dentate leaves. In specimens from the Pyrenees the crena-
tures are very broad and scarcely at all pointed, or flattened
at the top and even retuse. It is worthy of notice that a plant
found (naturalized) in Collinton woods near Edinburgh agrees
with the latter, and a specimen which Mr. C. H. Wright of
Keswick states that he gathered in a perfectly wild condition
near Cockley Beck, Cumberland, corresponds accurately with
the former of the Pyrenean varieties.
Our principal figure represents the usual appearance of
S. Geum in the south-west of Ireland, but the leaves are frequently
nearly without hairs upon the upper surface. The
large detached leaf shows the sharply toothed form (“ var. (3.
FI. Hibern., R. dentata of Haworth,” Mack.), in which both
surfaces are frequently quite glabrous, and the texture of the
leaf is more coriaceous. The small hairy leaves belong to a
very elegant plant (t£ var. 8. FI. Hibern., S. gracilis, of Mac-
kay’s Cat. of Irish PI.” Mack.), found near Killarney and on
Connor Hill near Dingle. In the two latter forms the petals
are usually spotless, but in the other a few dark points are
always found in addition to the constant yellow spot.
The leaves are either about as broad as long, or even considerably
broader, and usually cordate at the base, their margin
more or less acutely crenate or dentate. The under surface
of the leaves is either of an uniform pale green, or is covered
with a beautiful purple network, or is wholly purple. The
petioles are always semicylindrical, with their upper surface
channeled. The flowering stem is from 6 to 12 inches high,
and the flowers are in perfection in the month of June.
The different forms of this species inhabit in profusion the
mountainous districts near Killarney, Glengariff and Dingle,
in the south-west of Ireland.—C. C. B.