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giving it the name under which it is here reported. Its fruit con¬ 
stitutes its chief and most available distinguishing character. This 
is longer than broad, and has small drupelets and a peculiar rich 
spicy flavor which most people prefer to that of the fruit of the 
species from which this has been separated. 
Rubus Baileyanus Britton 
Bailey’s blackberry has long been known to be an inhabitant of . 
our state and has been reported under the name Rubus villosus 
humifusus. 
Agrimonia mollis ( T. & G .) Britton 
Roadside. Sand Lake, Rensselaer county. September. The 
single fruiting specimen found does not fully correspond to the 
description of the species to which we have with some doubt re¬ 
ferred it. The lower surface of the leaves is slightly pubescent and 
is sprinkled with minute shining glands. 
Aronia nigra ( Willd.) Britton 
The black chokeberry was reported in N. Y. state flora by Dr 
Torrey under the name Pyrus arbutifolia melanocarpa. It is more 
frequent in the eastern and northern parts of the state than the red 
chokeberry, Aronia arbutifolia. A dwarf form scarcely more than 
a foot high is common about Lake Minnewaska. It grows from 
thin soil covering rocks. 
Amelanchier rotundifolia ( Mx .) lioem. 
North Elba, Essex county. This species should be cautiously 
separated from the closely related low June berry, A. spicata. It is 
a larger shrub and has larger leaves and flowers, but the leaves of 
A. spicata are sometimes quite as round as those of A. rotundifolia. 
The following table will indicate the prominent distinguishing 
characters of our five species of this genus. 
Lower surface of the young leaves glabrous or but slightly 
pubescent. I 
Lower surface of the young leaves conspicuously pubescent 
or woolly. 3 
i Flowers more than \ in a cluster. 2 
