ROSACEAE 611 
rne dE te, or rarely obovate, coarsely 
S 
ue 4—5 
linear-lanceolate braetlets: petals 5-6 mm. 
long.—Grassy slopes and open woods, vari- 
ous ag N of Coastal Plain, Ala. to 
Mo., Minn, and N. S.—Spr — This, and 
r elated species, are sometimes called wild- 
strawber 
2. P. a b Stem erect in anthesis, 
producing nner-like branches, densely 
silky-strigillose: leaflets 5; blades 2-2.5 cm 
ate-obov 
ong, cune ate, coarsely toothed at 
t pex or e the middle: sepals nar 
rowly lanceolate, 3-5 mm pu about equal 
ling the brackets: petals 4—7 mm. long. [P. canadensis pumila T. & G.] 
—Sandy banks and dry nocd various provinces, Ga. to Ohio, Ont., and Me.— 
Spr. 
canadensis L. Stem branched at the base, the w decumbent or 
29s. 
prostr —6 dm. long, with s - eading hairs: leaflets 3 or 5; blades AA A 
ate, 4 
A M inee or oval, 2-5 em. long, coarsely toothed: RUN 12-15 mm. wide, 
the petals about 1/3 1 onger than a Rame ie -FI ene aa y soil, “banks, 
and t se rae various provinces, La. to Tex., , N. B., . Č.—Spr.-sum. 
4. P. caroliniana Poir. Stem often branched at the base, the o pros- 
trate, usually rooting at the nodes, 3—10 dm. long, with spreading pubescence: 
leaflets mostly 5; blades cuneate, 1.5—4 cm. long, coarsely toothed AR 
corolla 8—10 mm. wide, the petals about 1/3 E EE than the sepals. as 
woods, various provinces, Ga. to Mo. and Va.— 
5. P. paradoxa Nutt. Stem becoming much-branched, the branches pene 
ascending preadi 2-5 dm. tall, hirsute above, sometimes glabra 
below: leaflets pinnate, 9-11 on the lower np 1-2 em. long; blades obov E» 
iun) d or dr. the PAD rounded: cymes leafy: ogee pae 
dia 
poter ns pu g the sepals or exceeding em: E DUK 
EA corky, thickened P the inner side.—Low grounds, m and 
eN prov inces, Tenn. to N. M., Wash., Ont. and N. Y.—(Mez., 0. W.)— 
Su m. 
P. monspeliensis L. Stem simple and erect, or with ascending branches, 
l m. tall or es h eu (finely did and with oblong narrowly serrate 
leaflets in P. gica): leaflets 3, digitate, or in luxuriant plants 5, digitate 
or pinnate, 3-10 4 A long; blades Red broadly serrate: cymes dense: 
hypanthium becoming 7-8 mm. wide, hirsute: sepals elliptic lanceolate, 7—8 
mm. long: petals obovate to cuneate, nearly equa alling the sepals: stamens 
m 20; achene usually rugulose. [P. norvegica L.|——(Roven- pog ay 
aste- -plaees, eult. grounds, and fields, various pen N. C. to Tex 
Calif., Alas., Ont., and Lab.—(Mez., O. W.)—Sum 
7. DUCHESNEA J. E. Smith. Caulescent creeping herbs. Leaf-blades 
pinnately 3-foliolate. Peduncles 1-flowered. Bractlets larger than the sepals, 
