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FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 
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/? , < -SPIR.fflA, L. Meadow Sweet. 
S. Common Meabow Sweet. C 
Low grounds and damp hillsides; common.^i^ 
S. tomentosa, L. Hardhaok. 
Low grounds; common. , 
RUBUS, L. Easpbeeey. Blackbeeby. 
R. odoratus, L. Purple Flowerino Raspberry. 
Occasional by roadsides. Emery District; Southwest Harbor ^ 
(Rand); — Hulls Cove (E. H. Day). An evident escape from 
cultivation. Adventive from beyond our limits. 
R. ChamsBmorus, L. Baked Apple Beret. 
Rare. The Heath, Great Cranberry Isle (E. & R.). Said to cM 
grow in great abuiuHnce near Prospect Harbor, Gouldsborough, ~ 
on the mainland. CP\) , Tf ^ 
R. triflorus, Richards. Wood RnpBEERY.'^^ 'fe. m};. 
■ Common in damp woods and in swamgs^ ^ ^ M., 
R. strigosus, Mx. Wild Red Raspberry,^ 
Very common everywhere, especia^ m clearings and old C, 0,*^'W- 
fields. 
R. villosus, Ait. High Blackberry. 
Waysides, fields, and thickets; very common. 
Yar. frondosus (Bigel.), Torr. 
Frequent. Northwest Cove; about Somesville and elsewhere 
(E. Faxon, E. & R.); — Bar Harbor (W. H. Manning). 
Var. Randii, Bailey. 
Low and diffuse, 1°—2^° high, the canes bearing very few and 
weak prickles, or often entirely unarmed, very slender and soft, /' 
sometimes appearing as if nearly herbaceous; leaves very thin 
and nearly or quite smooth beneath and on the petioles, the 
teeth rather coarse and unequal; cluster stout, with one or two 
simple leaves .in its base, not villous, and very slightly if at all 
