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Group II. — Villosss. 
R. mollis ( Sm .). Fig. 195. Soft-leaved Rose. Native. Shrub. 
VI, VII. 
In hedges. Rare. 
L. Bath Wood, Ormskirk (t.w. ; h.s.f.). 
C. Hoylake (h.s.f.). Hedges inland of Parkgate (f.m.w.). 
b. ccevulea {Woods). 
C. A form having glabrous calyx tube and peduncles grows 
by the roadside between Saughall and Upton (f.m.w.). 
R. tomentosa {Sm.). Fig. 196. Downy-leaved Rose. Native. 
Shrub. VI, VII. 
In hedges and bushy places. Frequent. 
C. About Storeton; Meols ; Raby Mere; Ledsham ; Back- 
ford; Mollington; &c. 
Group III. — Rubiginosse. 
R. rubiginosa (A.). Fig. 197. Sweetbriar. Denizen. Shrub. 
V-VII. 
C. 1880, a few plants above the Red Noses, New Brighton, 
probably escaped from cultivation (Dr. g.). 
Group IV. — Caninss. 
R. canina (L.). Fig. 198. Dog Rose. Native. Shrub. VI, VII. 
a. lutetiana {Leman). 
Hedges and thickets. Very common. 
e. dumalis {Bechst.). 
Hedges and thickets. Very common. 
g. urbica {Leman). 
Hedges, &c. Very common. 
j. dumetorum {Thuill.). 
Hedges. Frequent in Cheshire, and observed in two or three 
places on the Lancashire side (f.m.w.). 
n. tomentilla {Leman). 
C. One bush at corner of lane leading from Greasby to Irby, 
which has characters intermediate between it and e. dumalis ; 
it may be k. obtusifolia, Desv. (f.m.w.). 
p. verticillacantha {Mevat.). 
C. Upton Road just W. of Claughton Village; between 
Moreton and Hoylake (f.m.w.). Frodsham (j.f.r.). 
Note. — Some of the plants have hispid, and others smooth peduncles (f.m.w.). 
