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house named Powislaud ; also on a bank close to where the South
Devon Railway crosses the lane leading from the higher part of R'dgeway
to Newnham.
R. ramosus, Blox. Common in open spots in woods, and in bushy
places in their neighbourhood. This plant varies but little, and seems
very distinct from all our other species. The remarkably glossy upper
surface of its frequently convex leaves, its lax, branched, abrupt panicle,
and small, irregularly-formed fruit, are characteristic features. The
Rev. A. Bloxam says of it, " Not uncommon in Warwickshire and
Leicestershire ; I think closely allied to, if at all distinct from,
ScJiUkumi, Wirtg., though my specimens vary a little ;" and Mr.
Baker, *' No doubt ramosus, Blox., probably = ScJdikumi, Wirtg."
By the Plymouth and Dartmoor "tramway," near the Leigham tunnel,
at Maidstone, Fancy, and Wombwell ; in a bushy spot below the
elvan quarry on Demford estate, and at Bircham, Egg Buckland ; in
a hedge near Dedham Bridge, and in the neighbourhood of Beer
Alstone; between Knackersknowle and Tamerton Foliott ; in the lane
between Elfordleigh and Newnham Park ;
mon Wood, near Plym Bridge, and about Rumple ; also at Blaxtcn ;
near Inchers, etc.
in the Plyra valley at Com-
R. dlscolo7; W. and N., inclusive of R. fi-uticosiis, Sm. The plant
now usually called R. discolor h\ British botanists, the R. fn/ticosiis of
Smith, is probably the commonest hedgerow bramble of the neigh-
bourhood of Plymouth, and often occurs in very exposed situations.
Sometimes the petals are of a very bright pink. It continues to pro-
duce its hard, regularly-formed, but poorly-flavoured fruit until frost
sets in. With reference to specimens of this from Wembury and
from Fursdon, Egg Buckland, the Rev. A. Bloxam observes "the
common form of what is called discolor in this country ;" and Mr.
Baker, " the common form of discolor all over England. Genevier and
Mercier call it rust icons. ^'
Respecting a more robust plant, with larger and broader leaves, and
a few aciculi on the barren stem and panicle, gathered by the Ply-
mouth and Ivybridge road, the latter say?, " probably what those who
call the last ruslicans would regard as true discolor ;" Mr. Bloxam,
" the true discolor of Weihe and Nees, as I believe." Forms occur in
a waste spot by a quarry near Ford, Devonport, and l)y tlie tramway
near Marsh House, Crabtree, etc. A curious plant, with very deeply-
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