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axil but often several. Flowers 1^ to l\ in. broad, petals oval from 

 ^^ in. long by y^ in. wide to f in. long by -^^ in. wide; appearing late 

 in June and continuing on the lower branches till the middle of July. 

 Fruit ripe Aug. 8, continuing to ripen in favorable places till Sept. 1 ; 

 cylindrical, regular, of good size; drupelets rather small from J to j\ 

 in. in diameter. Four out of many counted and measured: -\^ in. 

 high by ^^p, in. broad, 40 drupelets each from 2^ to 3 sixteenths in. in 

 diameter; {jr in. by y'^ in., 56 drupelets each J inch; \^ in. by -^jr in., 

 43 drupelets each 2 to 2^ sixteenths inches; \l in. by t\ in., 36 drupe- 

 lets. Very edible. 



Type station on the railroad and highway from the shoe-shop to 

 the depot in Kennebunk, Maine. Abundant in Wells, Kennebunk 

 and Kennebunkport and especially abundant in the road and adjoin- 

 ing fields from Cape Porpoise to Kennebunkport village. Dry ground 

 in open sun and light shade. 



This very glandular species can be distinguished from R. nigrobaccus 

 at a glance by its narrow leaflets, smooth and shining above, and its 

 slender equal pedicels set at a small angle to the axis. 



Rubus amabilis, n. sp. Plants quite erect, nearly unarmed, gland- 

 less, very glabrous. Inflorescence a very regular raceme with short 

 thread-like pedicels. Fruit cylindrical, drupelets large or small. 



NeiD canes. Stems stout, strong, very erect, soft, 3 to 5 feet high, 

 often a dwarf, reddish, glabrous and glandless, very smooth, 5-angled 

 and furrowed. Prickles very small and slender, straight, hardly 

 noticeable, 5 to 8 to the inch of stem, on its angles only. Leaves large, 

 8 in. long by 7 in. wide, 5-foliate, rather thick; dark green with a few 

 appressed hairs when young, then glabrous and very smooth on the 

 upper surface; lighter green, glabrous and smooth beneath. Leaflets 

 narrowly obovate or sometimes oval rarely ovate, the upper ones 

 stalked, outline entire, long taper-pointed, finely slightly doubly serrate 

 and serrate-dentate; the middle one broadest, nearly one-half as wide 

 as long, narrow but rounded at the base; the side ones three times as 

 long as wide, cuneatc at the base; the basal leaflets similar in shape 

 but smaller. Petiole and ])etiolules rather stout, grooved, glabrous, 

 glandless, unarmed, prickles minute or wanting; the petiolule of the 

 middle leaflet 1 in. long, the side ones one-third as long, the basal 

 leaflets sessile. 



Old canes. Erect as ever, prickles mostly wanting, soft, reddish. 

 Generally pyramidal in outline, the second year's growth consisting 

 of short leafless or nearly leafless racemes or sometimes a short leaf 

 branch at the top of the cane, and long leaf branches resembling new 

 canes at its base, with polymorphous growth between; one from the 

 axil of each old leaf except as described below. The upper racemes 

 3 or 4 in. long, glandless, axis straight, terete, prickles minute or 

 wanting, finely pubescent with 12 to 30 slender, thread-like, finely- 

 pubescent pedicels ^ in. long, set at an angle of 45° to it, subtended 



