. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 11. Botany; Botany. Fig 1. Supposed distribution of Gaylussacia brachycera in "Warm Springs," Michaux about 1790 = "Near Winchester," 1803; presumably Berkeley Sprmgs, Mor- gan County, West Virginia. 2. "Krien Preyer," Kinn, 1800; = Greenbrier VaUey east of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. 3. Sweet Sprmgs, Pursh, 1805, m Monroe County, West Virginia. 4. New Bloomfield, Perry County Peonsylvama, Baird, 1845. 5. Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware, Commons, 1876. 6. I'amvuie, Polk County, Tenness
. Contributions from the Botanical Laboratory, vol. 11. Botany; Botany. Fig 1. Supposed distribution of Gaylussacia brachycera in "Warm Springs," Michaux about 1790 = "Near Winchester," 1803; presumably Berkeley Sprmgs, Mor- gan County, West Virginia. 2. "Krien Preyer," Kinn, 1800; = Greenbrier VaUey east of Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. 3. Sweet Sprmgs, Pursh, 1805, m Monroe County, West Virginia. 4. New Bloomfield, Perry County Peonsylvama, Baird, 1845. 5. Millsboro, Sussex County, Delaware, Commons, 1876. 6. I'amvuie, Polk County, Tennessee, Gattinger, 1901. AU but No. 4 were lost to science m 1918. A colony of the species had been found by A. Commons of Wihnington, Delaware, in the southern part of that state about 1875, and although it was reported to have been destroyed, the writer succeeded in rediscovering it in 1919. Cross-poUination between this and a clump from the Pennsyl- vania colony was carried out, and an article on the plant was pubUshed by Dr. Then one after another additional occurrences were brought to notice, —in Pennsylvania a few miles east of Baird's locaUty, in Maryland less than an hour's ride from Washington, in southwestern Virginia, and so on. •Science, SO: , X • 1 i V r* 1934] wherry: box huckleberry 83 In 1921 Rev. Fred W. Gray observed it near Dorr, West Virginia, and learning that it was locally known as "juniper-berry" and was used for food by the people of that region, he published in a local newspaper an inquiry as to where the plant so-named could be found. Notwithstanding the fact that the species had not been mentioned in any of the compila- tions deaUng with the flora of the state, he received reports of over 75. Fig. 2. Known distribution of Gaylussacia brachycera in 1932. Pennsylvania: New Bloomfield; opposite Losh Run Station, also in ^^e^ry a)unty, H. A. Ward, 1920; 15 miles northwest of Lebanon, Lebanon County, H. J. Roddy, Delaware: Mil
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