NOTES ON DORSET PLANTS. 269 
differ very slightly (if at all) from a Leigh bush which M. 
Déséglise has named spherica. — R. dumalis Bechst. Far the 
commonest ‘‘dog-rose’’ in Dorset, as in south-west England 
generally.— R. biserrata Mérat. B. Ryme and Chetnole, but rare. 
C. Near Evershot railway station, in one place. New record.—R. 
urbicea Leman. . Ryme. . Near Evershot and near Dor- 
chester. E. Bailey Ridge. In such parts of the county as I have 
explored common nowhere but near Chetnole (B).—R. frondosa 
Steven. C. Near Evershot. E. Bailey Ridge. Name confirme 
by Mr. Baker in both cases. New county record. — R. arvatica 
Baker. C. By the Frome near Dorchester, July, 1884, in small 
quantity and hardly typical. In 1880 Mr. W. Barrett sent mea 
good example of this, gathered by him near Weymouth,—the first 
found in the county, I believe. — R. obtusifolia Desv. B. Ryme. 
Near Wareham railway station. E. Bailey Ridge.—R. ? dwme- 
torum Thuill. B. Chetnole and Leigh. Of a Leigh specimen that 
a 
confirmed by M. Déséglise, but dissented from by Mr. Baker. I 
do not find dumetorum in Devon.— Rh. tomentella Desv. B. Chet- 
n Only found once. — R. Between 
Evershot and Rampisham (by fields), several very large bushes 
Upway, good quantity. Near ? verticillacantha 
an 
Mérat. C, Evershot; one or two bushes. Merely R. dumalis with 
a few sete (sometimes only two or three) on each peduncle; very 
unlike the much more glandular R. aspernata Nob., which is the 
usual and quite frequent representative of verticillacantha in the 
lower part of the Teign valley, South Devon.—R. systyla Bast. 
B. and G. Common. E. Bailey Ridge.— R. Desvauaii Baker. 
D. Lane between Yellowham Wood and Puddletown ; two or three 
very luxuriant bushes together. Confirming my name for this, 
Mr. Baker adds, ‘‘more hairy than I have ever seen it before.’ 
Report B. E. C., 1878). New county record for Dorset and Devon. 
C 
- Ryme and Leigh; not very uncommon. CO. Evershot. 
Weymouth. A form like bibracteata in most respects, but with 
ovate fruit and very pinnate sepals, which I have found at Ryme 
and Chetnole, M. Déséglise has named R. ovata Le}. 
Epilobium angustifolium L. C. On railway banks near Dor- 
chester, in good quantity, July, 1884. Denizen. — H. roseum 
Schreb. ©. Evershot; an abundant weed in kitehen garden, and 
