ROSA HIBERNICA VAR. GROVESII 45 
Marshall’s Sutherland specimens, and the petioles have a few very 
long hairs upon them such as I have not seen in any 0 other rose. 
are those of R. hibernica, but the sepal pinne are few, small, and 
very narrow. 
r. Baker reports it from Sutherlandshire, Durham, Cumber- 
lan , N. Yorks, Cheshire and Surrey. I have collected specimens 
in Cheshire and have one by Mr. Marshall from E. Sutherland. 
Rosa HIBERNICA var. GROVESII 
Baker in Report of Bot. Exch. Club for 1876, p. 15 (1878). 
“An erect compact bush from 8 to 5 ft. in height. Prickles of 
ee barren stem more coger: and less hooked than in canina, 
$ in. long, with a scar in. long, passing down by gradual transi- 
tions into a few subulate sri oF declining aciculi, some o 
which are gland-tipped. Leaves of the barren shoots 3 to 4 in. 
long, glaucous, Stabrteds stipules glabrous, with a few glands on 
the edge; common petiole w we ik ae ere aciculi, some of which 
are gland-tipped. Leaflets oblong, o 13 in. long, sharply 
a egg but not distinctly doubly atetes teeth rarely gland- 
tipped, end leaflets 1 to 1} in. long, 2 to Z in. broad, broadly 
rounded at base. Flowers 1-3, usually solitary; peduncles naked, 
3-4 in. long. Calyx-tube broadly oblong, naked, segmehts Pen 
long, naked on the back, with a distinct leafy point, some s 
some sparingly pinnate. Corolla milk-white, 18-21 lines ar 
when expanded, petals an inch long. Styles densely pilose. 
i id, 3-2 in. long 
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August, deep crimson-red, the spreading sepals fully persistent, 
still remaining attached in October.” 
Although the two varieties do not appear to be identical, var. 
Grovesii seems to come too near to var. glabra. Messrs. Groves, 
its discoverers, say of the former in Bab. Man. ix. p. 134: “ robust, 
very glaucous, satan almost always simple, fruit ovate urceolate 
and of var. glabra, “ quite Se peduncles naked.” There i is 
certainly little, if a to choose between the two in robust- 
— = growth, nor i n glaucou us apres The sepal pinnation 
glabra is often very slight, while a certain amount may 
akirapn = seen in var. Grovesit. Somewhat a important 
differences, though still not great ones, may be seen in the smaller 
less anne ‘leatete. white flowers, and larger more “decid y urceo- 
late fruit of var. Grovesit. I think it would be wiser to combine 
the two under the older name of R. hibernica var. glabra Baker. 
I have seen the two bushes on Barnes Common, Surrey, from 
seldom running into acicles, though hase! can be found here and 
there, sometimes singly, sometimes in clusters. so aR A are 
dark” very glaucous, quite glabrous a eglandular 
