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then there seems to be almost as much question about the actual 
occurrence of such a red-fruited plant as there was in Rafinesque's 
mind in regard to the occurrence of black fruit in America.! 
2. E. atropurpureum n. sp., a E. nigro recedit ramulis prostratis 
junioribus albido-tomentosis; foliis junioribus tomentosis vel arach- 
noideis primo adscendentibus deinde laxe patentibus haud vel rare 
reflexis, eis ramulorum vegetarum laminis (4-) 4.5-6.5 mm. longis; 
baccis 5-9 mm. diametro rubris vel atropurpureis opacis; seminibus 
2-2.4 mm. longis. 
Differing from E. nigrum in its trailing branchlets white-tomentose 
at least when young: leaves tomentose or arachnoid when young, at 
first ascending, finally loosely spreading, not at all or rarely reflexed; 
those of the leading shoots with blades (4—) 4.5-6.5 mm. long: berries 
5-9 mm. in diameter, red or purplish black, opaque: seeds 2-2.4 mm. 
long.— E. nigrum, var. andinum Fernald, Ruopora, iv, 150 (1902); 
C. H. Knowlton, Rhodora, iv. 196 (1902); Robinson & Fernald in 
Gray, Man. ed. 7, 551 (1908); not DC. Prodr. xvi. pt. 1, 26 (1869).— 
Exposed sands or granitic or silicious gravels and ledges, Magdalen 
Islands, Prince Edward Island and mountains of Maine, New Hamp- 
shire and possibly Vermont. MaAGDALEN IsLaNDs: sand hills between 
East Cape and East Point, Coffin Island, July 19, 1912, Fernald, 
Bartram, Long & St. John, no. 7733. Prince Epwarp ISLAND: 
sand hills between South Lake and the Gulf, near Bothwell, August 
24, 1912, Fernald, Long de St. John, no. 7732. Maine: Mt. Katahdin, 
August 25, 1847, G. Thurber, without date, E. C. Hamlin; floor of 
North Basin, Mt. Katahdin, July 13, 1900, Fernald; ledges, north 
face of Boarstone Mt., altitude 610 m. (2000 ft.), August 16, 1895, 
Fernald; tableland above the pond, altitude 915 m. (3000 ft.), Squaw 
Mt., July 9, 1895, Fernald, no. 277; extensively covering the ledges 
at about 1065 m. (3500 ft.) altitude, Mt. Saddleback, Rangeley, 
August 17, 1894, Fernald (TYPE in Gray Herb.); above timberline, 
Mt. Saddleback, Rangeley, July 10, 1895, F. V. Coville, no. 73 in U. S. 
Nat. Herb.; Bald Mt., alt. 455-610 m. (1500-2000 ft.), Plantation 
No. 4, Franklin Co., July 16, 1902, Knowlton & Chamberlain; White 
Cap, Rumford, August 1, 1889, June 9, 1890, J. C. Parlin; Speckled 
Mt., altitude 610 m. (2000 ft.), Franklin, July 29, 1896, J. A. Allen. 
New Hampsuire: White Mts., Oakes; Mt. Ingalls, Success, June 25, 
1908, A. S. Pease, no. 11,165; Carter Notch, August 14, 1855, Wm. 
Boott; on a boulder, Carter Notch, altitude 915 m. (3000 ft.), Septem- 
ber 6, 1904, A. S. Pease, no. 4086; Mt. John Quincy Adams, July 22, 
1907, Pease, no. 10,876; Mt. Washington carriage-road, August 12, 
1910, Pease, no. 12,842; ledgy summit of Mt. Crawford, August 18, 
1908, Pease, no. 11,460; summit of Mt. Webster, August 21, 1908, 
Pease, no. 11,784; near summit of Mt. Kearsarge, A. Commons in 
! For detailed discussion see Simmons, Vasc. Pl. Ellesmereland, 42 (1906). 
