332 CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NATIONAL HERBARIUM. 



ABUNCUS. 



1. Aruncus aruncus (L.) Karst. Deutsc-li. Fl. 779. 1880-83. Goatsbeard. 



Spiraea aruncus L. Sp. PI. 1: 490. 1753. 



Aruncus sylmsfer Kostcl. Ind. Hort.-Prag. 15. 1844. 



Type locality: "Habitat in Austriao, Alvomiae 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 tfe Lriherg 561; Skokomi.sh Valley, Kincaid, June, 1892; west Klickitat 

 County, Suksdorf, August 7, 1886; Yakima Pass, Watson; Cascade Mountains, Svksdorf, 

 2044; Horseshoe Basin, Zxitccfe/Zw/Z 507; Bridge Creek, iiVmer 655; without locality, Fasey 

 in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Transition. 



RUBTJS. ■ 

 Herbs; steins trailing, unarmed. 



Leaves 3 to 5-lol)ed or rarely parted; carpels tomentose I. R. lasiococcus. 



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



Shrubs. 



Stems trailing, biennial. 



Leaves .shiny, 3-lobed or rarely 3-parted; Ix^rries red 3. R. nivalis. 



Leaves dull, 3 to 5-foliolate ; InTries black 4. R. macropetahut. 



St«ims erect or ascending. 



Leaves 3 to S-lolied; stem unarmed, perennial 5. R. parvijlorus. 



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



Flowers red ; fruit yellow or garnet 6. ./?. spectahilis. 



Flowers white; fruit black. 



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



Stems biennial ; berrj' hemispheric. 



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



* Berry black; stems glaucous. 



Leaves glaucous Ixiiieath 8. R. leucodemiis 



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 541, 10; Klickitat River, 

 FleU 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 <& Leiberg 664; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Hudsonian. 



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°, 

 Lyailixx 1859; Mount Rainier, Pipgr 2042 ; ^ZZen 280, 310a; UoxxniMsims, Suksdorf 540; Sil- 

 verton, Bouck 57; Stampede Pass, Henderson, June, October, 1892; Okanogan County, 

 Elmer 697; Stevens Pass-, Sandberg cfc Leiberg 736; Ca.scade Mountains, latitude 49°, toward 

 Colville, Lyall; without locality, Vasey in 1889. 



Zonal distribution: Canadian and Hudsonian. 



