2IO Field Columihan Museum — Botany, Vol. i. 



"Nearest to i?. znllosiis, but evidently a distinct species. Curi- 

 ously enough there is a leaf of this species glued down on the 

 sheet of R. Canadensis, L. in herb Linn., and it appears to have 

 been included in his description of that species — the specimens 

 of which were furnished by Kalm." 



Near the summit of Point Mountain in Randolph County at an 

 altitude of 3,500 ft., also along the Gandy in great profusion. 

 Pendleton and Pocahontas, on Little Rich Mountains abundant. 

 The mountaineers claim that it is upon this species that the bears 

 grow fat for their period of hibernation, the fruit being late to 

 ripen and very nutritious. 



Mr. John K. Small remarks in his Studies of ihe Botany of 

 the Southeastern United States, Bull. Torr. Club, 21 119 (1894) 

 in reporting this species: "Grows on the walls of the caiion at 

 Tallulah Falls, Ga. Collected in flower in April, 1893; alt. 

 1,600 ft. This most likely locates the southern limit of the geo- 

 graphical range of R. MiUspaughi. Being a typical high moun- 

 tain species, it is not to be expected much below 1,600 feet, and 

 just south of the above-mentioned locality the Blue Ridge 'runs 

 out ' into the plains. Further south the land decreases gradually 

 in altitude until the gulf is reached. According to my observa- 

 tions the above plant thrives most vigorously at altitudes ranging 

 from 4,500 to 6,000 ft. It grows well at lower elevations, but 

 never in such a prolific manner." Mr. Small and Anna M. Vail 

 also give in their "Report of the Botanical Exploration of South- 

 western Virginia, 1892," the following additional localities for 

 this species: "Above Fox Creek, on Pine Mountain in deep 

 woods, alt. 3,000 ft. Summit and slopes of Mt. Rodgers, alt. 

 4,000 to 5,719 ft. Summit of White Top Mountain, alt. 5,678 ft. 

 Slopes and summit of White Rock Mountain, alt. 3,000 to 

 4,400 ft." 



The species was also collected by Mr. T. H. Kearney, Jr., at 

 the summit of Thunderhead (about 6,500 ft.), and on Chilhowee 

 Mountain (at about 1,500ft.), in Blount Co., Tennessee. Reports 

 of the collection of the species in the mountains of North 

 Carolina, New Hampshire, and northern Michigan have been 

 made. 



The species is reported as common in thickets at Wilton and 

 Southport, Maine [Fernald], and at Deering, Maine {Blankin- 

 ship). 



RuBUS Canadensis Linn. 



RuBus Canadensis roribaccus Baile}^ Am. Gard., 11: 642 (1890). 



Dry hillsides, Randolph Co., near Beverly. "Plant larger and 

 stronger than the species; leaflets broad below, usually triangu- 

 lar-ovate, doubly serrate with small teeth, and more or less 

 notched and jagged; peduncles longer, straighter and stouter, 

 habituously more numerous and more conspicuously overtopping 

 the leaves; flowers very large (sometimes two inches across); 

 sepals uniformly larger, some of them much prolonged and leaf- 

 like and conspicuously lobed (sometimes becoming an inch long 

 and wide); fruit much larger." 



