ably been more carefully studied than that of any other southern 

 state, thanks to the extended explorations of Dr. Mohr and 

 others, too little is known even yet of the actual details of plant 

 distribution and habitat relations in this or any neighboring state 

 to warrant us in theorizing much on the subject at present. Later 

 investigations in other parts of Alabama have led me to suspect 

 that some of these outlying stations for coastal plain plants are 

 not as isolated as has been supposed, but it will take some time 

 to confirm this suspicion. 



It is rather singular that many of the coastal plain plants 

 above mentioned, even the rock-loving ones, seem to be con- 

 fined in the mountains to the immediate vicinity of the larger 

 streams. When this is satisfactorily explained we will perhaps 

 have the key to the whole situation. But a great deal more 

 careful field work has got to be done before this and analogous 

 problems in other parts of the world can be solved. 



Geological Survey of Alabama. 



TWO NEW AND SOMEWHAT ANOMALOUS 

 BLACKBERRIES 



By W. H. Blaxchard 



The first plant now to be described must be placed with the 

 dewberries though it is slow in getting down to the ground, 

 and in vigorous plants the thick base of the canes is often two 

 feet high the second year. The leaves on strong, new canes 

 resemble those of Rubiis nigrobacciis Bailey ; the abundance of 

 unequal glandular hairs suggests the setosiis class, while the 

 inflorescence and energetic tipping are manifestly typical of the 

 dewberry. Therefore I propose to name this interesting plant 



/ Rubus permixtus sp. nov. 



Plant recurving and mostly prostrate with abundant glandular 

 hairs of varying lengths (not the large glands with short stalks 

 of R. nigrobaccns). 



New canes. — Stems erect at first and from one to two feet 

 high, recurving and running on the ground from three to six 



