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tomentosa ,  as  obovate  leaflets  rarely  occur  in  the  latter 
species,  and  even  when  they  do  occur  the  contour  is  different 
from  those  of  R.  mollis.  Observations  on  the  living  during 
the  present  season  (1909)  have  convinced  me  that  ciliation 
of  the  claws  of  some  petals  occurs  occasionally  both  in 
JR.  mollis  and  in  R.  tomentosa ,  but  that  it  is  too  inconstant 
to  be  utilised  for  the  differentiation  of  species  or  varieties. 
— W.  Barclay. 
R.  tomentosa  Sm.,  var. - .  (No.  16).  Near  Auch- 
terarder  Railway  Station,  Mid  Perth,  v.c.  88,  Aug.  15  and 
Sept.  23,  1908.  Very  few  of  the  sepals  were  fallen,  and  I 
think  this  also  should  enter  the  omissa  group.  Its  flowers 
are  deep  red,  its  leaves  densely  glandular  beneath,  and  more 
or  less  thickly  glandular  on  the  upper  surface  ;  its  pedicels 
are  prickly  as  well  as  glandular.  It  grows  close  beside  the 
involuta  form  which  I  sent  last  year,  and  is  evidently  one 
of  its  parents.  The  involuta  is  therefore  spinosissima  x 
a  member  of  the  omissa  group. — W.  Barclay.  Certainly 
an  omissa  form,  I  think,  and  perhaps  not  identifiable  with 
any  known  species.  I  should  have  felt  inclined  to  label  it 
R.  resinosoides  Crep.,  but  as  Mr.  Barclay  has  pointed  out 
to  me,  the  best  evidence  against  that  is  that  Crepin,  who 
has  seen  specimens  from  this  or  from  similar  bushes, 
failed  to  recognise  it.  Moreover,  its  fruit  seems  too 
elongate-obovoid,  but  this,  I  think,  is  not  prohibitive.  By 
description,  it  would  appear  to  come  near  R.  omissa ,  var. 
Schulzei  Kell.  [Asch.  and  Graebn.  Syn.  mitteleur.  FI.  vi.,  1, 
p.  77] ,  but  I  do  not  know  that  variety.  It  does  not  come 
near  typical  R.  tomentosa.— A.H.W.-D. 
R.  tomentosa  Sm.,  var. - .  (No.  10).  Near 
Cargill  Railway  Station,  E.  Perthsh..  v.c.  89,  July  8  and 
Sept.  5,  1908.  This  is  a  white-flowered  form  belonging  to 
the  omissa  group,  that  is,  its  sepals  persist  till  the  fruit  is 
fully  ripe,  and  a  good  many  till  long  afterwards.  It  was 
growing  out  from  a  hedge,  and  had  most  likely  been  cut 
down  a  year  or  two  previously — which  accounts  for  its  large 
leaves.  The  leaflets  are  more  or  less  glandular  above  and 
thickly  glandular  below.  So  far  as  I  know  it  does  not 
correspond  with  any  named  variety. — W.  Barclay.  An 
omissa  form,  but  I  can  find  none  described  with  white 
flowers.  It  may  be  R.  resinosoides  Crep.,  which  has  them 
pale  rose,  and  I  do  not  know  whether  Crepin  has  seen  this 
form.  It  agrees  tolerably  well  with  Deseglise’s  description 
