4.98 ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. foi-entilla^ 



Hab. in the 'vestern parts of the State of New-York. July—" 

 August. Pursh. 



According to De Candolle^ this is the original P. mon • 

 speliensis of Linn te us, which is not a native of any par', 

 of Europe, but was introduced long since into the Botanic. 

 Garden of Montpellier, by seeds sent from Virginia or Ca-^ 

 nada. 



3. P. norivegica L. : stem erect, dichotomous above ; 

 leaves ternate, petiolate ; leaflets oblong, acutel)' serrate, with 

 spreading hairs j pedicels axillary ; petals obovate, shorter 

 than the calyx. Lehm, Potent, f. 153. Willd. .Spec. 11, 

 p. 1 1 09. FL Dan, 171. Mich. FL L p. 302. Pursh 

 F?. I. p. 355. Big. Bost.^.Ub. Elliott SkA.^> \1Z. 

 V. noveboracensis. Coldo Movtb. 123. 



Root annual. Whole plant hairy. Stem 8 inches to a foot and 

 a half high, simple below, dichotomously branched above. 

 Leaves all ternate ', leaflets sessile, acutely and incisely ser- 

 rate. Sti/iulca large, oblong, oblique at the base, subdeniate<. 

 Flonvers terminal, and from the forks of the stem ; fiedicels 

 irom half an inch to an inch or more in length. Segments of 

 the calyx subequal, ovate-lanceolate, acute. Petals yelloWo 

 Rece^itacle ovate, naked, Acines somewhat reniform, smooth, 

 with divergent rugae. 



Hab. In old fields ; common. June— August. Introduced I 



* * Leaves digitate,, 



4. P. canadensis L, : whole plant silky villoas ; stem 

 procumbent and ascending, somewhat branched ; leaves qui- 

 nate-obovate, incisely dentate ; peduncles solitary, elongated; 

 segments of the calyx linear-lanceolate ; petals orbicular, 

 nearlv entire, as long as the calyx. Lehm. Potent, p. 118. 

 M' i U d. Spec. H. p. 1 106, M i c h. Fl. I. p. 303. Pursh 

 F/. I. p. 354. Elliott Sk. I. p. 57^0 Wait, Car. ^. 

 150. 



Root perennial, creeping. Stem 2 — 10 inches long, slender, aS- 

 first assurgent, but at length procumbent. Radical leaves on 

 long petioles ; leaflets about an inch long, entire at the base, 

 acutely and incisely toothed; stem leaves few, small, opposite, 

 S-cleft. Stipules ovate, incised. Flowers middle-sized, on 

 long slender pedicels. Segments of the calyx nearly equal. 

 Petala bright yellow, sometimes a little emarginate. Rece/t- 

 tacle hemispherical, hairy. 



Uab. In fields and dry woods. April-^May. 



Barren Strawberry, 



The P. pumila of Lamar c k appears to be nothing more 



than this species as it first appears in the spring, when it is 



scarcely more than an inch high, and is nearly destitute of a 



stem. 



