218 HEREFORDSHIRE RUBI. border of the county. Mr. Benson finds this bramble in Shrop- shire ; and as it was also found last year in the hilly woods near Trelleck, Monmouthshire, it will probably prove to have a larger range than at present appears in Herefordshire. First found, 1895. R. ECHiNATUs Lindl. Flora, 99 (as R. rudis W.). Wood-borders and hedges ; common, and distributed over all the county. Often one of the most abundant of the glandular brambles. R. oiGocLADOs Muell. & Lefv. In woods, very local. The wooded hills of the centre of the county near Foxley and Weobley are the home of this bramble ; in these it is extremely abundant. One or two other stations in the south and west exist, but the plant is rare, except in the single district above indicated. First notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 82. Var. b. Newbouldii Bab. In woods, rare ; nowhere occurring in great abundance, like the type. Belmont, Dinmore, and at one or two other stations in the centre, and one in the north of the county. First notice, Journ. Bot. 1895, 82. E. RUDis W. & N. Woods and wood-borders, very rare. Only found as yet in a single neighbourhood, at several localities, near Dulas, in the west of the county. Occurring at Symond's Yat, West Gloucester {Fwgers !!), within a few yards of the Herefordshire boundary. First found, 1892 ; first record, Journ. Bot. 1895, 100. R. PR^RUPTORUM Boul. In woods, scattered and rare. One station (Hope Mansel) in the south, two (Dinmore and Wormesley) in the centre of the county. Our plant is very near the Fi. Griffith- ianus Rogers, of Carnarvonshire^ [Flora of Carnarvonshire and Anglesea, 1895, 48) ; but is not, in the opinion of Mr. Rogers, identical with either this or the Dorset R. 2yi'(^^'uptorum. First found, 1885. R. Babingtonii Bell Salt. In woods, rare and rather local. Known at two stations (Walford and Yatton) in the south of the county, and at several in the neighbourhood of Presteign and Eardisley in the north. In the last-named stations the plant occurs in great abundance. First found, 1892. R. Lejeunei W. & N.. var. b. ericetorum Lefv. Flora, 99, 522 (under R. Radula W.). In woods and thickets, very local. Oc- cupying a single area in the county, of which Eardisley forms the centre. Near this centre the abundance of this plant gives a marked feature to the bramble flora of the district ; it thins out rapidly to east and west, occurring in a few outlying stations. First notice, under the present name, Journ. Bot. 1895, 100. R. cAVATiFOLius P. J. Mucll. Flora, 101. Woods and thickets, very scarce. This beautiful bramble is abundant a few miles to the south-west of our area, in the district of Monmouthshire bor- dering on the Wye Valley, where it was first detected in Britain. A few outliers alone appear to reach Herefordshire. One bush known on the Little Doward Hill, one on Howie Hill, both near Ross, on the southern borders of the county. R. scABER W. & N. Exclude R. scaber, Flora, 521. In woods, very rare. One station in the south, at Ganarew ; one in the west.
