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OX RUBUS BRIGGSTI, Blox., A NEW SPECIES FOUND
IN DEVONSHIRE.
By the Eev. Andrew Bloxam, M.A.
(Plate XXXVIII.)
Riibus Briggsii, sp. n. Stem fuscous, prostrate, angular, covered
willi hairs and seta? ; prickles small, unequal, slightly declining, with
a compressed base ; leaflets generally 3-nate, closely and not deeply
dentate, hairy on the prominent veins beneath. Central leaflet broadly
cordate ;
basal leaflets nearly or entirely sessile, overlapping the central
one. Panicle short and dense ; sepals adpressed to the fruit ; leaflets
of the flowering stem all 3-nate, the basal ones sessile, overlapping the
central one, which is cordate, quite as broad as long.
The peculiar aspect of this species is very distinct from any that I
have previously met with, either British or Continental, and in this
opinion Mr. J. G. Baker, who has a most extensive collection of
foreign as well as British specimens, coincides. It comes nearest to
R. fusco-ater, VV. and N., but is quite distinct. I have named it
R. Briggsii, from its discoverer, who has found several plants of it in
the Vale of Bickleigh, Devon.
STATIONS OF, AND NOTES RESPECTING, SOME
PLYMOUTH BUBl.
By T. R. Akcher Buiggs, Esq.
For some time past I have had the pleasure of carrying on a cor-
respondence with the Rev. Andrew Bloxam respecting the Rubi of the
neighbourhood of Plymouth, and it is principally through his kind-
ness in having named numerous specimens for me, sent from this lo-
cality, that I am now enabled to give the following particulars respec-
ting the local distribution of the Ritbi named below. It will be seen
that my thanks ai'c also due to Professor Babington, for having kindly
given me his opinion on a few ; and I am under great obligations to
Mr. J. G. Baker, for the assistance he has afforded.
It must not be supposed that the list is anything like a complete
one of the Rnbi of Plymouth, for many doubtful plants, etc., are
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