4 Rhodora [JANUARY 
Var. albinervium (Michx.) Similar, but with the leaves glabrous 
or sparingly pubescent beneath when young, soon glabrate. R. al- 
binervium Michx. Fl. i. 110 (1803).— More common, extending south 
to Nova Scotia, central New Hampshire, southern Vermont, Michigan, 
Wisconsin, etc. 
GRAY HERBARIUM. 
CONNECTICUT RUBI. 
Wo. H. BLANCHARD. 
THis paper presents some of the facts obtained and conclusions 
reached by me during ten weeks spent in Connecticut searching out 
and studying its Rubi, more especially its blackberries. Visits of a 
week or more each were made in August, 1903, in July, 1904, and in 
June and August, 1905; and five weeks in June, July, August and 
September, 1906, were devoted to the work. Southington and Plain- 
ville were pretty thoroughly searched and much was done in the sur- 
rounding towns especially in Bristol, New Britain, Newington, 
Farmington, West Hartford, Berlin and Wethersfield. ‘Trips were 
taken to New London and Norwich, Stamford, Winsted, and Somers, 
and numerous shorter ones were made. Mr. C. H. Bissell and Mr. 
Luman Andrews of Southington, Mr. W. B. Rossberg of New Britain 
and Dr. C. B. Graves of New London very kindly aided by visiting 
localities with me and exhibiting specimens. 
RuBus occrpENTALIS L. Black Raspberry. Abundant in all 
parts of the state. It probably thrives no better anywhere than in 
Connecticut, which is far enough south for it to be at home on the 
highest land. ‘The fact does not seem to be generally known that this 
is a comparatively southern species and is found in Northern New 
England like the white oak and white pine only in favored places, 
occurring rarely in the high or northern parts. 
R. strigosus Michx. Red Raspberry. Abundant in all parts 
of the state. While R. occidentalis is a comparatively southern plant, 
R. strigosus is a northern plant and it fruits very poorly in Connecti- 
cut. 
