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R.  hibernica,  Sm.  (probably  =  R.  pimpinellifolia 
x  dumetorum).  Between  Melville  (Melvin)  Hall  and 
Bellyford  Bum  on  the  march  between  Mid  and  East 
Lothian,  v.c.  82,  Aug.  10,  1907.  See  Crepin’s  “  Rosae 
hybridae,”  page  146,  and  also  “Annals  Scott.  Nat.  Hist.” 
April  1899,  page  118.  This  at  present  forms  a  dense 
clump  about  nine  feet  long  and  from  four  to  five  high.  At 
the  date  of  gathering  the  fruits  were  dropping  fast  and 
although  I  have  visited  it  in  former  years  at  a  much  later 
date  I  have  not  succeeded  in  finding  ripe  fruit  on  it.  The 
sepals  on  Aug.  10  were  not  closely  reflexed  but  rather 
spreading  horizontally.  Until  this  last  autumn  this  was 
the  only  station  for  the  hairy-leaved  form  of  R.  hibernica 
known  to  me  in  Scotland,  but  in  Sept,  of  this  year  I 
received  from  Mr.  W.  G.  Craib,  Aberdeen,  specimens 
gathered  by  him  near  Banff,  which  belong  to  the  same 
form  and  differ  only  in  slight  details. — W.  Barclay. 
Leaflets  smaller  than  in  my  Irish  specimens  of  typical 
hibernica ;  but  that  is  merely  a  matter  of  soil,  or  situation. 
They  are  simply  serrate,  hairy  below,  glabrous  above. 
Like  the  original  hibernica ,  this  plant  has  a  close  head  of 
woolly  styles  ;  a  feature  which  clearly  points  to  a  coriifolia , 
rather  than  a  dumetorum  parentage.  R.  coriifolia  has 
the  sepals  frequently  patent,  or  even  loosely  reflexed,  in 
the  earlier  stages. — E.S.M.  This  is,  I  believe,  typical 
R.  hibernica ,  Sm.,  but  the  pubescent  leaflets  clearly 
indicate  a  dumetorum  (or  less  probably  coriifolia ) 
parentage,  whereas  R.  hibernica  in  the  aggregate  sense  is 
regarded  as  a  pimpinellifolia  x  glauca  hybrid. — A.H.W.-D. 
R.  tomentosa,  Sm.,  var.  cinerascens,  Dum.  Bank  of 
Earn  below  Comrie,  Mid  Perth.,  v.c.  88,  Sept.  7,  1907. 
Some  further  specimens  of  this  variety  from  a  different 
station  may  be  acceptable  to  the  Club.  These  do  not 
differ  materially  from  the  Orchardneuk  form  of  last 
year,  though  both  differ  from  the  Auchterarder  form 
which  has  long  pyriform  fruits  and  which  might  be 
made  into  a  separate  variety  by  those  who  are  fond  of 
splitting.  In  all  the  serration  cannot  be  described  as 
anything  but  simple,  although  here  and  there  a  toothlet 
may  be  found.  Even  in  my  specimen  from  Belgium  a 
minute  examination  will  detect  a  few  teeth  not  quite 
simple.  The  suggestion  that  any  one  of  these  can  be 
R.  omissa ,  Desegl.,  var.  resinosoides,  Crep.  is  certainly 
