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bristly; calyx slightly compound; prickles nearly straight; 

 leaflets rounded, bluntish, all over downy. — R. mollis, E. Bot. 

 t. 2459. 



Hedges near Fermoy, County of Cork ; Mr. J. Drummond. Near 

 the base of Umbra rocks, Magilligan, County of Derry ; Mr. D. 

 Moore. FL June, July. T? . — This species seems still to be involved 

 in much uncertainty. Mr. Borrer, in Br. FL, describes the leaflets as 

 being- plentifully covered with glands, especially beneath, having the 

 petals also fringed with them, and the plant as giving out a strong tur- 

 pentine scent ; which characters, are not noticed in E. Fl. nor in the 

 description of R. mollis in E. Bot. quoted for R. villosa in Br. Fl. 

 nor do they apply to our specimens, which have the leaflets downy on 

 both sides, but not glandulose, unless amongst the serratures. One of 

 our varieties has the fruit naked, and the root shoots as well as the 

 flowering ramuli have a few setse ; which would almost induce one to 

 think it a hybrid between R. tomentosa and R. sabini. Our plant, 

 however, agrees so well with the figure of R. mollis in E. Bot. and 

 general description, unless in the naked fruit, that we have no doubt of 

 its being the species there described, more particularly so, as Mr. 

 Borrer and Mr. Forster, to whom specimens were sent, referred it to 

 that species. A distinct rose from either this or R. tomentosa fre- 

 quently occurs in the northern counties, to which many of Mr. Borrer's 

 remarks on R. villosa in Br. Fl. would well apply ; indeed the more 

 glandular leaflets, cupped flowers, petals fringed with glands, and the 

 strong turpentine scent, are characters which at once distinguish it from 

 any state of R. tomentosa. It also differs from our R. villosa u\ 

 having the leaflets narrower, and more pointed; the fruit longer, with 

 the segments of the calyx much more pinnated. The whole plant, es- 

 pecially when dry, is rigid, and rough to the touch from the numerous 

 glands. We think it is not unfrequently taken for R. scabriuscula 

 of Winch, as well as R. tomentosa of Smith, and perhaps R. mollis 

 of E. Bot. 



8. II. tomentosa, Sm. Downy-leaved Rose. Prickles mostly 

 simple, uniform, straight or curved; leaflets doubly serrated, 

 downy, slightly glandulose ; calvx more or less pinnated. Br. 

 Fl. I. p. 231. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 38:3. E. Bot. t. 9 ( J0. 



Hedges and bushy places, not unfrequent. FL June, July. T? . — 

 This, though one of the most variable of our native roses, may be 

 readily traced through its different forms. The figure in E. Bot. is an 

 excellent representation of the general appearance of the plant ; it, 

 however, varies much according to circumstances ; in favourable situa- 

 tions it frequently assumes a very luxuriant habit, when both the leaves 

 and fruit become" larger and differently shaped. That luxuriant states 

 of this species, were what formerly led to the supposition that the 

 Apple Rose of the gardens, R. pomifera, was a native of Britain, we 

 have no doubt ; which opinion Mr. Moore's specimens and plants go 

 far to prove ; some of which are so different from the common appear- 

 ance of the plant, and so like the Apple Rose of the gardens in every 

 respect, that were it not for intermediate states, we would, without hesi- 

 tation, refer them to that species. Mr. Moore finds a singular var. near 

 Garvagli, which is of a more luxuriant growth than usual, having the 

 flowers nearly white, with strong and much hooked prickles. As 

 stated in Br. Fl. this species is best distinguished from It. villosa by 



