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ong felted, with sunken glands, and few hooked prickles. Petals 
mall, bri ight pi nk within, much paler externally. 
ocalities. — South Devon: Near eee G. B. Savery !— 
ertford: Bennington, Coleman! — Mon outh : Whitebrook and 
Llangattock-vibon-avel, near Sonos — Hereford: South and 
centre of the county, locally frequent. First by W. H. 
Coleman in 1849! and labelled by him ‘“ R. Radul 
Vv Stem and rachis more hairy: leaves 
with thicker browner felt beneath, the serration often patent ; 
panicle-leaves less cuneate at base. 
ocalities. — Dumbarton: Balloch and Ardlui (Marshall), on 
Loch Lomond. — Renfrew: Kilmacolm; and Ashton, Gourock.— 
est Perth: Callander. —- Argyle: Loch Long, EF. S. Marshall! 
First observed in 1896. 
R. norricavuis (P. J. Muell.). Stem stout, bluntly angled, 
fuscous or ochreous, somewhat glaucous, ees glabrous, thickly 
but unequally covered with stout-based arms of various lengths, 
those which are gland-tipped chiefly short. Lares prickles scattered, 
unequal, deflexed or falcate, broad-based. Leaves 3-5-nate, large ; 
r 
. fi f nearly equal size, terminal s tund trun- 
cate rer petioles and petiolules with crowded falcate prickles 
extending to midrib. Panicle broad pyramidal or nearly emcee: 
rachis a prickly with mixed arms and thin short hair ; 
branches ascending, top truncate. Sepals triangular- acuminate 
clasping the hairy fruit. Petals pink or white; stamens lon 
First found at Pont-nedd-fechan in 1897, and named by Dr. Focke, 
who associated it with R. saxicolus P. J. Muell. Its right position, 
owever, seems clearly in the Koehlerian section, next to R. rosaceus, 
sp. coll. Mentioned at p. 91 of the Handbook, under R. saxicolus. 
GEORGE DON. 
r. Druce has published, in the Notes from the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Edinburgh, for November, 1904 and Febr ruary, 1905, a 
long account of “The Life and Work of George Don,” occupying 
pp. 53-290. It forms an important portion of the interesting history 
sc 2. 
and 
Mackay (1772-1802), with some of his letters and a list of records 
of some of the rarer Scottish plants. George Don succeeded 
Mackay, but Prof. Balfour, hearing from Mr. Druce that Be 6 a 
worked out in critical detail the story of Don’s botanical wor 
