MEMOIRS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 179 
35; Spach, Hist. Veg. 1: 466; Vilmorin, Jard. Fruit. Mus. Frag. 3, pl.*; J. Gay, 
Ann. Sci. Nat. ([V.) 8: 201; Decaisne, Jard. Fruit. Mus. Frag. 43, pl.*; Dietr. Syn. PI. 
Sie karl 
Pursh,. Fl. Am. Sept. 357; Bigelow, Florula Bost. 123; Ed. 2, ate IBjoly ay PAlliaye 
Nutt. Gen. 1: 311; Elliott, Sk. Bot. 8S. C. & Ga. 575: Eat. Alone da 2 a Iolo, AAP 
Hid: 5, 220; Ed.6,148; Ed. 7, 305; Darl. Fl. Cest. 304; ‘Torr. Fl. U. S. 500; Beck, Bot. 
HOD side 2937 dom, dé. Gray, PN, AoW: 447> Torr. PY. N.Y. 12 211; nee Man. 123; 
id. 2,119; Ed. 5, 155; Wood, Class Book, 1855, 253; 1868, 341; Torr. Nicol. Rep. 
149*; Parry, Pl. Minn. 612*; Chapman, Fl. 124; Coult. Man. Rocky Mts. 82; Wats. & 
Coult. in Gray, Man. Ed. 6, 158; Bailey in Gray, F. F. & G. Bot. Rev. Ed. 153; Britt. 
& Brown, Ill. Fl. 2: 206. 
Macoun, Cat. Can: Pl. 1: 135; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 184: 
Fragaria Canadensis Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 299. 1803. In part. 
Spreng. Syst. 2: 533; Seringe in DC. Prod. 2: 571; Don, Gard. Dict. 2: 546. 
Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 357; Nutt. Gen. 1: 311; Elliott, Sk. Bot. S. C. and Ga. 575; 
Hat. Man. Ed- 2, 249 Hd. 3, 282-—ld. 5, 220: Hd. 6, 148: Beck, Bot) 105: 
Hook, El Bor Amd: 1852 Prov. Fl Can. 1-186. 
Fragaria vesca Walt. Fl. Car. 150. 1788. Not L. 1753. 
IntustrRations: Britt. & Brown, Ill. Fl. 2: f. 1908; Hayne 4: pl. 28*; Decaisne, 
Jard. Fruit. pl. 2 
Rootstock thick and short. Leaves moderately thick, or in shaded places rather 
thin, dark green, not glaucous, slightly silky when young, glabrate in age; petioles 2-30 
em. long, villous with spreading hairs, rather stout; leaflets 3-10 em. long, obovate or 
oblong, always petiolate, coarsely toothed, obtuse at the apex. Runners long and rather 
stout. Scape stout, more or less villous with spreading or, on the pedicels, often ap- 
pressed hairs, generally 1.5-2 dm. high, but often 4-5 dm. high, often with a foliaceous 
bract, and rather many-flowered. lowers 1-2 cm. in diameter; bractlets and sepals lan- 
ceolate, acute or acuminate; petals obovate, generally exceeding the sepals by a half. 
Fruit 1-1.5 em. in diameter, hemispheric; achenes set in pits. 
fF. Virginana is the tallest and stoutest of our native strawberries. It is often culti- 
vated and has produced several garden varieties. 
In dryer soil, especially in Kansas, Nebraska and Minnesota, it is often only .5 dm. 
high, with smaller and more crowded leaves. A form from the southern states differs 
somewhat and may be treated as a variety. So, also, one from the prairie states. f. Vir- 
guuana has a range extending from Prince Edward Island to Minnesota, Indian Terri- 
tory and Georgia. 
