154 Rhodora [August 



Xnv caites. Stems erect, rather soft, thick at the base, 2^ to 4 feet 

 high, recurving, the prostrate end swelling and ti])i)ing in September, 

 more or less 5-angled or terete, brown, glabrous and glandless, some- 

 times branched. Prickles inconspicuous, slender, rather strong, 

 straight, backward slant slight, not numerous, set in lines over the 

 pentagonal pith. Leaves very large and thick on the erect part of 

 the stem, often S in. long and 7 in. wide, smaller and thinner beyond, 

 5-foliate, very bright light yellow-green antl glabrous on the upper 

 surface, whiter and glabrous below, faintly ciliate; occasionally a few 

 appressed hairs occurring on the upper surface and a few hairs on the 

 veins beneath, slightly leathery 'to the touch. Leaflets oval or rhom- 

 boidal, taper-pointed, outline nearly or quite entire; finely, deeply, 

 sharj)ly and doubly serrate-dentate; the middle leaflet very broad, 

 often on the large leaves nearly orbicular; the side leaflets also veiy 

 wide on the leaves growing on the erect part of the stem, narrower 

 on the recurving part and about one-half as wide as long, wedge- 

 shaped at the base; and the basal leaflets similar in shape but sniallci-. 

 Petiole and petiolules rather large, glabrous, grooved, yellowish; 

 prickles medium size, hooked; the ])ctiolule of the middle' leaflet of 

 large leaves 1 in. long; the side ones one-third as long, never sessile; 

 the basal leaflets sessile. 



Old mues. Stems erect as ever, })rickles intact, well-tip})ed stems 

 not killed back, easily cut. New growth consisting of leafy fruit 

 branches solely, 4 to S in. long, no pure leaf branches on the lower 

 part of the stem as in the erect species, usually one from each old leaf 

 axil. Axis greenish, angled, prickles few and weak, glabrous or with 

 faint pubescence, glandless, slightly zigzag. Leaves rather large, 

 varial)le in shape, 3-foliate, those of the inflorescence largely unifoliate; 

 thin, light yellow-green and glabrous. Leaflets normally broad-oval, 

 pointed at each end, sharply, dee])ly and doubly serrate-dentate, often 

 incised at the toj); uniff>liate leaves mostly broad also, incisely serrate- 

 dentate; but narrow in some ca.ses. Petiole and petiolules green, 

 slender, nearly glabrous, grooved; prickles nearly wanting, the middle 

 leaflet short-stalked, the side ones sessile. Occasionally more than 

 one bud starting from an axil making a leafy mass with little inflores- 

 cence and narrow leaflets. Inflorescence cymose-racemose, axis 

 short, pedicels 4 to (5, short, slender, glandless, nearly glabrous, sub- 

 tended by small bracts. Flowers appearing about July 1 large, over 



I in. broa<l, petals broad-oval, showy. Sepals running to a slender 

 point, nearly glabrous with occasional stalked glands on the outside, 

 pubescent inside. Fruit very edible, subglobose, about ^ in. high 

 and wide; the drupelets large, from -^\ in. to \ in. in diameter. Seven 

 measured and counted: | in. high by \ in. broad, 25 drupelets; -^^ in. 

 by \ in., 21 drujx>lets; ^^ in. by y^'in., 19 drupelets; -^'V i"- ">}' h i"-- 



II drupelets; f in. by ^ in., 9 drupelets; -^\ in. by ^^ in., 16 drupelets 

 i in. by ^ in., 12 drupelets. Picking season August 10 to August 25. 



Type station: The road from (Jrove depot to the village of Kenne- 



