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The var. alba (Ehrh.) Rydb. (white) occurs at Southing- 

 ton (Bissell). 

 Fragaria vesca L., var. americana Porter. 

 Fragaria auicricana Britton. 

 Wild or American Wood Strawberry. 



Rocky woods. Rare near the coast : FrankHn and Preston 

 (Graves), New Haven (D. C. Eaton). Frequent northward. 

 May — June. 



DUCHESNEA Smith. Indian Strawberry. 



Duchesnea indica (Andr.) Focke. 

 Fragaria indica Andr. 

 Yellow, Indian or Mock Strawberry. 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to lawns : New London 

 (Graves), Stratford (Mrs. R. H. Russell), Fairfield (Fames).. 

 April — Sept. Adventive from India. 



Often grown in hanging-baskets for its yellow flowers and 

 handsome but insipid berries. 



WALDSTEINIA Willd. 



Waldsteinia fragarioides (Michx.) Tratt. (strawberry-like). 

 Barren, Dry or Yellow-flowered Strawberrry. 



Rare. Rocky woods or thickets : Norfolk and Colebrook 

 (H. C. Beardslee), Torrington (Miss B. A. Parker). Late 

 April — May. 



POTENTILLA L. Cinquefoil. Five-finger. 



Potentilla arguta Pursh (sharp). 

 DrymocaUis arguta Rydb. 

 Tall Cinquefoil. 



Rare or local. Open sterile soil and on dry rocky hills. 

 June — Aug. 



Potentilla monspeliensis L. 



Potentilla norvegica Gray's Manual ed. 6, not L. 



Rough Cinquefoil. 



Frequent. Fields, roadsides and waste places. June — 



Sept. 

 Potentilla monspeliensis L., var. norvegica (L.) Rydb. 



Potentilla norvegica L. 



