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Rhodora 



[August 



point, lianlly mucronate, very pubescent but glandless; opening about 

 July 1. Fruit globose, ^ in. in diameter <-omposed of large drupelets. 

 Ripe early in August. Very edible but a poor crojjper most of the 

 fruit blighting and producing "dry fruit." 



Tyi)e station: The railroad yard, ball-ground and waste dunij)s 

 l)et\veen the shoe-sli(^j)s in the village of Kennebunk, Maine. Several 

 large clum]is in diti'erent j)arts of these grounds. 



Rubus semierectus, n. sp. Plants erect at first, U to 2^ ft. high; 

 stems small at the base recurving and the long j)rostrate end tipping; 

 often entirely prostrate the second year, sometimes nearlv so the first; 

 prickles rather numerous, straight. Leaves numerousi thin, some- 

 what ptibcscent, not large, very variable in size, 8-foliate or more 

 often 5-foliate, leaflets often concave or convex drying with a wrinkli-d 

 centre. Inflorescence corymbose, variable, often slightlv glandular; 

 flowers very small; fruit irregular in shape, not large, often abundani. 



New cane.'^. Stems erect or decumbent, recurving on vigorous, 

 normal plants, the end of the cane often prostrate, greenish, '"terete, 

 glabrous and glandless, sometimes branched, the ends n'ormallv 

 swelling and tip])ing in Sejitember. Prickles short, slender, straighf, 

 .strong, backward slant slight, never hooked, rather numerous, 10 t() 

 15 to the inch of stem, not noticeably in lines. Leaves not large, verv 

 variable in size, thin, .3-foliate or more often 5-foliate, generally quite 

 yellow, dull yellow-green with many apjiressed hairs on the' uj)j)er 

 surface, lighter beneath and consid'erablv pubescent, verv variabl(> 

 in amount, slightly ciliate. Leaflets broad-oval, often concave or 

 convex, drying with a wrinkled center, outline nearlv entire, short- 

 |)ointe(l, finely and doubly serrate-dentate; the middle leaflet very 

 broad, often orbicular; the side leaflets of trifoliate leaves also very 

 broad and more or less singly cleft on the lower side; the side leaflets 

 of quniate leaves broad oval, rhomboidal or obovate, broadly cuneate 

 at the base; and the basal leaflets similar in shape but smaller! Petiole 

 and petiolules yellowish, rather slender, glal)rous and glandles.s. 

 grooved; [)rickles rather numerous, slender and hooked; the |)ctiolul«^ 

 of the middle leaflet about | in. long, the side ones short-stalked, and 

 the basal leaflets sessile. 



^ Old rane.'i. Often prostrate especially in fruit, j^-ickles much broken, 

 (irowth of second year mostly fruit branches, occasionally a leaf 

 branch, 5 to 10 in. long, commonly one from the axil of each'old leaf. 

 Axis of branch zigzag, irregularly angled, stout, yellow, pubescent, 

 glandless; prickles few, slender, hooked. Leaves varying much iii 

 .size and sha])e, :3-foliatc, those of the inflorescence unifoliate, in color, 

 te.xture and jnibescence like those on new canes. Leaflets oval, ofteil 

 broad-oval, pointed at both ends, serrate-dentate. Petiole and 

 petiolules slentler, grooved, pubescent and glandless, the middle leaf- 

 let short-stalked, the others sessile. Inflorescence of two kinds; one 

 a slender raceme with long, slender i)edicels set at a sharp angle to 

 the axis; the otluM- a close raceme with a very short axis, the pedicels 



