26 Rhodora [FEBRUARY 
Fruits globose, 5 to 7 mm. thick, bluish black, and with slight bloom, 
seeds usually 2 or 3, with an orbicular or sometimes obovate chalaza. 
Flowers from the middle of July to the end of August. New Hamp- 
SHIRE: Seabrook, Aug. 7, 1898, E. Е. Williams. Vermont: Burling- 
ton, Aug. 4, 1902, А. Rehder; Middlebury, July 7, 1878, and Sept. 
30, 1880, E. Brainerd. Massacuuserrs: Amherst, August 15, 1902, 
A. Rehder; Blue Hills, Sept. 1, 1895, W. H. Manning, Sept. 9, 1905 
J. R. Churchill; Cohasset, Aug. 4, 1902, J. G. Jack; Medford, July 
31, Wm. Boott; Revere, Aug. 30, E. F. Williams; Oak Island, Revere 
July 16, 1882, Н. A. Young; Lynn, May 23, 1903, A. Rehder; Cape 
Cod, Centreville, Aug. 11, 1903, Clara I. Cheney. RHODE ISLAND: 
Tiverton, Aug. 1879, C. S. Sargent. Connecticut: Southington,’ 
July 17, 1898, L. Andrews. Distributed west to New York, Ohio, 
Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, south to Florida and Mexico. 
PSEDERA QUINQUEFOLIA var. hirsuta, n. comb.— Cissus hederacea 
B. hirsuta Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1:170. 1814.— Ampelopsis hirsuta 
[Donn, Cat. Hort. Cantabr. ed. 2. 50. 1802, nomen nudum] Roemer 
& Schultes, Syst. 5:321. 1819.— Quinaria hirsuta Rafinesque, Am. 
Man. Grape Vin. 6. 1830.— Ampelopsis Graebneri Bolle, Gartenfl. 
48:257, tab. 1462. 1899.— Parthenocissus hirsuta Small, Fl. S. E. 
U.S.758. 1903.— Psedera hirsuta Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. 1: 220. 
1906.— Differs from the type in the pubescence, which is found in 
specimens typical for the variety on almost all parts of the plant, 
while toward its northern range of distribution they are apt to become 
glabrescent and are sometimes only pubescent on the young shoots 
as are specimens seen from Middlebury and Burlington, Vt. The 
young shoots are usually of a brighter red than in the type and the 
seeds are somewhat larger, more lustrous and have a usually obovate 
chalaza. Vermont: Burlington, Aug. 4, 1902, A. Rehder; Middle- 
bury, Sept. 1, 1902, E. Brainerd. MASSACHUSETTS: Amherst, Aug. 
15, 1902, A. Rehder. Distributed from Ontario (Dr. Wm. Macoun, 
orally) through western New England and along the western slope 
of the Alleghany mountains through New Mexico to Mexico. In the 
North this variety very rarely flowers and fruits, which suggests that 
it is not at home there, but probably introduced from the south by. 
birds migrating north; many birds seem to be fond of the berries of 
Psedera. 
The following varieties are sometimes met with in cultivation but 
are not found wild in New England: 
