98 ROSACEA. {Eosa. 



6. t E. rubiginosa (Linn.) — Sweet-Briar. 



Districts ---_-----_- 12 

 Lat. 51°-55° or 56°. North-east of Ireland. 

 Type iur Great Britain, English. 



12. Near Belfast (Mr. Templeton). Thickets near Old- 

 stone, Antrim; Fbr. Ulst. Banks of the Roe and Agivey 

 rivers, and road-side hedges near Kilrea, Derry ; D. M. On 

 chalk rocks above Larne, Antrim ; D. M. Often planted in 

 hedges, and possibly introduced in Derry and Antrim, though 

 occurring in apparently wild localities. 



Mr. Carroll believes that B. micrantha was mistaken for 

 -Si rubiginosa in the neighbourhood of Cork. 



7. Bi. canina (Linn.) — Dog Rose. 



Districts 123456789 10 11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Throughout Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, British. 



Hedges and thickets ; common. Fl. June, July. 



Var. ^ ccBsia (B. ecesia, Sm.) 



Plentiful near Belfast (Mr. Templeton) ; Flor. Hib. 

 Dungiven and Kilrea, Derry ; Z>. M. Ram's Island, Lough 

 Neagh ; New Lodge road, Belfast ; Fhr. Ulst. Said to be 

 common in many parts of Cork. 



The nature of this work will not allow of our entering 

 fuUy into the critical distinction of the numerous forms of 

 British roses, which have been lately put forward by Mr. J. 

 G. Baker. It must suffice to say that the four varieties 

 noticed in the principal British Floras have all been found in 

 the north of Ireland, viz., B. Forsteri, B. sarmentacea, B. 

 dwmetorum, and B. swrculosa ; while Mr. Baker, who has 

 kindly examined a large series from the counties of Antrim 

 and Derry, recognizes among them the forms lutetiana, 

 dumalis, urhica, dumetorum, pruinosa, suibcristata, andevagensis, 

 verticUlacantha, and Blondoeana, of his "Review of the 

 British Roses,'' and several others which he has not yet 

 described. 



Ranges from sea-level to 1000 feet in Derry. 



