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R. micans ? var Lettii, Rogers. (1) Ref. No. 469a, 

 Rowallane, Saintfield, Co. Down, Aug. 18, 1894. (2) Ref. 

 No. 469a. Open place, Tonaghmore, Saintfield, Co. Down^ 

 June, 27, 1896. (3) R. Koehleri, W. and N. form. Ref. No. 

 506. Open field, Saintfield Vicarage, Co. Down, Aug. 12, 1898. 

 — C. H. Waddell. 



Here, I believe, we have to deal, not with two distinct 

 forms, but a single variable one ; i.e. the plant for which in last 

 year's report (p. 9, paragraph 1) I suggested the name 

 R. Gekrtii, Frider,, var. Lettii \ and we are much indebted to 

 Mr. Waddell for sending two packets of it in one year. It 

 might perhaps be allowed sub-specific rank, and include a good 

 many of the variously 'named specimens which have reached 

 the Club from Co. Down in recent years, though not those of 

 the allied but distinct sub-sp. hibernictis (of R. Drejeri). 



Marked characters distinguishing sub-sp. Lettii from 

 typical R. Gelertii sue the following: — Stem and panicle-rachis 

 rather densely clothed with long, fine shining hairs. Prickles 

 remarkably compressed and straight ; long, slender, mostly 

 patent or sub-patent. Leaves greenish and very soft beneath^ 

 with close shining hairs ; often greyish felted under the hairs at 

 first. Panicle usually thickly armed with long, subulg^te, 

 straight prickles and a good many unequal acicles, bristles and 

 stalked glands; remarkably grey-felted above, usually laxer 

 and so more gradually pyramidal. There is a conspicuous 

 greyish tint on the plant as a whole which recalls R. micans, 

 while its very mixed armature, though varying much 

 in deg^ree, compels its removal to a more glandular group than 

 our Vestiti. It is much to be desired that its range of dis- 

 tribution in the north east corner of Ireland could be accurately 

 traced. 



In Bolston Wood, Herefordshire, the Rev. Augustin Ley 

 finds a bramble somewhat intermediate between Lettii and 

 Gelertii, but on the whole perhaps nearer to R. Lettii. — 

 W.M.R. 



R. pyramidalis, Kalt. Ref. No. 108. Shrubbery, Saintfield 

 Vicarage, Co. Down, Aug. 29, 1900.— C. H. Waddell. I 

 suppose an abnormally luxuriant specimen of R. pyramidalis, 

 but for that reason neither characteristic nor, in my opinion, 

 suitable for the herbarium. — W.M.R. 



R. le^icostachys ? By road side, Staveley, Westmorland, 

 Aug., 1899.— C. H. W addell. Yes, R. lencostackys.—W ."^.R, 



R. leucostachys, Schleich. ? Near Colwich, Staffordshire, 

 Sep. 26, 1900.— J. E. Bagnall and H. S. Thompson. I cannot 



