332 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 
ARUNCUS. 
1. Aruncus aruncus (L.) Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 779. 1880-83. GOATSBEARD. 
Spiraea aruncus L. Sp. Pl. 1: 490. 1753. 
Aruncus sylvester Kostel. Ind. Hort. Prag. 15. 1844. 
Type Locauiry: “Habitat in Austriae, Alvorniae montanis.”’ 
Rance: Alaska to Oregon and in the Eastern States from lowa to Pennsylvania and 
southward. Europe. Asia. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Clallam County, Elmer 2527; Silverton, Bouck 50; Mount 
Stuart, Sandberg & Leiberg 561; Skokomish Valley, Kincaid, June, 1892; west Klickitat 
County, Suksdorf, August 7, 1886; Yakima Pass, Watson; Cascade Mountains, Suksdorf, 
2044; Horseshoe Basin, Lake & Hull 507; Bridge Creek, Elmer 655; without locality, Vasey 
in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Transition. 
RUBUS. 
Herbs; stems trailing, unarmed. 
Leaves 3 to 5-lobed or rarely parted; carpels tomentose........ 1. R. lasiococcus. 
Leaves 3 to 5-foliolate; carpels glabrous .......-222222.0.22... 2. RB. pedatus. 
Shrubs. 
Stems trailing, biennial. 
Leaves shiny, 3-lobed or rarely 3-parted; berries red ...... 3. R. nivalis. 
Leaves dull, 3 to 5-foliolate; berries black ....-. Seen eee 4. R. macropetalus. 
Stems erect or ascending. 
Leaves 3 to 5-lobed; stem unarmed, perennial... .----.-- 5. R. parviflorus. 
Leaves 3 to 5-foliolate; stems prickly, mostly biennial. 
Flowers red; fruit yellow or garnet... 2222022202. 6. R. spectabilis. 
Flowers white; fruit black. 
Stems perennial, very prickly; berry cylindric... 10. R. laciniatus. 
Stems biennial; berry hemispheric. 
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Berry red; stems not glaueous.... 2... -. - 
Berry black; stems glaucous. 
Leaves glaucous beneath... 2-22.22... 8. R. leucodermis. 
Leaves green beneath .-....... 2.22.2... 9. R. hesperius. 
. BR. strigosus. 
1. Rubus lasiococcus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 201. 1882. 
Tyre Locaity: ‘ Near Mount Hood, Oregon.” 
Rance: British Columbia to Oregon. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Chehalis County, Lamb 1403; Clallam County, Elmer 2524; , 
Mount Rainier, Allen 124; Piper 1994; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 541, 10; Klickitat River, 
Flett 1336; Stevens Pass, Whited 1433; Stampede Pass, Henderson, June, October, 1892; 
Cascade Mountains near Berne, Piper, July, 1895; Yakima Pass, Watson 106; Nason Creek, 
Sandberg & Leiberg 664; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Hudsonian. 
2. Rubus pedatus Smith, Ic. Pl. 3: pl. 63. 1791. 
Type Locatity: “In Americae borealis tractu occidentali.’’ Colleeted by Menzies. 
Rance: Alaska to California and Idaho. 
SPECIMENS EXAMINED: Baldy Peak, Lamb 1304; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, 
Lyall in 1859; Mount Rainier, Piper 2042; Allen 280,310a; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 540: Sil- 
verton, Bouck 57; Stampede Pass, Henderson, June, October, 1892; Okanogan County, 
Elmer 697; Stevens Pass, Sandberg & Leiberg 736; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, toward 
‘olville, Lyall; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 
ZONAL DISTRIBUTION: Canadian and Hudsonian. 
