84 THE BRITISH ROSES 
be 
referred to R. dwmosa Pug., one of the uniserrate forms of the 
much the same characters as Déséglise does, and not by the 
relative persistence of the sepals. Keller follows suit, but Rouy 
ma co. istincti 
though in consequence of Déséglise’s mistake his herbarium 
is useless for the diagnosis of R. cinerascens, and also the only 
b 
I have seen several British specimens which may be referred 
here, but they are not very conclusive. Mr. Barclay’s No. : 
from the Earn below Cowrie, Perth, has been named by Crépin, 
Sudre, and Dingler. It agrees in most particulars, but has slightly 
prickly petioles, and the sepals are partly fallen by Sept. 7th. I 
styles are woolly. His No. 157, from Orchardneuk, Perth, passed 
by the same authorities, has quite glandular petioles, spreading- 
erect sepals (on Aug. 6th), and apparently hispid, not woolly, 
by 
spreading-erect sepals on July 30th, with a much more ovoid 
no other British examples. 
ROSA FARINOSA 
Bechstein, Férstbotan. ed. 1, p. 243 (1810). 
The above is actually copied from the fifth edition (1843), 2° 
copy of the first being obtainable, but Rau (Enum. p. 147, 1816) 
gives the same description verbatim, quoting from the first edition, 
so I have no doubt it is correct. . 
__ Bechstein, in ed. 5, continues :—« At first sight this bush has 
