94 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



SPIR-5:A, L. Meadow Sweet. 

 S. salicifolia, L. Common Meadow Sweet. 

 Low grounds and damp hillsides; common. 



S. tomentosa, L. Hardhack. 

 Low grounds; common. 



RUBUS, L. Raspberry. Blackberry. 

 R. odoratus, L. Purple Flowering Raspberry. 



Occasional by roadsides. Emery District ; Southwest Harbor 

 (Rand); — Hulls Cove (R. H. Day). An evident escape from 

 cultivation. Adventive from beyond our limits. 



R. Cliamasmorus, L. Baked Apple Berry. 



Rare. The Heath, Great Cranberry Isle (R. & R.). Said to 

 grow in great abundance near Prospect Harbor, Gouldsborough, 

 on the mainland. 



R. triflorus, Richards. Wood Raspberry. 

 Common in damp woods and in swamps. 



R. strigosus, Mx. Wild Red Raspberry. 



Very common everywhere, especially in clearings and old 

 fields. 



R. villosus, Ait. High Blackberry. 



Waysides, fields, and thickets ; very common. 



Var. frondosus (Bigel.), Torr. 



Frequent. Northwest Cove; about Somesville and elsewhere 

 (E. Faxon, R. & R.) ; — Bar Harbor (W. H. Manning). 



Var. Randii, Bailey. 



Low and diffuse, l°-2^° high, the canes bearing very few and 

 weak prickles, or often entirely unarmed, very slender and soft, 

 sometimes appearing as if nearly herbaceous; leaves verj' thin 

 and nearly or quite smooth beneath and on the petioles, the 

 teeth rather coarse and unequal ; cluster stout, with one or two 

 simple leaves in its base, not villous, and very slightly if at all 



