margin, 2-7 cm. long, 4 cm. wide or less, very shortly petioluled, 

 the lower pairs much smaller than the upper ; petiolules 2 mm. 

 long ; panicles as long as the leaves or shorter, the branches 

 slender ; flowers dull crimson ; fruits oblong, very shortly stalked, 



I cm. long, 6 or 7 mm. in diameter. 

 Great Goat Island (Harris g2o8). Perhaps nearest related to 



C. piibescens Engler. 

 -z^ N. L. Britton. 



A NEW BLACKBERRY FROM MASSACHUSETTS AND RhODE IsLAND. 



— On August I, 1906, I found a new blackberry in Rehoboth, 

 Massachusetts. It is decumbent but has a large, strong, angled 

 stem, is fearfully armed and well branched. The station is near 

 the Seekonk line on the trolley from Providence, R. I., to Taun- 

 ton, Mass. It is abundant over an acre or more of rich land, 

 now in pasture, and holds its own well in spite of the vigorous 

 trimming given it by the cows. But I found no more in that 

 locality except one plant in Seekonk. Two days after, however, 

 I found it at Rocky Point, R. I., near the junction of the electric 

 roads. Here it was very abundant, just ripe, and the excursionists 

 found it good eating. The pastures and mowings, unused but 

 "for sale," make it a good home. The fruit is abundant, of good 

 size and flavor. Care is required, however, in walking in such 

 lots, for the strong branches are continually tripping one, and the 

 strong prickles take hold. For four miles it occurred along the 

 road to Providence, the last station being in a pasture. Darkness 

 stopped the search. Afterward I found it in Portsmouth, R. I. ; 

 in Massachusetts, at Fairhaven, near the garden of H. H. Rogers, 

 the oil magnate, and very abundant on his grounds, also at Wilbur 

 Point ; at Mattapoisett, on the electric road, while waiting at a 

 switch west of the village ; in Bridgewater, in a pasture near the 

 Normal School ; and in Plymouth, beyond Hotel Pilgrim.' 



Rubus multispinus sp. nov."' 



Neiv canes. — Stems green, large and strong, often 0.375 

 inch in diameter, 4 to 8 feet long, nearly erect at first, soon de- 

 cumbent and partly trailing, with numerous long branches, gland- 

 less but slightly pubescent, none noticed tipping. Prickles for- 



