105 DALIBAROA. 



10. COMA'RUM. 



Calyx flat, deeply 5-cleft, with bracteoles alternating with 

 the segments; petals 5, very small; stamens numerous, in- 

 serted into the disU; achenia smooth, crowded upon the en- 

 larged, ovate, spongy, persistent receptacle. 



Gr. ico^a-Qoi, the strawberry tree, which this plant resembles.— A perennial 

 herb, creeping at base. 



C. palus'tre. 



Leaves pinnate, of 3, 5 and 7 leaflets; sli-pnUs sheathing, adhering to the 

 petiole : fioirers somewhat panicled, every part permanent. A plant in some 

 respects similar to the strawberry, about 1^ feet high, growing in bogs and 

 ponds. Root creeping. Stem round, smooth, leafy, decumbent at base. 

 Leaves on long stalks" lenflels on short ones, oblong, senate, hoary beneath. 

 Flower dark purple in all its parts. Fruit permanent. Jn. 



Marsh Cinqnefoil. 



11. FRAGA'RIA. 



Calyx 10-cleft, 5 alternate segments or bracteoles external; 

 achenia smooth, naked, affixed to a large, pulpy, deciduous 

 receptacle. Stamens numerous. 



hd.t. frnarnns, fragrant ; on account of its perfumed fruit.— Perennial herbs. 

 Stems stoloniferous. 



1. F. ViRGINIA'NA. Eh. F. Canadensis. Mx. 

 Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets broad-oval, smoothish above ; calyx of the ^uit 



erect, spreading; achenia imbedded in pits in the globose receptacle. The 

 fruit of the strawberry is universally grateful and salutary either alone, or with 

 cream, sugar, or preserved. In sunny situations, the fruit is inferior to none 

 in sweetness, but when grown in the" shade it degenerates, becoming msipid 

 and even sour. May. Ripe in Jn.— Aug. Common loild Strawberry. 



2. F. VESCA. 



Leaves trifoliate ; calyx of the fruit reflexed or much spreading; receptacle 

 conical in fruit, without pits ; pcduiicUs longer than leaf-stalks. Native of our 

 woods and meadows, and well known in our gardens, where the fruit is some- 

 times an ounce or more in wciffht. Flowers white, appearing in early spring. 



Garden Strawberry. English Strawberry. 



3. F. GRANDIFLO'RA. 



Calyx of fruit erect ; pubescence of petioles and peduncles erect ; leaves cori- 

 aceous, smoothish above. From Surinam, S. A. Flowers large, in early 

 spring. Fruit very large, globose. In cultivation, the strawberry requires 

 an open situation, and°a rich, loamy soil; and the lu.xuriance of its foliage 

 and flowers requires also copious supplies of water. Pine-apple Strawberry. 



12. DALIBA'RDA. 



Calyx inferior, deeply 5 — 6-parted, spreading, 3 of the seg- 

 ments larger; petals 5; stamens numerous ; styles 5 — S, long, 

 deciduous; fruit achenia, dry or somewhat drupaceous. 



Named for Dalibaid, a French botanist. — Small, perennial herbs. 



