148 - Rhodora . [August 



cenct' like those on the new canes. Leaflets oval, obovate or ob- 

 wedjie-shaped, sparsely serrate and enneate at the base, rather coarsely 

 serrate-dentate above and broadly pointeil. Petiole and petiolules 

 slightly grooved above, ^landless, somewhat pubescent, prickles 

 generally slender and hooked. Inflorescence with from 3 to 7, frequently 

 1, nearly erect, slender pedicels from A to 2^ in. long, more or le.ss pubes- 

 cent, glandless; or sometimes cymose or racemose. Pedicels subtended 

 by leaves or leaflike bracts. Flowers, apjx\iring the 20th of June, 

 about 1 in. broad, petals wide, sepals very pubescent or woolly, mucro- 

 nate. Fruit, ripe about the first of August, nearly globose, ^ in. in 

 diameter; drupelets large, averaging nearly y^, jn. jn diameter. Two 

 fruits counted and measured: {^^ in. high, ^ in. wide with 15 drupelets 

 each j\ in. in diameter; ^ in. high, ^ in. broad with 19 drupelets each 

 ■^ in. in diameter. Very edible. 



A representative station: The territory in a radius of one-fourth 

 of a mile aroimd the railroad station at VVells Beach, Me. Frequent 

 throughout Wells, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport. Found also in 

 North Berwick, Biddeford and Saco. Dry o]ieu places. 



This species is probably the one named R. ril/osiis' by Alton in 17S9 

 but the name had been used before. Gray, Wood and others called 

 it R. Canadcnsi.^, L. The older authors called it R. frivialis, Michx. 

 but Dr. Muhlenberg segregated it from that sjH'cies in 1818. Bigelow 

 gave a very good description of it growing on sandy ground but held 

 to the name given it by Michaux using that of Muhlenberg as a syn- 

 onym. That Muhlenberg named thi.t plant need not be doubted 

 though he did not describe it and left no specimens. The writer has 

 recently (July, 19()()) searched for several days in the southeastern 

 part of Pennsylvania including Lancaster, Muhlenberg's old home 

 and with the exception of a little R. hi.fpidus' no other dewberry could 

 be found. The forms in Connecticut and those growing around 

 Philadelphia, Lancaster, Fialtimore and Washington are the same. 

 It is common in Sotithern New England but in Maine, New Hanij)- 

 shire and Vermont it seems to be restricted to the White Oak sections 

 or nearly so. 



Rubus geophilus, n. sj). Plants ])erfectly prostrate, glandless, 

 somewhat pubescent, prickles slender and hooked; canes very long 

 and soft; leaves very large, o-foliate, outline jagged, very coarselv 

 serrate; stemlets very tall; inflorescence a few very erect, large and 

 very long pedicels; fruit remarkably large; tipping readily. 



Xcw catics. Stems prostrate, (i to 12 ft. long, greenish, glabrous 

 and glandless, soft, tipping readily late in August from swelled ends. 

 Prickles rather short, slender, hooked, not numerous, 5 to 10 to the 

 inch of stem, not noticeably in lines. Leaves large, in. long and wide. 



