Eosa.l ROSACEA. 95 



SOSA Linn. 

 1. B. spinosissima (Linn.) — Bumei Rose. 

 Districts 1 2 .3 4 5 6 - 8 9 - 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. From South to North of Ireland. 

 Tfpe in Great Britain, British. 



Heathy and rocky places ; rare inland ; frequent near the 

 sea. Fl, May, June. 



From sea-level to 1000 feet in Derry. 



2. R., Mbemica. (Smith.) — Ixisk Base. 

 M., viUosa var. Beatham. 



District --__--_____ 12 

 Lat. 540-56°. North-east of Lrelani. 

 Type in Great Britain, Latermfidiate. 



Hedges and bushy or rocky places ; very rare. Fl. June, 

 July. 



12. In hedges on the shore, near Holywood, Belfast 

 Harhoijr; (Mir. Templeton), Fhr. Ilih., South bank of 

 Lagan, below StranmUls ; hedgerows half way . between 

 Holywood and Belfast : On road-side a'^Richmond Lodge ; 

 Glen, at MagiiHgan, Derry % Flor. Uht. "Bedge, TiUysburn ; 

 Flor. Belf. 



Var. p glabra. 



12. On rocks between Umbra, and Ben Evenagh, and 

 OB, basaltic cliffs on. Ben Eveaagh, sparingly ;, rocks in the 

 little Deer Park, Glenarm ; D. M. This variety has large, 

 pink-colffiuored, flowers ; the stems, and. branches, are, closely 

 covered with setsBf the leaves are rounder than, in the, 

 normal state, of the plant, and quite smooth on the under side. 



Eaaiges from about sea-level to 100,0 faet on Ben Evenagh. 



M.. hUhwrum, is. given in Mr. J. Drummond's list, as comasooa 

 throuighout the. County of Cork.. Some, ather rose, was pro- 

 bably mistaken for it ? 



3. B. Sabini (Woods.) — Salinas Rose. 

 R. villosa var. Bentham. 



Districts l?___---8?9--12 

 Lat. 53°-56°. West and Forth of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, probablj Ihtermediate; 



