332 CONTEIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBAEIUM. 



ARUNCUS. 



1. Aruncus aruncus (L.) Karst. Deutsch. Fl. 779. l.SSO-83. Goatsbeard. 



Spiraea arui^cus L. Sp. PI. 1: 490. 1753. 



Aruncus sylvester Ko-stcl. Ind. Hort. Prag. 15. 1844. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Austriae, Alvorniae montanis." 



Range; Alaska to Oregon and in the Eastern States from Iowa to Pennsylvania and 

 southward. Europe. Asia. 



Specimens examined: Clallam County, Elmer 2527; Silverton, Bouck 50; Mount 

 Stuart, Sandberg & Leiberg 561; Skokomish Valley, Eincaid, June, 1892; west Klickitat 

 County, SuJcsdorf, August 7, 1886; Yakima Pass, Watson; Cascade ^lountains, Suksdorf, 

 2044; Horseshoe Basin, Lalce cfc Hidl 507; Bridge Creek, Elmer 655; without locality, Vasexj 

 in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



RUBUS. 



Herb^; stems trailing, unarmed. 



Leaves 3 to 5-lobed or larely parted; carpels tomentose \. R. lasiococcus. 



Leaves 3 to 5-foliolate ; carpels glabrous 2. R. pedatus. 



Shrubs. 



Stems trailing, biennial. 



Leaves shiny, 3-lobed or rarely 3-parted; berries red 3. R. nivalis. 



Leaves dull, 3 to 5-foliolatc ; berries l)lack 4. R. macropetalns. 



Stems erect or ascending. 



Leaves 3 to 5-lobed; stem unarmed, perennial 5. R. parviforus. 



Leaves 3 to 5-foliolate; stems prickly, mostly biennial. 



Flowers red; fruit yellow or garnet 6. R. spectabilis. 



Flowers white; fruit black. 



Stems perennial, very prickly; berry cylindric. .. . 10. R. laciniatus. 

 Stems biennial; berry hemispheric. 



Berry red; steins not glaucous 7. R. strigosus. 



Berry black; stems glaucous. 



Leaves glaucous beneath _ 8. R. leucodermis- 



Leaves green beneath 9. R. hesperius. 



1. Rubus lasiococcus A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 17: 201. 1882. 

 Type locality': "Near Mount Hood, Oregon." 



Range: British Columbia to Oregon. 



Specimens examined: Chehalis County, Lamb 1403; Clallam County, Elmer 2524; 

 Mount Rainier, Allen 124; Piper 1994; Mount Adams, Suksdorf 5-il, 10; Klickitat River, 

 Flett 1336; Stevens Pass, Whited 1433; Stampede Pass, Henderson, June, October, 1892; 

 Cascade Mountains near Berne, Piper, July, 1895; Yakima Pass, Watson 106; Nason Creek, 

 Sandberg t& Leiberg 664; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Iludsonian. 



2. Rubus pedatus Smith, Ic. PI. 3: pi. 63. 1791. 



Type locality*: "In Americae borealis tractu occidentali." Collected by Menzies. 



Range: Alaska to California and Idaho. 



Specimens examined: Baldy Peak, Lamb 1304; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, 

 Lyall'm 1859; Mount Rainier, Pi>er 2042; ^ZZen 280, 310a ; Mount Adams, 5«^'«/o?/540 ; Sil- 

 verton, Bouclc SI; Stampede Pass, Henderson, June, October, 1892; Okanogan County, 

 Elmer 697; Stevens Pass, Sandberg & Leiberg 736; Cascade Mountains, latitude 49°, toward 

 Colville, Lyall; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Canadian and Hudsonian. 



