118, 5.0SACE^. IFoterium. 



bank sloping to the Bann a mile below Agivey in Derry ; on small 

 graveUy mounds in tbe townland of Maddykeel neai- Easbarkin, 

 Antrim {Moore) : Cyl. Plentiful in a field near Donaghadee, on 

 the inland side of the road to" MiUisle, Down {Miss Maffett) : Cyh 

 Abundantly on a railway bank near Donaghadee, 1893 {J. M. 

 Bwvies): Stewart 1894. Near Camlough (JF. Sanooch): More 

 1873. About three miles from Camlough by the road to Garron 

 Point (C. Diehon) : Flor. N.-K 



EOSA Linn. 



1. R. spinosissima Linn. — Bwrnet Rose. 



It. pim/pineUifolia Linn. 



Districts I. ir. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51^°-55i°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Heathy and rocky places, and on sand-hills ; frequent near the 

 sea, rarer inland. Fl. May-June. 



Sea-level in Derry and iu S. Cork. To 1450 ft. in Derry 

 (Sort); to 2000 ft. in Down {8.SfP.); to 1550 ft. in Mayo 

 {Sort) ; to 1600 ft. in Kerry {R. W. S.). 



2. E.. involuta Smith — Vhexpanded Rose. 



Districts I. II. VIII. IX. XII. 



lat. 61|-°-55i°. From South to North. T^pe, British? 



Lowland. Bushy and rocky places ; rare. M. June-July. 

 '. I. GlengarifP, Co. Cork {Drummond): Flor. Sib. — and in 1891 : 

 Druce i8gi. — II. On rough ground near Lismore, Co. "Waterford ; 

 Miss F. Currey. — VIII. Between Cong and Clonbui: Marshall 

 i8gb. — IX. On the east shore of Lough Carra, Mayo {More) : 

 Cyl. — XII. Near Umbra rocks, Magilligan, and Bennedy Glen, 

 Dungiven {Moore) : Flor. JSib. Not infrequent in the glens of 

 Antrim, as at Glenariff ; Glenarm ; Garron Head ; Tor Glen ; &c. 

 {Moore) : Cyl. Hedge at Ticloy in the Braid : B. If. F. C. Brae. 

 i8yi. Eoadside at Eacavan near Slemish, Co. Antrim {Stewart) : 

 Flor. W.-F. Glendun {Rev. S. A. Brenan) ; Colin Glen {Stewm-t) : 

 S. Sf P. i8()5. Mountain roads about Hilltown, Co. Down : S.^P. 

 i8g2. 



This rose occurs more frequently in Antrim and Derry than 

 elsewhere in Ireland, usually as the Var. sabuti Woods, to which 

 most of the above records must be referred. From these two 



