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Inuustration: Pluken. Phyt. 2: pl. 212, f. 2. 
Lower; leaves villous above, subtomentose beneath. 
Greenland, according to Lehmann. 
7. DUCHESNEA J. E. Smith. 
Fragaria Andy. Bot. Rep. pl. 479. 1811. 
Duchesnea J. E. Smith, Trans. Linn. Soc. 10: 372. 1811. 
Hypanthium almost flat. Bractlets, sepals and petals normally 5. Petals yellow, 
oblong-cuneate, truncate or rarely slightly emarginate; sepals ovate, acuminate, about 
equalling the petals; bractlets large, 3-5-toothed, generally exceeding both petals and 
sepals. Stamens 20-25, rather short, closely surrounding the receptacle ; anthers opening 
by a longitudinal slit. Receptacle hemispheric, bearing numerous pistils, in fruit becom- 
ing fleshy and red, but insipid in taste. Style filiform, attached to the middle of the 
ovary, scarcely deciduous. Seeds ascending and amphitropous. 
The genus consists of two species, natives of India, but one is introduced into most 
parts of the tropical and warmer temperate zones. The flowers are borne on long pedi- 
cels from the axils of the leaves of the long flagelliform and often rooting branches. 
1. Duchesnea Indica (Andr.) locke. 
Fragaria Indica Andry. Bot. Rep. pl. 479. 1811. 
Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2,3: 273; Spreng. Syst. 2: 533; Dietr. Syn. Pl. 3: 177; Spach, 
Hist. Nat. 1: 469; Lind]. Bot. Reg. 1: 61; Walp. Rep. 2: 26. 
Wood, Class Book, 1863: 341; Eastwood, Zoe, 4: 286; Gray, Man. Ed. 5, 156; 
Wats. & Coult. in Ed. 6,158; Bailey in Gray, F. F. & G. Bot. Rev. Ed. 153. 
Duchesnea fragarioides J. E. Smith, Trans. Linn. Soc. 10: 375. 1811. 
Duchesnea fragiformis D. Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. 23 
Fragaria Roxburgh Wight. & Arn. Prod. 300%. 
Duchesnea Indica Focke in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3: abt. 3, 33. 1888. 
Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 2: 208. 
InuustRations: Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 2: f. 1912; Andr. Rep. 7: pl. 479; Lindl. 
Bot. Reg. 1: pl. 61; Wright, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. 3: 989*; Schrank, Hort. Monae. pl. 50*. 
Stems coarsely strigose. Leaves not very thick, glabrate above, silky-strigose be- 
neath ; leaflets 2-£ cm. long, rhombic-obovate, coarsely crenate, generally more or less 
petioled. Flowers 1.5-2 em. in diameter; fruit about 1 cm. in diameter; achenes 
superficial. 
It has become fairly well established in the Southern States, as far north as Penn- 
sylvania, and has been introduced into California. 
