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EPPING FOREST RUBI.
By J. T. POWELL.
The following is a list of Brambles collected in the Forest during
the last two seasons (1887-8). It does not pretend to be complete,
as I have several single specimens of difficult forms which I hold
over until next season, in the hope of getting more material. Also I
have scarcely explored at all some of the northern parts of the
district. I am much indebted to Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., for
kindly naming a good number of my specimens; the rest have
passed through the hands of Professor Babington, F.R.S., in his
capacity as referee, for this genus, for the Watson Exchange Club.
The nomenclature is that of the "London Catalogue," 8th edition,
to which the numbers prefixed to the names refer :—
416. Rubus idaeus, Linn. In several places.
422c. R. affinis, c. cordifolius, W. & N. About Woodford
and elsewhere.
424. R. lindleianus, Lees. Leyton Flats and Walthamstow.
425. R. rhamnifolius, W. & N. Woodford, Walthamstow, etc.
431. R. pubescens. Sewardstone Green Road.
432. R. rusticanus, Merc. Widely distributed.
433. R. leucostachys, Sm. Tolerably common.
433b. R. leucostachys, b. conspicuus, P. J. Mull. Hawks-
wood.
440. R. maassii, Focke. High Beach, Snaresbrook.
441. R. macrophyllus, W. & N. In two or three places.
447. R. rosaceus, W. & N. Snaresbrook, Chingford, etc.
452. R. echinatus, Lindl. Lark's Wood, Hawkwood, etc.
454. R. sertiflorus, P. J. Mull. Buckhurst Hill and High
Beach. ("Not certiflorus as in the Lon. Cat." Prof. Babington.)
455. R. radula, Weihe. A small-leaved form. High Beach.
456. R. koehleri, Weihe. Two or three forms. Common.
456e. R. koehleri, e. pallidus, Bab. Leppitt's Hill and elsewhere.
459. R. diversifolius, Lindl. Snaresbrook, Chingford.
463. R. flexuosus, M. & L. Found in small quantity about
High Beach, Hawkwood, and Walthamstow.
468. R. hirtus, W. & N. Occurs sparingly in two or three spots
between High Beach and Leppitt's Hill.
471. R. corylifolius, Sm. Lark's Wood, Leppitt's Hill, etc.
474. R. coesius, Linn. Buckhurst Hill and Loughton, by the
Roding.