90 ROSACEA. [Rosa. 
First record in 1857: Rev. W. M. Hind, Phytol., p. 25. 
With the exception of R. canina, this is the most widely 
distributed of the Kerry roses. Among the many rather 
dissimilar forms included under R. tomentosa, the following 
have been recognised by Major Wolley-Dod as occurring 
in Kerry— 
R. suberecta Ley—III. North shore of Caragh Lake, 
1888 !—VI. Shore of Castlelough Bay, Lower Lake, Killarney 
1909!: R.W.S., and in 1914. 
R. Sherardi Davies—VI. Side of River Flesk, Killarney, 
1888!: R.W.S. 
R. scabriuscula Smith—III. Shore of Caragh Lake, 1888 !— 
VI. In several localities about Killarney !: R.W.S. 
R. fetida Bast.—II. Near Lough Fadda east of Parkna- 
silla, 1904 !—IJI. Near Rossbehy, 1888 !—VI. Near Farran- 
fore, 1888!: R.W.S. Clydagh valley, upper Glenflesk, 
1903!: Marshall & R.W.S. 
R. rubiginosa Linn. 2. Hglanteria Huds. Sweet Briar. 
Districts I. U1. I. IV. — VI. VI. — IX. 
Native. Bushy places, roadside hedges, &c. Rare and 
seldom in any quantity. Bush. June—July. 
I. Sparingly by the roadside near Sheen bridge, Kenmare, 
1901.—IT. In one or two spots by the roadside near Clashna- 
cree, Parknasilla, 1892.—III. Sparingly by a roadside about 
two miles north-east of Cahersiveen, 1896 ; in thickets on the 
east side of Caragh Lake, 1888, and again on the north shore 
of this lake, 1903! (var. comosa Rip.)—IV. Sparingly by 
roadside near Cullenagh, Beaufort, 1911.—VI. Frequent 
and, no doubt, native in stony and bushy places by the lake 
at Mahony’s Point and on Ross Island, Killarney ; it occurs 
also along the Cahernane shore about the mouth of the 
Deenagh stream and in several other places in the Home 
Park, 1888-1909 ; sparingly in one or two spots on the north 
‘shore of the Muckross Lake, 1888-1908 ; sparingly by the 
roadside east of Killarney, 1888-1914! (var. aPpRICcoRUM 
Rip.): R.W.S. Several bushes. near Lahard House, Beau- 
fort, 1909 ! (vars. comosa Rip. and RoTUNDIFOLIA Reichb.) : 
Mrs. Jenner.—VII. Sparingly about the gardens, Seafield, 
Spa, Tralee Bay! (var. comosa Rip.), and in hedges near 
Castleisland, 1888! (var. apriconum Rip.)—IX. Sparingly 
about Lislaughtin Abbey near Ballylongford and by an old 
churchyard near Tarbert, 1905: R.W.S. In three places 
in hedgerows between Sallow Glen and Tarbert, 1913: 
Phillips. 
