C 1567 ] 



Dalibarda fragarioides. Strawberry- 

 leaved Dalibarda. 



Clqfs and Order. 



ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Generic CbaracJer, 

 Cal. 5-fidus. Petala 5. Semina exfucca. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



DALIBARDA fragarioides ; foliis ternatis, foliolis cuneatis 

 ferrato-incifis calycis tubo obconico. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 

 V- 3. p. 271. 



DALIBARDA fragarioides ; foliis ternatis crenato-Iobatis, pe- 

 dunculis multifloris. Terfcon Synopf. 2. p. 53. 



DALIBARDA fragarioides ; foliis trifoliatis; foliolis brevibus, 

 cuneatis, fuperne rotundatis, crenato-Iobatis, glabriufculis, 

 ciliatis : pedunculis multifloris : calycis tubo acute ob- 

 conico : filamentis ftaminum perfiftentibus, Michaux Flor. 

 Bor.-Am. 1. p. 300. /. 28. 



E>escr. Stems creeping, bright red, hairy. Leaves ternate, 

 on long channelled footfialks dilated and ciliated at the bafe : 

 leaflets obovate, irregularly fawed and cut into lobes with ciliated 

 e dg^ 5 fmooth, deep green, fading to a lurid colour. Peduncles 

 axillary, longer than the petioles, bearing the flowers in a lax 

 P a nicle, thinly haired. Braftes leaf-like, fimple, or eared at the 

 Da fe. Calyx five-cleft: fegtnents fpreading, acute, hairy, tube 

 top-fhaped. There is here and there a little fegment between 

 the others, fhowing a dilpofmon to become ten-cleft. Corolla 

 yellow : petals oblong-ovate, fcarcely equalling the calyx. Stamens 

 ™any : filaments fomewhat ftiorter than the petals, inferted into 

 th e back of a flelhy ring within the tube of the calyx, perfiftent 



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