180 : ■ ' • Rhodora , .: [September 



much narrower, cuneate and slightly rounded at the base; the basal 

 ones smaller and more sharply cuneate. Petiole and petiolules large, 

 strong, glabrous, glanded on some, faintly grooved, prickles strong 

 and hooked; the petiolule of the middle leaflet over 1 in. long, the 

 side ones over one-half as long, the basal ones short-stalked but never 

 sessile. 



Old canes. Stems brown, prickles intact. New growth consisting 

 of erect, leafy fruit branches, or stemlets, 5 in. to 3 feet liigh, well 

 gratled from the short terminal ones to the tall ones on the thick part 

 of the stem, usually one from each old leaf axil. Axis of short branches 

 angled, glabrous, or on some glanded, prickles minute; leaves '^- 

 foliate, the upper imifoliate, pointed at each end, resembling those on 

 new canes in other respects; inflorescence a broad raceme, pedicels 

 8 to 12, nearly glabrous, set at a great angle to the axis, and subtended 

 by narrow unifoliate leaves and long narrow bracts. Long branches 

 a[)[)caring like new canes; axis straight or zigzag; leaves 5-foliate, 

 in all resi)ects like those on new canes; the |x>(licels subtended mostly 

 by narrow unifoliate leaves. Flowers appearing July 1 and contiim- 

 ing on the long branches for two or three weeks, about 1 in. broad, 

 showy; the petals oblong-oval, one-half as wide as long; sepals broad, 

 mucronate or j)()inted. Fruit beginning to ri|xm Aug. 5 and continu- 

 ing to ripen through the month, short-cylindric, composed of large 

 drupelets ■^\ in. in diameter. Three measured and counted: \ in. 

 high^by ^\ in. broad, 2.S drupelets; f in. by ^% in., 10 drupelets; \\ in. 

 by i"^ in., 18 drupelets. Very edible. 



Type stations: Moss's Corner and Old Fort Inn in Kennebunkport 

 village, Maine. Also found at other j)laees in the same village, at 

 Cape Porpoise and forms of it at Old Orchard and in Wells. Oikmi 

 sun and light shade, dry ground. 



This species is probably but one of a distinct class of blackberries 

 more or less trailing, with angled stems and long narrow leaflets. 



One form which is often quite ]irostrate with much shorter ])etiolules 

 and is a very delicate-looking j)lant frequent throughout this section 

 may be considered for the present as a variety and named described as 



Var. delicatior, n. var. Plants glabrous and glandless, the new 

 canes with smaller and fewer j^rickles, more decumbent, often entirely 

 prostrate; leaflets smaller, shorter stalked and more delicate; the old 

 canes with shorter new growth; the long' branches or stemlets rarely 

 over 1 ft. high with trifoliate not quinate leaves, and the shorter and 

 terminal ones with a very slender axis and narrower leaflets. 



Type found on the electric railroad 75 rods east of the Town House 

 junction, Kennebunkport, and in the roads and fields about it. Fre- 

 quent in Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells. Dry ground in 

 sun or light shade. 



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