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ten or twelve-nerved (5 or 6 distinct), subpentagonal, subtrun- 

 cate, five or six-toothed, the teeth acute, erect, smooth. Corolla 

 white, quite large, about 7/i in. in diameter, the divisions very 

 long and narrow, often twisted. Berry cyllndro-conical, straight 

 or curved, about 3 in. long, by ^ in. diameter, or smaller, usually 

 rugose, sometimes smooth, at first a shining green, then red; two- 



celled ; the placenta thick at the base ; acrid. 



This species differs principally from Capsictmt annmim, Finger- 

 huth, by the round stem; pubescent and dichotomous or tn- 

 chotomous branchings ; freedom from lower leaves; the leaves 

 clustered at summits ; all of one size and nearly or quite lanceo- 

 late; petioles as long as the leaves; the clustered peduncles; the 

 white corolla with deep and narrow lacineae, and the shining 

 green of the unripe berry. The aspect of the plant is very dis- 

 tinct, the dark green lanceolate leaves closely clustered and so 

 dense as to overlap, the low and spreading compact, bush-like 

 appearance, the fruit crowded with the leaves, the bare and 

 knobby-looking stems where exposed to view. As grown by me 



the plant was i-l^ ft. high, and ripened its berries in Septem- 



ber of the year when sown. 



This variety was in Vilmorin's sale catalogue of 1886. Its 

 French garden name is Bouquet rouge ; its American name Red 

 Cluster. It is, however, well figured under the name Teitjikii- 

 mamori in a Japanese botanical work, published in 1874, the *' So- 

 Mokou," vol. 3, t 38. 



I do not find any published descriptions which can possibly 

 refer to this plant, and in my judgment its distinctive appearance 

 and the closeness to type of the plants from seed received from 

 different sources, entitles us to the presumption that it is a true 

 species. I have hence ventured upon giving to the public a 

 name and a description, the specific name fasciciilatum referring 

 to the peculiar clustering or tufted appearance of the foliage. 



E. Lewis Sturtevant. 

 So. Framingham, Mass., April 6, 1888. 



Flora Temiscouatensis, 



During the early part Of last September my labors in con- 

 nection with the Geological Survey of Canada took me into that 

 very charming and delightfully picturesque district surrounding 



