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A. ebeneus, another near ally, has usually thicker blunter less 
sharp-toothed leaves, axiles taper-based not truncate, and darker 
stem, apt to be more percurrent and more numerously branched. 
id ae of A. vici include : 
ing sia Sky Far 
E any Co., at poses Se. 709; C. H. Pek in N, Y. St Herb. 
Catskills, Hune z 5, 99, p 
, Znwood, Dyckman Av. rock, Se. 24, '96, Se. 24 and 27, ’97, Se. 
22. 'g8. Se. 14, on Se. 1900, I901, 1902, 1903, 1904 ; by gie, Oc. 15, "39; 
late-blooming and virescent. Bank of the Hudson below Inwood, Oc. 16,'98, Bi. Ft. 
Washington, Oc. 16,'98, Bi.; 165th St. rock, Se. 30, '98, "m foot of 170th St. Oc. 
,'98, Mosholu, Se. pall '96. Ft. George, rocks, Se. 24,’95. /ndianfield, Se. 18, 
98. Yonkers, Hillview swamp, among rocks, Se. 15,'97, Se. 13,'98, Se. ’99, Se. 23 
1900; nearly dics Se. 1901-1905 ; late-blooming, Oc. 26,'97. Park Hill, 
rocks, Se. 14, ’96. Bryn Mawr Park, Se. '99 ; Split Rocks, Se. 25,'97, Se. 17, '98, 
Se. 16, '99, Se. 1900, Se. 1903. Woods n. e. of St. Joseph's Seminary, Oc. 2, ’97, 
Bi. ronx R. or near, Fordham and Woodlawn, Se. 1903 arrytown, Se. 24,'98. 
N. J., Palisades, Woodcliff, Se. 12, '98 ; Pe Lee, Oc. 17,’99; Underchff, ids 
Se. 14, = > 14, 1900, Oc. 17, ’99; in bud, Au. 8, '99; halfway up, Se. 14 
I YS - Sew, High Pr. “leion, P A An. 17, 96. Beskoi, 
Marsh’ s hon Se. I, 96 ; Canadaway Cr., rocky bank, Au. 22, ’96, just opening. 
Va., Potomac R., Spout Run, Oc. 2,'88, Bu. Blue Ridge region, before 
1755, Gaston, no. 767, now in hb. Br. Mu. Nat. Hist. 
Variants include : 
30° Branch-forms. More irregularity of leaf-form, even with 
oboval and triangular-lanceolate upper leaves, and sometimes 
of nodes. Large cuneate-based elliptic rameals are sometimes 
developed. 
N. Y. vic., Zzwood, Dyckman Av. rock, Se. 24, '97, '98, ’99. 
30° Sprout-form (seldom developed?) shows less regular in- 
dence and less symmetrical leaves ; rameals oval to oblong- 
ovate. 
N. Y. vic., Z//view, Oc. 26,'97, etc. 
30* Arrest-stem form; upper part of stem not pir 
inflorescence seeming as ‘if seated in leaves; plants small; 
florescence bens widely and repeatedly branched, and full of 
little oval leaves 
N. Y. vic., /nwood, gota Oc. 13, '99. 
W. N. Y., Hanover, High Br., Au. 17, '96. 
30° Arrest-leaf form. Sudden arrest or reduction in size 
affects all the leaves above the first few; plant consists of a small 
single-bunch inflorescence raised on a pedunculate axis which is 
