No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 23I 



at Norwich and Griswold (Graves), and at Southington (Bis- 

 sell, Andrews). 



Forms of uncertain status. 



Crataegus ferentaria Sarg. (armed). 



Rare. Franklin (Graves). Last half of May ; fruit early 

 Sept. 

 Crataegus fulgens Sarg. (shining). 



Rare. Stratford, ledges on bank of Housatonic River 

 (Fames). Farly June; fruit late Sept. — early Oct. 

 Crataegus pellucida Sarg. (transparent). 



Rare. Litchfield, in pastures (Bissell). Late May; fruit 

 late Sept. 

 Crataegus spatiosa Sarg. (spacious; ample). 



Rare. Groton (Graves). Last half of May; fruit Sept. 

 Crataegus stratfordensis Sarg. 



Rare. Stratford, dry bank on the coast (Fames). Early 

 June; fruit Sept. 



FRAGARIA L. Strawberry. 



Pragaria virginiana Duchesne. 



Fragaria canadensis Michx. in part. 

 Fragaria terrae-novae Rydb. 

 Wild or Field Strawberry. 



Common. Fields, pastures and roadsides. Late April — 

 May. 



Berries delicious. Hybrids and derivatives are common 

 and valuable in cultivation. Tlie leaves are medicinal. 

 Fragaria virginiana Duchesne, var. illinoensis (Prince) Gray. 

 Fragaria virginiana Duchesne, var. Grayana Rydb. 



Rare. Waste ground: Southington (Bissell), Oxford 

 (Harger), Bridgeport (Fames). Apparently an escape from 

 cultivation. Late April — May. Introduced from the West. 



Fragaria vesca L. (small or weak). 

 Furopean Wood Strawberry. 



Rare or local. Grassy places : New London and Gris- 

 wold (Graves), Hartford (Bissell), Salisbury (AL L. Fer- 

 nald). May — June. In Connecticut apparently naturalized 

 from Europe. 



