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(600.) R. villosus, Ait. Thimble Berry. 



Common in sandy woods and old clearings from Nova Scotia to Loon 

 Portage on the Dawson Koute, west of Lake Superior. (Macoun.) 



Var. frondosus, Torrey. 



R. inermis, Willd. Pursh, 348. 

 R. mberectus, Hook. Fl. I., 179. 



Newfoundland. (Cormack.) Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) 

 Abundant along the Grarjd Trunk Railway at Shannonville and at the 

 Carrying Place, head of the Bay of Quinte, Ont. (Macoun.) Between 

 Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg. (Richardson.') 



Var. humifusus, Torr. & Gray. 



Pictou, N.S. (McKay.) Vicinity of Ottawa. (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) 

 Eailway track at Niagara Falls. (Macoun.) Near London, Ont. 



(Burgess.) 



(601.) R. Canadensis, Linn. 



R. flagellant Willd. Pursh, 347. 

 R. trimalis, Pursh. Hook. Fl. I., 180. 



Thickets and rocky hills. Newfoundland. (Morrison.} Rather com- 

 mon in Nova Scotia. (McKay. ) Rocky places and thickets, N.B., 

 common. (Fowler's Gat.) Not uncommon in Quebec. (Brunei.) Fre- 

 quent in Ontario, extending to Lake Superior. (Macoun.) 



(602.) R. hispidus, Linn. Swamp Blackberry. 



R. obovalis, Michx. Fl. L, 298. 



R. obovatus, Ell. Hook. Fl. L, 180. 



Trailing amongst grass in swampy ground. Pictou and Halifax, N.S. 

 (McKay.) Fredericton and other localities, N.B., rather rare. (Fowler's 

 Cat.) Near Montreal. (Me Gill Coll. Herb.) Vicinity of Ottawa. 

 (Fletcher Fl. Ott.) Woods north of Prescott Junction. (Billings.) 

 Beaver meadows and marshy flats throughout the northern portions of 

 Addington, Hastings and Peterboro Counties, Ont. (Macoun.) Nicolat 

 and Niagara, Ont. (Maclagan.) Common in swamps at London and 

 Sarnia, Ont. (Burgess.) 



Var. setoSUS, Torr. & Gray. 



R. setoms, Bigel. Hook. Fl. L, 179. 



About Montreal. ( Vide Hooker, p. 180.) The var. is most probably 

 the eastern form of the species and ought to be compared with authen- 

 tic specimens. 



