94 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. SPIRÆA, L. MEADOW SWEET. 123 S. salicifolia, L. COMMON MEADOW SWEET. C. St J. B. Rdu X. Q. S. T. Low grounds and damp hillsides; common. Bié Tad 124 S. tomentosa, L. HARDHACK. Low grounds; common. C. from Truro wthr. RUBUS, L. RASPBERRY. BLACKBERRY. 125 R. odoratus, L. PURPLE FLOWERING RASPBERRY. Occasional by roadsides. Emery District; Southwest Harbor Q (Rand); — Hulls Cove (R. H. Day). An evident escape from cultivation. Adventive from beyond our limits. 126 R. Chamæmorus, L. BAKED APPLE BERRY. Malace. Rare. The Heath, Great Cranberry Isle (R. & R.). Said to grow in great abundance near Prospect Harbor, Gouldsborough, on the mainland. Louisburg. C. P.D+ 127 R. triflorus, Richards. WOOD RASPBERRY. Pearce' ac C. B. P. Rdu X. Q. S., 2R(N) Common in damp woods and in swamps. Rost. Bié. V. Carl. XC. BR. 128 R. strigosus, Mx. WILD RED RASPBERRY T DAK. ma C. B. ac. PP. Very common everywhere, especially in clearings and old fields. Rdu X. Q. S. t 129 R. villosus, Ait. HIGH BLACKBERRY. Waysides, fields, and thickets; very common. Q 130 Var. frondosus (Bigel.), Torr. Frequent. Northwest Cove; about Somesville and elsewhere (E. Faxon, R. & R.); — Bar Harbor (W. H. Manning). 131 Var. Randii, Bailey. Low and diffuse, 1°-2½° 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 Srg.