THE AMERICAN BOTANIST. 
doubly serrate, the middle one widest, often somewhat 
rounded at the base, the others wedge-shaped. Petiole and 
petiolules grooved little or none, glabrous, prickles numer- 
ous, strong but slender, hooked; the petiole of the middle 
leaflet less than one-half inch long, the other leaflets sessile. 
Old Canes.— -Stems erect, prickles considerably im- 
paired. Second year's growth consisting entirely of leafy 
branches tipped with inflorescence, one from the axil of each 
old leaf. Branch stems terete, zig-zag. six to nine inches 
long, prickles, glabrous, hooked. Leaves three-foliate, thin ; 
leaflets short -pointed, broad-oval, rather coarsely serrate, 
glabrous ; the petiolule of the middle leaflet short, the other 
leaflets sessile. Inflorescence a short raceme, one to one 
and one-half inches long, the axis and slendler pedicels set 
at a great angle to it densely beset with slender prickle-bris- 
tles, straight and set at right angles to their axis with an 
occasional glanded hair on some plants and a faint pubes- 
cence. Flowers seven-eighth inch broad, petals slender, less 
than one-half as wide as long, appearing the last of June. 
Fruit globose, one-fourth inch or more in diameter, drupe- 
lets rather large, black, not productive; ripe the middle of 
August. 
Type Stations: In Wait's pasture. West Wardslx^ro. 
\\'indham County. \'t.. one mile east of the village, at an 
altitude of 1.700 feet, and in the road Ijetween the church 
and town house in Stratton. Vt., four and one-half miles 
west of the \\ est Wardslwro station at a somewhat higher 
elevatiL.n. Open places, dry ground. 
T found this species Jmie -Zl . 1904. It is very abundant 
at the first named station, scattered over a large pasture. 
The stations in Stratton show that it is not a local plant. 
The name I propose is to commemorate that of people who 
were once numerous and prominent in Stratton. and for 
whom Grout Pond is named, and whose descendants are 
