158 Rhodora [AuGusT 
Specimens examined: New Jersey: rocky banks of the Delaware 
River, Phillipsburg, Warren Co., June 5, 1910, K. K. Mackenzie, 
no. 4585 A; banks of the Delaware River in Warren and Hunterdon 
Cos., June and July 1882, Thos. C. Porter. PENNSYLVANIA: Bethle- 
hem, June 8, 1873, Thos. C. Porter; banks of the Lehigh River, 
Lehigh Co., 1865, A. P. Garber. MARYLAND: on rocks at Great Falls 
of the Potomac, May 10, 1899, Th. Holm. District or COLUMBIA: 
alluvial ground, vicinity of Washington, May 6, 1896, Æ. S. Steele. 
VirGcInia: Glasgow, May 29, 1909, Edwin B. Bartram. 
Var. meridionalis, n. var., var. 8 of Torrey and Gray, Fl. N. Am. i. 
274 (1838), a specie differt caule paulo hirtello; stipulis minoribus 
lineari-lanceolatis semi-sagittatis ad nodos inferiores 1-1.5 cm. longis 
1.5-3 mm. latis, ad nodos superiores minimis; foliolis late ovatis 
obtusis hirtellis vel glabratis; pedunculis 5-18-floriferis; calyce paulo 
hirtello vel glabrato. 
This variety differs from the species in having the stem lightly 
hirtellous; the stipules smaller, linear-lanceolate and semi-sagittate, 
those of the lower nodes 1-1.5 cm. long, 1.5-3 mm. wide, those of the 
upper nodes very minute; the leaflets broadly ovate, obtuse, hirtel- 
lous or glabrate; peduncles 5-18-flowered; the calyx lightly hirtellous 
or glabrate. 
Specimens examined: NortH CaroLina: wooded slopes of Pisgah 
Mountain, June 16, 1897, Biltmore Herbarium, no. 1222 b; mountains, 
Hot Springs, June 3, 1899, J. R. Churchill. Groreata: S. Boykin 
(TYPE in Gray Herb.); Nuttall. Lovutstana: banks of streams, Shreve- 
port, April 20, 1901, Wm. M. Canby. Texas: Wright. Also speci- 
mens grown in the Harvard Botanical Garden, from seed collected 
near the French Broad River, Tennessee. 
Var. intonsus, n. var., var. y of Torrey and Gray, Fl. N. Am., i. 
274 (1838); L. multiflorus Nutt. ex Torrey and Gray, loc. cit.; L. 
decaphyllus Hooker, Fl. Bor.-Am. i. 159 (1840); probably also L. 
decaphyllus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 471 (1814), a specie differt planta 
tota hirtella; stipulis minoribus, lineari-lanceolatis semi-sagittatis ad 
nodos inferiores 1.2-2 cm. longis, 2.5-5 mm. latis, ad nodos superiores 
angustissimis; foliolis ellipticis; pedunculis 6-18-floriferis. 
This variety differs from the species in being hirtellous throughout; 
in attaining the height of 2 m.; in having smaller stipules, which are 
linear-lanceolate and semisagittate, those of the lower nodes 1.2-2 cm. 
long, 2.5-5 mm. wide, those of the upper nodes very narrow; and in 
the 6-18-flowered peduncles. It differs from the var. meridionalis in 
its greater pubescence, its somewhat larger stipules, and especially 
in the form of the leaflets, which are elliptic instead of broadly ovate. 
Specimens examined: West VireGinta: altitude 2500-3400 ft., 
Kates Mountain, Greenbrier Co., May 17, 1893, A. A. Heller. TEN- 
NESSEE: shady bank, Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, May 18, 
1911, J. R. Churchill. Ontario: hillside near Galt, June 6, 1905, 
Geo. Prescott; Point Edward, Lake Huron, June 19, 1901, John 
