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Bushy places; common in the north and west of Ireland. 

 Fl. June, July. 



1. and 2. Common in south and north Cork; I. C, 

 Grlanseskin and Castle-Hyde, near Fermoy, but rare ; Mf. T. 

 Chandlee. In "W"aterfor,d|r L C. — 4. and 5. Glens in the 

 Wicklow and Dublin mountains; Machay, Cat. Ir. Nine- 

 tree Hill, near Ballitore, Eildare ; I. C. Glen at Carrigma- 

 gough, near Collon, Louth; {R. vUlosa), Ir. Flor. — 6. At 

 Castle Taylor and Garry land, Galway ; A. 0. M. Frequent, 

 and in many places abundant, in Districts 8, 9, 10, 11, 

 and 12. 



This is the commonest rose of the northern counties, but 

 is found much more sparingly in the south-east of Ireland. 

 It is very variable ; one of the most distinct forms is that 

 figured in English Botany (tab. 1896) under the name of 

 R. scabrmscida (Winch), whose flowers are nearly pure white, 

 delicately tipped with crimson, and its leaves more glandular 

 than in R. vUlosa and R. tomentosa ; it retains these charac- 

 ters in cultivation, and has come true from seed for two 

 generations. Another remarkable form, common on the trap 

 and limestone rocks of Antrim, has the leaves less hairy, 

 the spines on the shoots shorter and not much hooked, with 

 small flowers, resembling those of R. micrantha. 



Ranges from 10 to 600 feet in Derry. 



5. B. micrantha (Smith) — Small-flowered Briar. 



R. rvhignosa var. Bentham. 



Districts 12---------- 



Lat. ol°-54:°. South of Ireland— Cork only. 

 Type in Great Britain, English. 



Hedges and thickets ; very local. Fl. June, July. 



1 and 2. Rather frequent along the Bandon river, and 

 about Cork and Kinsale in the neighbourhood of the coast ; 

 /. C. Hedges near Evergreen ; Glanmire road ; Flor. Cork. 



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