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R.  suberecta  better  than  any  of  the  specimens  distributed 
under  that  name  by  himself  and  others  which  I  have  yet 
seen.  The  fruit  is  globose  and  the  other  characters 
answer  fairly  well. — W.B.  R.  suberecta  Ley. — A.H.W.-D. 
R.  suberecta  Ley.  (Ref.  No.  14).  Mountstewart,  Co. 
Down,  Aug.  27,  1915.— C.  H.  Waddell.  Mr.  Ley’s 
description  of  his  R.  suberecta  is  pretty  wide,  but  I  don’t 
see  how  this  can  come  under  it.  The  shape  of  the  fruit 
answers  not  to  his  suberecta  “  globose,”  but  to  his 
R.  Andrzeiovii,  b.  pseudo -mollis,  viz.,  “roundish,  the 
primordial  always  pyroid.”  This  seems  to  me  fatal, 
for  the  shape  of  the  fruit  is  an  important  character  with 
him.  In  other  respects  his  description  might  cover  this 
plant.  You  have  the  red  colouring,  more  or  less,  and  the 
aciculate  petiole  frequent  enough,  whatever  the  worth  of 
these  characters  may  be.  “  Thorns  straight,  sometimes 
robust,  more  or  less  falcate,  leaflets  more  or  less  hairy  on 
both  sides,  subfoliar  glands  few  or  many  ”  ;  these  phrases 
are  wide  enough  to  cover  a  great  many  variations,  and,  if 
he  had  added  fruit  globose,  ovoid  or  pyriform,  I  should 
have  been  better  pleased,  and  I  think  it  might  then  have 
done  away  with  several  of  his  other  species.  Of  course 
although  the  fruit  of  this  plant  suits  b.  pseudo -mollis,  its 
fairly  numerous  subfoliar  glands  prevent  us  from  joining 
it  to  that  variety,  which  should  have  none  except  on  the 
midrib.  There  can  be  no  doubt,  however,  that  it  comes 
under  R.  tomentosa  Sm.,  group  Omissa  Desegl. — W.B. 
Certainly  not  R.  suberecta,  and,  to  judge  from  my  specimen, 
I  cannot  agree  with  Mr.  Barclay  that  there  is  no  doubt 
as  to  its  belonging  to  the  Omissa  group.  On  three  of  the 
six  fruits  the  sepals  are  more  or  less  reflexed,  and  only 
spreading  on  the  others.  The  long  peduncles,  also,  point 
to  a  Tomentosa  rather  than  an  Omissa  form.  I  should 
label  it  R.  pseudo -cuspidat a  Crep _ A.H.W.-D. 
R.  tomentosa  Sm.,  var.  (Ref.  No.  16).  Springs  Road, 
Grey  Abbey,  Co.  Down,  Sept.  2,  1915.  This  is  a  widely 
spread  form  in  Co.  Down,  which  I  have  on  several 
occasions  sent  to  the  Club  from  different  localities.  The 
Rev.  A.  Ley  thought  it  an  undescribed  form,  and  asked 
me  for  specimens  to  study,  shortly  before  his  lamented 
death.  It  is  a  very  strong-gL'owing  tall  form,  much  taller 
than  its  allies.  The  bark  is  remarkably  dark,  the  flowers 
