﻿Rydberg: Notes on Rosaceae 159 



Brainerd still regard it as the same as R. nigricans. The two are 

 species, however, not quite identical. R, setosus, of which there 

 are two sheets from the original collection in the Torrey her- 

 barium, is a more slender plant with racemose inflorescence and 

 thinner leaves. The flowers themselves resemble more those of 

 R. hispidus. I would have been inclined to regard R. setosus as 

 a freak or local form, if I had not collected the same form myself 

 and been unable to refer the specimens to either R. hispidus or 

 R. nigricans. The following I take to belong here : 



New York: Tom Peck's Pond, near Lake Placid, 1906, 

 Rydberg 7952; Long Pond, Rydberg 7949, 7948; Lime Kiln Falls, 

 vicinity of Little Moose Lake, Rydberg 7895; Twin Lakes, Ryd- 

 berg 7823. 



Connecticut: Southington, 1904, Andrews 25. 



Rubus vermontanus Blanch. As said before this was mistaken 

 for R. nigricans by Fernald, but is evidently distinct. It is a 

 species confined to the northern woods. 



Vermont: Ripton, 1897, Brainerd 201; South Wadsboro and 

 Grafton, 1902, Blanchard 176; Lily Pond, Westminster, Blanchard 

 2; West Jamaica and Ripton, 1902, Blanchard 176; Londonderry, 

 1903, Blanchard 245; Brookline, 1902, Blanchard 58 (set i); 

 Grafton and Rockingham Blanchard 58; Mendon and Walling- 

 ford, 1900, Eggleston 2007, 2006, 2857, 2858. 



Canada: Macoun 5793, 6097, 19072. 



Rubus hispidus L. This species is very well known and 

 nothing further needs to be said. 



Triviales 



Rubus lucidus Rydb. This is the same as R. trivialis /3. of 

 Hooker's Compendium and R. persistens, partly, of Small's Flora. 

 The latter was based on this and some hybrid forms. Unfor- 

 tunately, one of the latter was assigned as the type, and hence this 

 species needed another name. It has also been confused with 

 R. trivialis, but never bears any bristles, and the flowers are seldom 

 solitary as in that species. The following specimens belong here: 



Florida: Dunedin, 1900, Tracy 6855; Tampa, 1903, Britton, 

 Britton & Shafer 19. 



Alabama: Auburn, 1897, Earle & Baker (mixed with R. 

 trivialis). 



