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NMW Acc. No. 86.81.3458 Collecting Notes: Field collection Canopy of Fraxinus excelsior, Agrostis tenuis and Dryopteris pseudomas in field layer, natural oak woodland. "These rubi are mainly from the Rhyd-y-Groes NNR in North Carmarthenshire. The assisstant regional officer for that district helped to get the brambles in the reserve named for the reserve record. I am afraid it is unlikely the three non-named specimens have a name. 78/1514 is really abundant both there and around Cilycwm. Besides R.hylocharis there were R.bertramii, R.silurum, R.dasyphyllus and R.leyanus. Outside the reserve i could not find a bramble, the result of heavy sheep grazing." Identifications: Rubus merlinii A.Newton & M.Porter, Det. Porter, M., 1989, Apr, Paratype Paratype. Stems slender, angled, side flat, green. Flowers c.2-2.5cm, sepals reflexed with long spreading tips. Petals white, glabrous on the margins. Filaments white, a little longer than the whitish styles. carpels glabrous, receptacle with long hairs.