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appears to be “ off type ” in its leaflets being quite thinly hairy above, 
and only that when young. The weakness of the glandular hispidity 
of ilie panicles, which are sometimes quite smooth, is characteristic ; 
but there is no trace of hairs thereon, as is so often seen in Conti- 
nental specimens. The sub-globose fruit also is a usual feature of 
this species. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. 
B. hemitricha (Rip.). Grange Farm, Malpas, Cheshire, 26th 
July 1908. This is a close ally of R. urbica (Lem.), from which it 
•differs in its more or less biserrate leaflets, less hairy beneath, and 
\s pelioles more glandular, 'bhese specimens, in common with 
those from other Cheshire stations, have longish, densely hispid, 
almost woolly styles which are conspicuous from quite an appreci- 
able distance in the growing plant. This was not the case with 
Briggs’ Devonshire specimens, which constituted its first record for 
Britain ; nor does Ripart give densely hispid styles as a character, 
though Rouy and Foucaud give them this character in ‘ Flore de 
France.’ The absence of prickles is not a usual feature of this 
species. Mons. Sudre and Dr. Dingier both agree as to the name 
of this. — A. H. Wolley-Dod. Rightly named, I believe. I have 
a very similar form gathered two years ago near the shore of Loch 
Tay. — W. Barclay. 
Rosa arvc 7 isis, Finds. Quenby, Leicester, v.-c. 55, Aug. 1908. 
This is a robust free-growing form distinct from the typical plant. 
The styles are markedly longer; and the fruit is longer. The 
flowers were white with yellow throat. The peduncles are elongate, 
and often clustered, and are always uniformly glandular. The 
petals are partly reflexed, and the disc prominent. The leaves, with 
few glands, are downy along the midrib as well as upon the under 
surface of the leaflet. The petiole is quite as pubescent as many 
canina forms. Though distinct from sty/osa this tall and arched 
hedge-row plant seems to approach some of its forms. — A. R. 
Horvvood. Under the type, differing only in its leaflets being more 
acuminate than usual. — A. FI. .-D. 
Pyrus laiifolia, Syme, var. decipicns (Bechst.). Hill-side above 
Minehead, S. Somerset, v.-c. 5, isdiAug. 1908. In 1906 I sent 
specimens in flower — I now add exami)les in fruit from the same 
trees. — S. H. Bickham. 
Pyrus cordaia, Desv. On limestone cliffs above the Wye, 
Pen-Moyle, near 'rutshill, v.-c. 34, W. Glos., 31st May, 1908. Mr. 
Shoolbred showed me this tree in 1894, and we then believed it to 
be P. cordata ; but a good botanist rejected the name. This year, 
however, it flowered and fruited sparingly, and the question is 
settled affirmatively. No doubt native ; associated with other 
species of the Sorbus section. — E. S. Marshall. Also from 
