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 IRISH PLANTS OBSERVED IN JULY, 1895. 268 R, molHssimus and R. Schlechtendalii, grows plentifully at Maam, and was also noticed at Oughterard and (probably) Cong. It has flowers of a beautiful bright pink, large and showy, stamens much exceeding the styles, and a very villous panicle ; the leaves are dark dull green and rather rugose above, softly hairy on the under side. Both Dr. Focke and Mr. Eogers incHne to think it an undescribed variety or species ; but further observation is requisite. — B. Sprengelii Weihe. 3. In good quantity on a furze-clad hill above Ferrybank; mostly rather starved, but otherwise quite typical New to Ireland. — R. hirtif alius Muell. & Wirtg., var. danicus Focke {teste Focke). 3*. Plentiful at Ferrybank. Mr. Rogers considers this form nearer to R. leucostachys, which it much resembles in the stem and prickles; but the two are very distinct-looking, when growing together. A striking plant, found at Oughterard, Maam, Clonbur, and Cong, which Mr. Rogers (at first) thought to be R. hirtif alius, tending towards R. silvaticus, would rather be placed by Dr. Focke under R. Salteri ; it is, however, certainly not the same as the Aconbury specimens of the latter (No. 35) in the Set, and we are inclined to believe that it is at least varietally distinct from both. The Rubus-flova, of W. Ireland is evidently a rich one, and it is quite probable that some distinct "Atlantic type" forms may occur, which will also be found in the Spanish Peninsula. — R, pyramidalis Kalt. 8*. Locally abundant near Clonbur, especially at the foot of Kilbride Mountain. 9'. Wooded banks of Lough Corrib, near Cong. — R. leucostachys Schleich. 3 Ferrybank ; abundant. 8. Maam, Oughterard, and Clonbur. 9. Clonbur and Cong. — R, mucronatus Blox. 9*. Wooded banks of L. Corrib, near Cong ; a hybrid with R. pyramidalis also occurs. A Ferrybank (Dist. 3) bramble is placed as a variety of this by Dr. Focke, but seems very different from the ordinary British forms. — R. Borreri Bell Salter. 8*. Maam ; "A very interesting extension of its dis- tribution. I have it from Cos. Dublin and Armagh" (Rogers m litt.). — R. Bahingtonii Bell Salter. 8. Between Clonbur and Mount Gable. Slightly different from the plant of Kent and Surrey, but placed here without doubt by both our authorities. New to Ireland. — E. Koehleri Wh. & N. 8*. Between Clonbur and Mount Gable ; "very near the type" (Focke). In some respects approaching R. Marshalli. Oughterard ; untypical in its pink petals, &c. — Var. cognatus (N. E. Br.). 8*. On the W. side of L. Mask, in two places about a mile apart, three or four miles N. of Clonbur; also on lime- stone S. of the lake, in Dist. 9*. Not quite identical with the Surrey form, but hardly distinguishable from it. — R. dumetorum Wh. & N. 8. Ferrybank. 8. Oughterard; Clonbur. Chiefly, if not entirely, the y2i,x.ferox Weihe. — Pi. corylif alius Sm. 3'^'. Ferry- bank; good sublustris. 9*. Cong; not typical. — Var. cyclophyllus Lindeb. 9*. Roadside, about half-way between Cong and Clonbur. — R. casius L., var. tenuis Bell Salter. 9*. On limestone, S. of L. Mask. — R. saxatilis L. Abundant, and fruiting freely, on the limestone about L. Mask, in both counties. Potentilla procumbens Sibth. 8. Maam ; Clonbur, &c. 9. On limestone, S. of L. Mask. — P. procumbens x silvestris. 8, 9. In several spots about Clonbur.