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var.  glabra  Baker.  Apparently  type  canina  ( lutetiana )  x 
spinosissima,  the  form  with  glabrous  pedicels,  =  R.  pim- 
pinellifolia  L.— E.S.M.  Yes,  the  var.  glabra  Baker.— W.B. 
(Bef.  No.  4).  Not  type  R.  hibernica,  though  it  resembles 
it.  The  type  has  the  leaflets  pubescent  beneath,  these 
are  glabrous,  It  comes  under  var.  glabra  Baker,  and  if 
there  is  any  real  difference  between  that  and  var.  Grovesii 
Baker,  it  is  nearer  the  latter.  It  is  at  any  rate  a  hybrid 
of  R.  spinosissima  with  a  canina  form,  not  with  a 
dumetorum,  as  is  type  R.  hibernica  Tempi.— A.H.W.-D. 
R.  mollis  Sm.  Mardale,  Westmorland,  v.c.  69,  June 
60,  1910.  With  leaves  glandular  on  both  sides.  Petals 
white,  flecked  with  red. — Augustin  Ley.  My  specimen 
has  the  peduncles  and  lower  half  of  fruit  smooth,  which 
brings  it  towards  var.  coerulea  Woods,  but  the  leaflets  are 
eglandular.  If,  however,  we  allow  a  glandular  mollis  we 
should  equally  admit  an  eglandular  var.  coerulea.  But 
there  appears  to  be  a  mixture,  as  a  specimen  from  the 
same  gathering  was  sent  to  me  direct  by  Mr.  Ley  which 
had  very  decidedly  glandular  leaflets.  I  should  label  my 
specimen  “  R.  mollis  Sm.  towards  var.  coerulea  Woods,” 
but  if  the  hulk  of  the  gathering  has  hispid  peduncles  and 
base  of  fruit,  as  well  as  more  glandular  leaflets,  it  should 
go  to  R.  mollis  Sm.,  f.  glandulosa. — A.H.W.-D.  Excellent 
R.  mollis,  which  I  cannot  separate  from  type ;  fairly 
glandular,  but  I  have  seen  it  much  more  so. — E.S.M. 
Yes.  In  many  districts  of  Scotland  glandular  forms  of 
R.  mollis  Sm.,  often  much  more  glandular  than  this,  are 
more  common  than  eglandular  ones. — W.B. 
R.  suberecta  Ley,  varietas  foliis  subtus  eglandulosis. 
Hartsop,  Westmorland,  v.c.  69,  July  6,  1910.  Clearly  to 
be  placed  under  this  Rose;  the  leaves  of  which  are  usually 
highly  glandular,  but  here  almost  or  quite  eglandular, 
except  on  the  midrib.  This  form  was  abundant  in  the 
neighbourhood  (Mardale,  Hartsop,  and  Patterdale),  but 
the  typical  plant  also  occurred. — A.  Ley.  There  are 
glands  on  the  petioles  and  leaf-margins,  and  long-stalked 
ones  on  the  pedicels,  so  that  the  word  “  eglandular  ”  is 
inexact;  but  I  can  detect  none  on  the  surface  of  the 
leaflets.  Clearly  a  suberecta  form. — E.S.M.  No  doubt  a 
form  of  the  omissa  group.  It  seems  doubtful  if  the  fruit, 
when  mature,  would  be  “globose,”  as  that  of  suberecta 
