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HEREFORDSHIRE RUBI. 167 occur in Herefordshire which merit attention, but which remain at present unidentified with any named continental forms. R. NEMORALis P. J. Muell. In woods ; very rare ? Only once picked, in the Mynde Woods, near the centre of the county. The specimens were seen by Rev. W. Moyle Rogers, and referred by him without hesitation to typical R. nemoralis. First notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 48. Var. b. GLABRATUs Bab. Flora, 95. Widely spread in Hereford- shire, in woods or on rough banks, and locally abundant. Rigg's Wood, and several other woods in the south of the county; occurring also in the eastern and central districts. Var. c. SiLURUM A. Ley. Rough hilly woods and pastures ; very local in Herefordshire. Almost confined to the neighbourhood of Presteign and Kington, in the north-west of the county, in parts of which it is rather abundant. Further west, among the hills of Radnor and Breconshire, it is one of the most abundant brambles. R. PULCHERRiMus Neum. Flora, 93 (as R. macrophyUus W. var. umbro.ms). Scattered throughout the county, both in woods and on hilly banks, but by no means the abundant bramble in Hereford- shire which it becomes in more hilly districts. Unknown in the eastern districts of the county. The forma setosa mentioned by the Rev. W. Moyle Rogers {Journ. Bot.'lS95, 48) is found at Welsh Newton, in the south-west. This might well be accorded a place among the RadiilcB, but is kept here in deference to Mr. Rogers's views. R. LiNDEBERGii P. J. Muell. Local and rare in Herefordshire, and only observed at a few stations in the hilly parts of the county. Hatfield in the east, and in the neighbourhood of Kington and Presteign in the north. First found in 1893 ; first notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 49. R. DUMNONiENSis Bab. Rare in Herefordshire, and only twice seen. Howie Hill and Fownhope, both in the south of the county. First found, 1891 ; first record, Bot. Exch. Club Rep. 1891, 327. R. MERcicus Bagnall, var. b. bracteatus Bagnall. Discovered in 1895 in hedges at Moseley, in the north of the county. Other stations will doubtless be added. Not recorded for any of the neighbouring counties. R. viLLicAULis (sp. collect.), var. b. Selmeri (Lindeb.). Flora, 518 (as R. affinis W. & N.). Surprisingly rare in Herefordshire, and only known at two widely separated stations. Orcop, in the south ; Brampton Bryan, in the north. R. RHOMBiFOLius Wclhc. Flora, 90 (under R. Salteri Bab.) ; 96 (under R. Borreri Bell-Salt.). Rare ; seen only in three widely separated stations, in the south, north, and west. First record, Bot. Exch. Club Rep. 1884, 104. R. GRATus Focke. Only seen at a single station, on Howie Hill, in the south. First found by Rev. W. M. Rogers in 1892, and subsequently by Dr. Focke. First record, Journ. Bot. 1895, 77. it. gratus occurs plentifully in West Gloucester, within three miles of this station. R. argentatus p. J. Muell. Flora, 88 (under R, leucostachys