THE AMERICAN BOTANIST, 
racemes, more or less leafy at the base. Axis nearly straight, 
sometimes slightly zig-zag at the base, angled, woolly pube- 
scent with many glandecl hairs. Leaves mostly 3-foliate, 
some unifoliate. thin, very coarsely serrate-dentate, the color 
and pubescence like those on old canes. Leaflets narrow, 
long-ix>inted, narrow wedge-sha{>ed at the base. Raceme 
proper very long, resembling R. nigrobaccus Bailey, com- 
prising most of the branch near the top of the plant, but 
less on the lower branches. Pedicels slender, woolly and 
glandular, set at a moderate angle to the axis and subtended 
by rather long and slender bracts. Fk^wers over an inch 
broad ; petals narrow, less than half as wide as long; sepals 
conspicuously long and narrow, pubescent and glanded. 
Fruit maturing but \ery few drupelets, more often none. 
In flower late in June; fruit ripe the middle of August. 
Type station in the yard and laiul adjoining the church 
m Stratton, Windham County. Vt. Dry. oi>en ground. Al- 
b\ me June '1:k VM>4r, and wa.s closely watched during the 
remainder t>f the season. The racemes and glandular pubes- 
altitude. but in most res[)ects it has no resemblance to that 
species. I ha\e several anomalous dwarf forms that may 
Soi RCi-: OF L\cnrKu. — It is said that the Japanese 
'ac'!,UL-r ctimc- m a tree cli)>eiy related to our nwn t»ison 
-uninr < R,Lit< :v}ic;:.ihn and that experiments have .shown 
• ■ 'a-.t yu^ub u \evy similar pr-xluct. .Ml that is 
: ke good laccjuer i> some method of avoiding 
- exudations of the plant. Tiiere are few in- 
ure where a realty desirable pn^duct is s(~> well 
