1906] Blanchard,— Some Maine Rubi,— III 215 



wide as long, often more than five. Sepals glanded. Fruit globose 

 of 3 to 21 drupelets, the best fruit about | in. in diameter, rather sour. 



Type stations: The west road from Kennebunk village to West 

 Kennebunk, Maine. Abundant in Wells, Kennebunk and Kenne- 

 bunkport. Also in North Berwick. 



This species is a dewberry and has many of the characters of R. 

 hispidus and R. setosns though they are not very apparent when 

 casually examined. The texture and color of the leaves, thick and 

 dark green, indicate the former; but they are not evergreen or shiny 

 and are 5-foliate both on the new canes and often also on the old ones,, 

 narrow, serrate and pointed as in the latter. In many other respects 

 the characters are similarly mixed, but the hard stem and stout prickles 

 are to be found in neither. 



Rubus junceus, n. sp. Plants with a flimsy look, erect the first 

 year, weak, soft-stemmed, often prostrate the second year, glandless 

 except on the inflorescence, prickles weak, leaves thin, 5-foliolate, 

 flowering early. 



New canes. Stems upright, thick at the base, weak, very soft,. 

 dark red, angled, 2 to 3 ft. high, rarely branched, glabrous and gland- 

 less, armed with straight, retrorse, slender bristle-prickles J in. long, 

 10 to 20 to the inch of stem, not noticeably in lines. Leaves 5-foliate, 

 flimsy-looking, thin light yellow-green, slightly hairy on the uj^per 

 surface, considerably pubescent beneath. Ivcaflets oval, pointed at 

 each end, coarsely, unevenly and doubly serrate-dentate, the middle 

 leaflet broad, nearly rhombic, 3 in. long by 2 in. wide, the side ones 

 similar but narrower and the basal ones quite narrow. Petiole and 

 petiolules very slender, glabrous, grooved, retrorse bristles slender, 

 the petiolule of the middle leaflet f in. long, the side ones nearly one- 

 half as long and the basal leaflets sessile. 



Old cajie.s'. Stems often ])rostrate, prickles nearly intact or often 

 all wanting. New growth consisting of erect leafy fruit branches 

 6 in. to 1 foot high, one from each old leaf-axil. Axis glabrous, un- 

 armed, slightly zigzag. I^ower leaves 3-foliate, none 5-foliate, re- 

 sembling those on new canes, the upper ones unifoliate and becoming 

 regularly smaller. Inflorescence occupying about one-fourth of the 

 branch, racemose, covered with many red-glanded hairs, pedicels 

 slender, about 12, subtended by the unifoliate leaves and leaflike 

 bracts. Flowers appearing lute in June about IJ in. broad, petals 

 nearly twice as long as broad, sepals with numerous glanded hairs. 

 Fruit ripe after the middle of August, mostly small, globose; one of 

 the best ^ in. in diameter with 14 drupelets each y',t in- in diameter. 



Type stations: Kennebunk de{)ot yard; the direct road from the 

 depot to the shoe-shop; the west road from Kennebunk village to 

 Parsons station and the road to Wells Branch. Abundant in most 

 parts of Kennebunk, Kennebunkport and Wells. Dry ground, open 

 sun and light shade. 



