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7. f R. micrantlia Smith — Small-flowered Brim. 



Districte I. II. — — — — 



Lat. 51|°-62i°. Cork and Kerry. Type, English. 



Lowland. Bushy places ; very local. Fl. June-Jidy. 



I. Two localities near Tarhert, Co. Kerry, probably planted : 

 B. W. S. i8gi. Eather frequent along the Bandon river and about 

 Cork and Kinsale, in the neighbourhood of the coast, and near 

 Bantry ( CmrolT) : Cyh. At Ovens, 1891, and near Kinsale, 1892 ; 

 FhilUps. Hedges neai- Evergreen, Cork {J. Brwmmond) and— 

 II. By Glanmire Eoad {Mr. Alexander) : Flor. Corh. Castletown- 

 roche and Doneraile, Cork {CwrrolT): Allm's Cork Eossmore, 

 1896, and at Grlanmire ; Phillvpa. 



8. R. sepium ThuiU. — Bush Base. 



Districts — — — — — VI. VII. IX. 



Lat. 53°^-53^°. Galway and Westmeath. 



Lowland. Bushy places ; rare and local. Fl. June. 



VI. In Portunma demesne, Co. Galway; Bolton King. — 

 VII. Knock Eyon and Knock Body, Westmeath : Linton i8g6. — 

 IX. Abundant by the shore of Lough Corrib two or three miles 

 south of Cong : Mmrshall i8gb. 



A critical plant with probably a more extended range ia 

 Ireland than would appear from the above scanty records. 



9. R. canina Linn. — Bog Rose. 



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



Lat. 61|^°-55|-°. Throughout Ireland. Type, British. 



Hedges, thickets, and waste places ; common. Fl. June-July. 



Sea-level iu Derry and S. Cork. To 1000 ft. in Derry ( Cyh.). 



The materials at our disposal do not enable us to trace the 

 distribution m. Ireland of the many forms of this variable rose. 

 The following varieties, however, are recorded in the 1st Ed. of 

 Cyhele as identified by Mr. J. G. Baker in a large gathering from 

 the Counties of Antrim and Derry : — LUTETiAifA, mniAiis, ttebica, 



DTJMETOEXJM, PEUIlfOSA, AlTDBVAGElfSIS, TEETICrLLACANTHA and BLON- 



DiEAB-A ; several of these and Var. tomentelia have been gathered 

 recently by Mr. S. A, Stewart ia ITorth-East Ireland. The 

 variety miM:Ai.is is also recorded from "Westmeath and Kerry, 

 Vm; TTEBICA from Westmeath and DtraiETOEirM: from Kildare. 



