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monest Rubi in some localities, it is not to be seen at all in others.’’ — 
T. R. Archer Briggs, 1872. 
Rubus atro-rubms, “ Wirtg.” Blox. “ I have forwarded a supply 
of this Bramble, which has been carefully compared with specimens 
received from Rev. A. Bloxam. Mr. Bloxam has also seen specimens, 
and confirms my opinion as to identity. Prof. Babington says : ‘ I con- 
sider this a form of R. foliosus , to which I also join R. atrorubens , Wirt. 
It is also the exsecatus , Muller.’ It occurs abundantly in lanes east 
north-east of Birmingham, and then, after a long gap of country, re- 
appears in Sutton Park, which lies north of this town.” — J. Bagnall, 
1874. 
Rosa involuta, Sm., var. Smithii. “ Opes Tor, near Alstonfield, IN’. 
Staffordshire.” — W. H. Purchas. This is the true involuta known 
before only in Arran and Yorkshire.” — J. G. Baker, 1872. 
Rosa britannica, Deseglise. “ Sent to correct an error in last year’s 
Report. 1 myself was the first observer of this plant, and there are 
several bushes, not one, scattered along the straits at intervals.”— P. 
Arnold Lees, 1873. 
Rosa saxatilis, Bor. “ Woodlands, S. Devon. Regarded by Mr. 
Baker as an extreme form of R. verticillacantha, Merat. M. Deseglise 
says it is R. saxatilis of Boreau. I have previously sent it from War- 
leigh only a mile or two from Woodlands.” — T. R. Archer Briggs. 
Pyrus rupicola , Syme. “ Silverdale and Humphrey, June and 
July, 1874. This Pyrus is widely spread over the littoral region 
between Lancaster and Humphrey Head — part of this area being in 
Westmoreland and part in North Lancashire. It must be regarded as 
truly native, although it occurs in plantations in the same area.” — C. 
Bailey, December, 1874. “ Llanthony Valley, Breconshire, Sep- 
tember, 1874.” — Augustin Ley. 
Pyrus scandica , Syme ; and fennica. “ I first became acquainted 
with these interesting Arran rarities in 1865. In July of that year I 
visited one of the known localities, viz., Glen Eis-na-Vearradh, along 
glen in the neighbourhood of Loch Ranza. There were several fine 
trees near the main stream, and a few scrubby ones by the side of 
a tributary descending from the east. All that I here saw belonged to 
what Dr. Syme considers to be P. scandica — i.e., with the lower lobes 
of the leaves not divided to the base. A few days later I found several 
trees of the subpinnate form in a locality not previously recorded, 
viz., a rough rocky burn above Catacol Bay on the west side 
of the island. On this occasion I noticed only the one form, 
whilst Dr. Boswell-Syme who has since visited this locality found 
plenty of P. scandica , but only one tree of P. fennica. This is now 
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