1911] Fernald,— Northern Variety of Gaylussacia dumosa 99 
Gaylussacia dumosa while the shrub of our northern bogs may appro- 
priately bear the name 
GAYLUSSACIA DUMOSA, var. Bigeloviana, n. var. A forma typica 
recedit foliis fere elliptico- vel oblongo-obovatis usque utrinque 
glandulosis, bracteis utrinque copiose glandulosis. 
Differing from the typical form in having the leaves commonly 
elliptic- or oblong-obovate, permanently glandular on both faces, and 
in having the bracts of the inflorescence permanently and copiously 
glandular above as well as beneath.— Sphagnum bogs, wet heaths, and 
boggy pond-margins, Newfoundland to Connecticut, and probably 
slightly southwestward. Tyre: heath at base of West Quoddy Head, 
Lubec, Maine, July 26, 1909, Fernald & Wiegand (Fernald, no. 
2038 in Gray Herb). Other specimens examined — NEWFOUNDLAND: 
as Vaccinium frondosum, without definite locality, la Pylate; edges 
of bogs, Whitbourne, August 16, 1894, Robinson & Schrenk, no. 201: 
heaths overlying carboniferous area, Stephenville Crossing, August 14, 
1910, Fernald & Wiegand, no. 3853: “rich rocky soil ", hillside, Chan- 
nel, July 27-Aug. 1, 1910, Howe & Lang, no. 872. New BRUNSWICK: 
Kent County, July 14, 1870, J. Fowler. Nova Scoria: Smoky Mt., 
Cape Breton Island, August 8, 1898, J. Macoun, no. 19,775; Canso, 
July 26, 1901, J. Fowler. Marne: “Bangor Bog,” Orono, 1880, 
Kate Furbish; growing with Empetrum nigrum, Rubus Chamaemorus, 
etc., Lubec, 1828, Wm. Oakes; Jonesport, F. H. Peabody; bog, 
Somesville, September 20, 1892, M. L. Fernald; Great Marsh, Great 
Cranberry Isle, Aug. 27, 1889, E. L. Rand, July 20, 1899, E. F. Wil- 
liams; bog, Manchester, July 7, 1874, F. L. Scribner; Town Bog, 
Wells, July 11 and Sept., 1898, Kate Furbish; Wells Beach, 1898, 
Kate Furbish. New Hampsutre: Muddy Pond, Pautuckaway Mt., 
Nottingham, September 15, 1899, A. A. Eaton. MASSACHUSETTS: 
pond, Tewksbury, June 23, 1853, Wm. Boott; Long Pond, Melrose, 
June, 1880, H. A. Young; sphagnum around Muddy Pond, Stony 
Brook Reservation, June 17, 1895, W. P. Rich, Aug. 23, 1896 and 
June 26, 1897, E. F. Williams; Hammond Pond, Newton, June 9, 
1854, Wm. Boott; Muddy Pond, Dedham, August 18, 1854, Wm. 
Boott. Ruopre Istanp: South Kingston, S. T. Olney. CONNECTI- 
cur: peat swamps, Southington, June 23 and September 1, 1897, 
C. H. Bissell, no. 385, June 7, 1899, L. Andrews, no. 798; open sphag- 
num bog, Litchfield, June 26, 1906, C. H. Bissell; Bethany, July 5, 
1886, E. B. Harger. 
Gray HERBARIUM. 
