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on  that  group  intermediate  between  the  Omissa  and 
Scabriuscula  groups.  In  whatever  group  you  place  it, 
it  cannot  be  properly  identified  with  any  of  the  micro¬ 
species  described  by  Mr.  Ley,  even  as  modified  by  Major 
Wolley-Dod.  Nor  can  I  fit  it  to  any  of  the  varieties 
described  by  Keller.  The  latter  includes  in  his  R. 
tomentosa  varieties,  such  as  intromissa,  which  seem  to 
me  in  no  respect  materially  different  from  some  of  his 
varieties  of  R.  omissa.  The  present  rose  is  quite  glaucous 
(blue-green) ;  it  is  glabrous  or  perhaps  glabrescent  on  the 
upper  surface  of  the  leaflets,  and  is  almost  quite  destitute 
of  subfoliar  glands.  The  leaves,  too,  are  ample  and  vary 
greatly  in  shape.  It  is  the  exception  rather  than  the 
rule,  at  least  in  this  district,  to  find  a  rose  which  will  fit 
the  description  of  any  of  the  so-called  varieties  or  micro¬ 
species. — W.  Barclay.  I  should  say  certainly  one  of  the 
0?nissa  group.  Bar  the  spreading  and  sub-deciduous 
sepals  it  has  much  more  the  facies,  in  my  specimen  at 
least,  of  R.  mollis  than  of  R.  tomentosa.  It  is  nearest 
var.  submollis  Ley. — A.H.W.-D. 
R.  [ scabriuscula  Sm.] .  (No.  11).  Tall  bush  with 
dark  bark,  in  hedge  at  the  Rectory,  Grey  Abbey,  Co. 
Down,  Sept.  9,  1914.  I  am  sorry  these  specimens  are 
rather  too  mature.  It  seems  nearest  to  scabriuscula.— 
C.  H.  Waddell.  This  is  not  R.  scabriuscula  Sm.,  from 
which  it  differs  by  its  more  hairy  styles,  densely  hairy 
and  thickly  glandular  underside  of  leaflets,  and  its 
spreading,  erect,  more  persistent  sepals.  It  belongs,  I 
think,  to  a  group  intermediate  between  the  Omissa  and 
Scabriuscula  groups,  but  like  the  majority  of  tomentosa 
forms  does  not  coincide  with  any  of  the  so-called  varieties 
or  micro-species. — W.B.  Near  R.  scabriuscula  perhaps, 
but  far  from  characteristic.  I  should  prefer  to  leave  it 
under  an  aggregate  R.  tomentosa  Sm. — A.H.W.-D. 
R.  tomentosa  Sm.  (agg.).  Tingley  Wood,  Herts., 
v.c.  20,  June  14  and  Aug.  9,  1913.— J.  E.  Little.  The 
group  to  which  I  think  these  belong  is  very  rare  in 
Scotland ;  at  least,  I  have  very  seldom  met  with  it,  and 
indeed  the  vast  majority  of  our  tomentosa  forms  belong 
to  the  Omissa  group.  They  seem  to  belong  to  the  group 
or  snb-group  which  Major  Wolley-Dod  calls  “  Fcetidce  ” 
and  which  I  have  called  the  Scabriuscula  group.  The 
