ADDITIONAL NOTES, ETC. 421 



involuta ; an addition which would make no difference in 

 the formula of distribution. The varjong manner in which 

 these several names are applied, would quite prevent the 

 actual distribution of any one of the supposed species 

 being correctly given by itseK. Although rather disposed 

 to believe that the name of R. "tomentosa" or E. " vil- 

 losa," thus comprehensively taken, is applied to more 

 than a single species, I confess to not yet being able satis- 

 factorily to trace the limits between the species if more 

 than one, and I cannot suppose there to be six or eight 

 real species. 



350. Rosa rubiginosa, vol. i. p. 356. 



The south limi t may be extended to Cornwall, on the 

 authority of the Eev. C. A. Johns, quoted in Botanical 

 Gazette, vol. ii. p. 39 ; where, however, only the very 

 suspicious station of " Mount Edgecumbe " is given, — 

 apparently intending the ornamental grounds about a 

 nobleman's dwelling. Authorities may also be quoted for 

 provinces 7 and 12 ; that of North Wales on authority of 

 Welsh Botanology ; that of the Lakes on faith of Mr. 

 Alton's list. By name, E. rubiginosa is thus on record 

 for all the provinces, except 9, 17, 18 ; thougli probably 

 not truly wild in all. Of the other Eoses, included with 

 E. rubiginosa in volume first, though not thereby extend- 

 ing the area of the latter, the one most frequently re- 

 ported by botanists, next to E. rubiginosa itself, is the E. 

 micrantha, reported from all the first eight provinces, and 

 that of Humber. Eosa inodora, probably distinct from 

 E. rubiginosa, is on record from provinces 1 2 3 * 5 * * 

 8 * 10 11 * * 14 15 16. 



352. Rosa systyla, ("Bast."), vol. i. p. 358. (E. stylosa). 



Although there does appear to be a true species to cor- 

 respond with this name, found in many of the counties of 



