612 ROSACEAE 
toothed. Petals surpassed by the Nip 
—Two species, natives of —Moc 
STRAWBERRIES.—The apes is ee and 
spongy, but not juicy, at maturity. 
D. indica (Andr.) Focke. Stem or 
ae Sonde leaflets ovate to obova ter 
epals 6-8 mm. long: ER obovate, yellow 
mm 
indica A ]J— (Y -STRAWB 
DIAN-STRAWBERRY AKE-BE ER. )— Fields 
and roadsides, various d ceu N Fla. 
" Red. and N. Nat. of Pocos 
Ark 
Spr.-s 
8. FRAGARIA [Tourn.] L. Acaulescent erect and often stoloniferous 
herbs. Leaf-blades pinnately 3-foliolate. Scapes several-flowered.  Braetlets 
smaller than the sepals, entire. Petals white, surpassing the braetlets.—About 
35 species, natives of the north temperate zone to the mts. of South America. 
—Spr.—STRAWBERRIES.—Some species and many hybrids are extensively grown 
for their fruits. The receptacle, conic or globose at maturity, is red or scarlet. 
Blades of the leaflets dc sk achenes in pits. 
iar with appresse 
lades of the leaflets "peni or nearly So. 1. F. virginiana, 
Bla pes of the leaflets Mir ed. 2. F. VL Ln 
Pedice 3 With spreading hai 3. F. Gray 
Blades of p leaflets sessile or a sessile: achenes superficial. 4. F. an 
F. virginiana VE Rootstock stout: blades of the leaflets thick, 
EE. to dex 3-10 em. long, eoarsely toothed, obtuse: seape stout, 1.5—3 
dm. tall, villous: pedicels pu rigose: braetlets, 
and s epals, laneeo és a vate: fr uit 
subglobose, 1-1.5 em. in diameter: achenes 
in deep pits. — Fields, p and eult. 
Lie various provinces, Fla. to Okla., 
and Que. 
erica nd 
Minn. | 
2. F. suci Rydb.  Rootstock short, 
ed dra bcn P s leaflets elliptic- 
oblanceolate obova 1-4 long, 
coarsely few- Pe Dic d: RU e less than 1 dm. 
tall, silky: bractlets linear- lanceolate: sepals 
broadly lanceolate: an tals oval: fruit not 
seen. Woods and r banks, various prov- 
inces, N. C. iu Tenn, o W. Va. and Va. 
F. Gr rayana Vilmorin. Rootstock stout, short: blades of the leaflets firm 
e 3-10 cm. long, coarsely toothed, acute o or obtuse: scape stout, 1— 1.5 
dm. tall, iui with s spreading or reflexed hairs: pedicels hirsute: bractlets 
linear lanceola p eim. lanceolate: petals suborbicular: fruit subglobose, about 
chenes in pits.— —Cult. grounds, fields, and gardens, 
1.5 dia a 
Coastal Plain, lu into adj. provinces, Ala. to La., Mo., and M 
4. F. americana (Porter) Britton. oo — ace: of the leaflets 
thin, oe obovate, mostly acute, 3-8 cm. long: scape 1.5 dm. tall or less, 
villous: pedicels somewhat ‘appr essed- pubescent: sepals, P bractets ovate 
to eee ee 5-6 mm. long: fruit conic-ovoid, mm, lon d. 
Chapm. not L.]— ( Woon- -STRAWBERRY. )— Ciis hillside, and roadsides, various 
BE A N of Coastal Plain, N. C. . M., Man., and Newf. 
