120 BOSACE^. [-So«»- 



Flw. Sib. In Bennedy Glen near Dungiven and at Draperstown 

 (Moore): Cyh. Conunon near Kilrea weir, Deny [Praeger): 

 S.^P.zSgs- 



5. R. tomentosa Smith — Bowny-hmed Rose. 



Districts I. II. III. IV. V. YI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. 



Eat. 51^°-55i°. Thi-ougliout Ireland. Type, Britisli. 



Bushy and rocky places ; frequent. Fl. June-July. 



Sea-level in Derry and S. Cork. To 600 ft. in Derry (Oyl.) ; 

 to 800 ft. in Donegal, to 980 ft. in Down, and to 1000 ft. in 

 Gueen's Co. {SaH). 



The commonest rose of the northern coimties, and frequent in 

 the West and South; rare iu many parts of the East and South-East. 



Vct/r. SCABEITTSCTTLA 8m,ifh — IV. ISTear the Seven Churches, 

 Co. Wicklow : Flor. Eib. — X. By Lough Erne : Barrington 1884. — 

 XII. Near CushendaU, Antrim : Shoolbred i8g4. 



6. f R. rubiginosa Linn. — Sweet Briar. 



Districts I. IV. — VI. VII. — — X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 51|°-55i°. South to North. Type, English? 



Lowland. Bushy places ; frequent and perhaps native in the 

 North-East; often planted, and apparently introduced in other 

 parts of the country. Fl. June-July. 



I. Near Castleisland, &c., Kerry, probably planted : R. W. S, 

 iSSgt By the Dunmanway-road, east of Ballylickey, Bantry, 1878 

 ( Carroll) : JHerh. Olasmmn. Near Grlengarifl, Cork : Brtice i8gi. — 

 IV. Glenmacanass river, a little below the fall ; Sort. Near 

 Tumahinch, "Wicklow ; Barrington. A plant on Clohass bog, 

 "Wexford ; Miss E. M. Fm-mer. — VI. Portumna demesne, Co. Gral- 

 way ; Bolton King. — VII. Hedges in Loughanstown, Westmeath 

 {Groves): Levvnge i8q4. — X. Shores of Lough Neagh, &c., Armagh: 

 Praeger i8gj. — XI. Neighbourhood of Derry, probably iatroduced 

 ( W. E. HaH) : Hwrt 1883.— 'Kll. Eoadside one mile south of 

 Ballylesson, Down ; CaiT's Glen, Anti-im : Temphton MS. By the 

 river Eoe near NewtownUmavady (Moore) : Flor. Sib. Abun- 

 dant on quarry spoil bank at Magheramome, and in old limestone 

 quarry at Gleno, Antrim, &c. (Stewart) : Flor. N.-E. Frequent 

 in North Derry (Mrs. Leehody) : S. Sf P. i8gs. Recorded from 

 many other stations in Antrim, Down, and Derry ia Flor. JV.-E. 

 aM S.ifP. iSg^. 



