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R. corylifolius ; var. sublustris , Lees. Fazackerley, S. W. Lancs., 
15th August 1896. See page 445, sub. nom. R. Balfoiirianus . 
Mr. E. F. Linton wrote long ago : “ This will do very well for 
Balfonrianas .” It appears to differ from corylifolius in its somewhat 
flexuose rachis ; sepals fruit-clasping; large panicle and rugose leaves. 
If a hybrid, the plants growing in the same lane are R. gratus. 
Lindleianus , leucostachys , and a form of rhamnifolius. It fruits freely, 
and always bears a number of septenate leaves, or shows a tendency 
in the lobate leaves to become septenate. — J. A. Wheldon. “ I regret 
to say I can give no definite name to this. The clasping fruit-sepals 
and the form of the panicle take it from R. corylifolhcs , which it 
resembles most in stem and foliage ; but its nearly glabrous stem, its 
frequent septenate-pinnate leaves, and its practically eglandular 
panicle should separate it as effectually from R. Balfourianus. It is, 
I believe, impossible to name satisfactorily the many ever- varying 
intermediates which occur so abundantly in most neighbourhoods 
where R. corylifolius and its allies are the prevailing brambles.” — 
W. M. R. 
R. dumetorum ; var. concinnus , Warren ? Walton, S. W. Lancs., 
1 6th August 1896. It differs from the description in having 
quinate leaves, but appears to be less glandular than scabrosus. — 
J. A. Wheldon. “ I think undoubtedly var. concinnus, though hardly 
typical in foliage. County record.” — W. M. R. 
R. ccesius ; var. intermedins , Bab. Canal Banks, Fazackerley, S. W. 
Lancs., 7th September 1896. — J. A. Wheldon. “ Looks like the 
hybrid R. ccesius x R. idceus , which Prof. Babington latterly thought 
his var. intermedins might be.” — W. M. R. 
R. rosaceus x Sprengelii. Ince Blundell Woods, S. W. Lancs., 
September 1896. Petals narrow, stellate pink. White stamens, 
exceeding styles. Stem prostrate. — J. A. Wheldon. “ Avery inter- 
esting hybrid, which has every appearance of being rightly named.” 
— W. M. R. 
R. leucostachys x mercicus ; var. bracteatus , Bagnall ? Growing 
with the two plants named near Aintree, S. W. Lancs, 16th August 
1896. — J. A. Wheldon. “These specimens seem rather nearer 
to R. mercicus than to R. leucostachys, but Mr. Wheldon is probably 
right in considering them a hybrid.” — W. M. R. 
R. leucostachys x rusticanus. Fownhope, Herefordshire, 12th July 
1893. Taken for a form of R. leucostachys, Schleich., but the evident 
signs of R. rusticanus, Merc., in the bald glabrescent stem and 
glaucous close felt, broad-based strong prickles and mucronate leaf, 
have convinced Mr. Rogers and myself that this is the hybrid between 
the two species. — E. F. Linton. 
Rosa pimpinelli folia x tomentosa ( = R. involuta, Smith, var.). 
Near Clonbur, East Mayo, Ireland, nth June 1896. Agreed to by 
M. Crepin. — E. S. Marshall. 
