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ing, long-acuminate, shorter than the narrow-obovate, cmarginate petals: sty. oo. — 

 A delicate house plant, with snow white double fls. Nativo of Mauritius. 



20. DALIBAR'DA, L. False Violet. (Named by Linnaeus, in 

 honor of Dalibard, a French botanist.) Calyx inferior, deeply 5 to 

 6-parted, spreading, 3 of the segments larger; petals 5; stamens 

 numerous ; styles 5 to 8, long, deciduous ; fruit achenia, dry or some- 

 what drupaceous. — 4 Low herbs. St. creeping. Lvs. undivided. 

 Scapes 1 to 2-llowcred. 



D. repen3 L. Diffuse, pubescent, bearing creeping shoots ; lvs. simple, round- 

 ish-cordate, crenate ; stip. linear-setaceous ; cal. spreading in flower, erect in fruit. — 

 In low woods, Penn. to Can. Creeping stems 1 or 2' to 10 or 12' in length. Lvs. 



1 to 2' diam., rounded at apex, cordate at base, villous-pubescent on petioles 1. 



2 or 3' long. Scapes 1-flowered, about as long as the petioles. Petals white, 

 obovate, longer than the sepals. Jn. 



21. WALDSTEFNIA, Willd. Dry Strawberry. (In honor of 

 Franz de Waldstcin, a German botanist.) Calyx 5-cleft, with 5 alter- 

 ate, sometimes minute and deciduous bractlets ; petals 5 or more, ses- 

 sile, deciduous; stamens numerous, inserted into the calyx ; styles 2 to 

 6 ; achenia few, dry, on a dry receptacle. — li Acaulescent herbs, with 

 lobed or divided radical lvs., and yellow fls. 



1 W. fragarioides Traut. Lvs. trifoliate; Ifts. broad-cuueiform, inciscly den- 

 tate-crenate, ciliato ; scapes bracteate, many-flowered ; cai. tube obconic. — A 

 handsome plant, in hilly woods, Can. to Ga., bearing some resemblance to the 

 strawberry. PJiizonie thick, scaly, blackish. Petioles 3 to 6' long, slightly pu- 

 bescent. Lft& 1 to 2' diam., nearly sessile, dark, shining green above, apex 

 rounded and cut into lobes and teeth. Scape about as high as the lvs., divided 

 at top, bearing 2 to 6 flowers \' diam. Petals varying from 5 to 10. Jn. 



2 W. lobata Torr. & Gr. Lvs. simple, roundish, cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, Wisely 

 crenate; scapes filiform, bracted, 3 to 7-flowered; cal. tube narrow. — Hills, Ga. 

 (Bainbridge, Columbus). Plant hairy, about 6' high, from a slender rhizome. 

 Achenia about 2. Petals scarcely as long as tho sepals. Apr. — Jn. (Dalibarda 

 lobata Baldw.) 



22. FRAGA X RIA, L. Strawberry. (Lr.t. fmyrcms, fragrant.) 

 Calyx concave, deeply 5-cleft, with an equal number of alternate, ex- 

 terior segments or bractlets ; petals 5, obcordate, stamens crc ; styles 



00 ; lateral, achenia smooth, affixed to a large, pulpy, deciduous recep- 

 tacle. — If Sts. stoloniferous. Lvs. trifoliate. Fr. red. 



§ Bractlets entire ; petals white. Stemless, stoloniferous , Nos. 1, 2 



§ Duciiesxia. Bractlets 3-lobe 1 ; petals yellow. Stems trailing No! 3 



1 F. Virginiana Ehrh. Pubescent; cal. of tho fr. erect, spreading; ach. im- 

 bedded in pits in the glohous receptacle; ped. commonly shorter than tho lvs. — 

 Fields and woods, U. S. and Brit. Am. Stolons slender, terete, reddish, often If 

 or moro long, rooting at the ends. Petioles radical, 2 to 6' long, with spreading 

 hairs. Lft3. 3, oval, obtuse, coarsely dentate, subsessile, lateral ones oblique. 

 Scape less hairy than the petioles, cymous at top. Flowers Mar. — May. Fr. 

 May — Jl., highly fragrant and delicious when ripened in the sun. 



2 F. vesca Linn. Alpixe, Wood, or ExGLisn Strawberry. Pubescent; 

 cal. of the fr. much spreading or reflexed ; ach. superficial on the conical or hemi- 

 spherical receptacle which is without pits, ped. usually longer than the leaves.— Fields 

 and woods, N. States, etc. Stolons often creeping several feet. Lvs. pubescent, and 

 fls. as in F. Virginiana. — Numerous varieties are cultivated in gardens, where the 

 fruit is sometimes an ounce or more in weight. — Fl. Apr., May. Fr. Jn., Jl. 



3 F. Indica Ait. Pubescent, trailing, rooting at the joints ; lfts. ovate ; obtuse, 

 ineisely crenate-serrate ; stipules lanceolate, free; pedicels axillary, solitary 

 1-flowered ; bractlets about equaling the petals, enlarging and leafy in fruit— 



