328 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
THE VILLOS# SECTION OF THE GENUS ROSA. 
By tHE Rev. Auaustin Ley. 
& Editor will allow me space to thank Mr. Barclay for his 
von neat on the treatment of this section, for which I am respon- 
sible, in L 1Q.3.% only by co-operation of 
many such candid critics as himself that accuracy can be attain 
in such group um nter a few counter pleas. I will 
mising that his criticism is throughout directed rather 
pore on the subject in ra Journal for 1907 (pp. 200-210) ae 
he London Catalogr 
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R. mo m. var. recondita Puget. I am wast ‘to separate 
the very tangs fruited mollis-like rose with abundant subfoliar 
_ glands common in North Britain from the Continental R. recon- 
dita. Its position is of course a matter of critical judgement, and 
Continental botanists ought to know their own rose; but I submit 
that in view of the red fruit and ectliate petals, its subordination 
to B. mollis is not unreaso nelle Does Mr. Barclay put these 
glandular forms under type molli. 
R. omissa Déséglise. For the ‘én record of We var. resino- 
soides ae as a British plant see Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist. 1883, p. 
250. The name was suggested by Orépin imneetf and I have seen 
the specimens submitted to Crépin, with his determination (Herb. 
Druce). Roses que similar to this do occur abundantly through- 
out Britain, and others bearing all the characters of type omissa 
are scattered, chiefly in the north. With regard to the position of 
Rt. pse seudorubiginosa Lej., of gladly —, Mr. Barclay’s criticism : 
I have never, as he of course has, had the advantage of watching 
the fruit ripening, and se hatte! rium ead mens do not suggest 
that the sepals are fully persistent. 
&. submollis Ley. My expression “very near &. gigas has 
given a wrong impression. This is corrected by the position 
assigned to this rose in the London Catalogue. It is certainly 
R. suberecta Ley er eh Sa has a: ee 
conviction that this rose is a “good species,” and not a “ heteisaal 
dust-bin ” for unassignable forms. I mu i have er all myself 
Woods a true indication of the plant. Mr. Barclay’s remarks on 
the colour of the flowers in Scottish tomentosa forms are very 
interesting. IT am glad to learn that the var. glabrata is not 
