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SmaUer plant, bracts less hairy; petioles 5-15 cm long, sparingly loosely hairy; leaflets 

 broadly obovate, the lateral ones very oblique, glaucous, sparingly hairy on both sides, 

 glabrate at length, 3-5 cm long. Scape usually shorter than the leaves, many flowered, 

 almost glabrous; pedicels with adpressed hairs. 



A western form, from British Columbia to South Dakota and New 

 Mexico. 



F. pauciflora, Rydberg Mem. Dept. Bot. Columbia Univ. I.e., is a 

 similar, few-flowered form. 



F. virgmiana is always easily known by the glaucous, felted leaflets, 

 with large coarse, curved teeth, the subumbelliform inflorescence and the 

 crimson-colored or scarlet fruits. It was introduced long ago into European 

 gardens. According to Duchesne, it was common in cultivation in England, 

 Holland, and France, toward the end of the seventeenth century. It is 

 well figured by Batty Langley, Pomona 120, PI. 55, figs, i & 4. 1727, and 

 by Duhamel, Traite des A rbres Fruit iers i : 241 , PI. V. 1 768. It was known 

 in France as the Fraisier ecarlate. Petit ecariate, and Fraisier de Holland. 

 F. virginiana is occasionally found subspontaneous in Germany. Hybrids 

 with F. vesca and F. moschaf-a have been repeatedly observed in European 

 gardens and the hybrids with F. chiloensis have been discussed under that 

 species. 



