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in a note he cfr a this by saying “ ‘divergent, persistent 
to the poems of the fruit,” which means they are sub-erect 
or erect-spreading and sub-persistent. Mr. Ley has fallen into 
another mistake i in saying “ thorns falcate,” whilst Dumortier says 
“almost straight.” 
bovata Ley—Mr. Baker’s R. tomentosa Sm. var. obovata. 
Of this and the other two “ee described as having uncinate 
prickles I know nothing, having never seen any tomentosa form 
with uncinate prickles, but I would direct Mr. Ley’s attention to 
on apres of Fn at poten et 18 where he aide that 
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(of coriifolia B 
tisa acer matter, but may I ask why Mr. — calls “ thorns ” 
what all botanists before him call ‘ prickles 
(THe Editor has kindly sent me a proof of Mr. Barclay’s 
notes, ead has suggested that I might like to make some com- 
ments. Being just now in the north of Scotland, away from books 
ih specimens, I can do so but briefly. 
Ei. hibernica. I believe the original Irish plant to be cortt- 
folia x spinosissima ; the varieties include plants of which glauca 
mai 
£. tella 
R. pomifera. The garden form zi vaaahy in in appear- 
ance from the wild one, and sometimes occurs as an esca 
have such a specimen, collected by Mr. G. Nicholson in Co. 
Wicklow) but that is no valid obstacle to the species growing as 
a native in Britain, and I believe that Mr. Ley is right in his 
opinion. It is a Scandinavian plant, and quite likely to be 
ritish, 
R. lis var. recondita. Mr. Ley (Journ. Bot., May, 1907) 
gives reasons for joining this with mollis, rather than with 
pomifera ; petals not ciliate’ seems rather a strong argument. 
. resinosoides. Unless my memory is = fault, Ae was 
recorded by Mr. Druce from Scotland a Ei any yea ago on 
{This is recorded by Mr. Druce in Ann. Scott. Nat. Hist. 1893, 250, from 
near AP akg in mid-Perth ; Mr. Druce informs us that the plant was determin ned 
by Crépin—a fact which is not mentioned in the published note.—Ep. Jou 
