to be with R. fuscus W. & N. and R. pallidns W. & N., especially with the latter. In comparison with these brambles, the very leafy stem, very densely clothed with stalked glands ; the thin texture of the shouldered ovate-acuminate leaflets, which are green on both sides and have coarse toothing ; and the short broad panicle, much branched, with slender branches, are characteristic of R. Loehri Wirtg. Specimens of this plant, from Linton Wood, Hereford-