Fragaria ROSACEiE 263 



Species about 8, natives of temperate and alpine regions of 

 the northern hemisphere and of the mountains of South America. 



Flowers white. Fruit edible F. vesca. 



[Flowers yellow. Fruit not edible F. indica.] 



F. vesca L. Sp. PI. 494 (1753) ; flowers white ; fruit edible. 

 —Griseh. Fl. Br. W. Ind. 232 ; HooJc. f. in Fl. Bras. xiv. pt. 2, 

 66 & Fl. Br. Ind. ii. 344. F. mexicana Schlecht. in Linnsea. 

 xiii. 265 (1839) ; Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. i. 375. F. insularis 

 Bydberg in N. Amer. FL xxii. 359 (1908). (Fig. 112.) 



Wild Strawberry, Alpine Strawberry. 



Common in the Blue Mts., J. P. 1179, Morris ! Cinchona, 5000 ft., 

 CluU I also Harris 1 Fl. Jam. 9216 ; Hardware Gap, Britton, 3324 1— 

 Distribution of the genus. 



Flowers less than 1 cm. to 1-5 cm. in diam. Segments of epicalyx and 

 sepals 3-5 mm. 1. in fl. Fruit •8-1-5 cm. in diam. 



[F. indica Andr. Bot. Bep. t. 479 (about 1807); flowers 

 yellow ; fruit not edible. — HooTc. f. in Fl. Br. Ind. ii. 343. 

 Duchesnea indica Foche in Engl.-Prantl Pjhfam. Hi. pt. 3, 33 

 (1894) ; Bydberg torn. cit. 356. 



Naturalized in Darliston Mts. — Mts. of India, Afghanistan, Malay Is., 

 Japan, Corea, Formosa ; naturalized in N. America, Bermuda and in most 

 tropical and subtropical regions. 



Flowers 1-5-2 cm. in diam. Segments of epicahjx often exceeding the 

 sepals, and generally toothed. Sepals 7-9 mm. 1. in fl. Fruit about 1 cm. 

 in diam.] 



[ROSA L. 



Erect shrubs, generally furnished with prickles. Leaves 

 alternate, imparipinnate ; leaflets serrate. Stipules adnate to 

 the sheathing base of the leaf-stalk. Flowers solitary or in 

 corymbs, large. Receptacle urceolate. Sepals spreading, leafy, 

 often -pinnatisect, deciduous or persistent. Stamens numerous, 

 in numerous whorls, inserted on the upper margin of the 

 receptacle. Carpels numerous, free, attached to the base and 

 sides of the receptacle; styles ventral, exserted ; ovule solitary, 

 pendulous. Achenes numerous, enclosed in the fleshy receptacle. 

 Seed pendulous ; cotyledons plano-convex ; radicle superior. 



Species, more than 100, natives of temperate and subalpine 

 regions of the northern hemisphere, but fewer in America ; the 

 southern limits of the genus are found in Abyssinia, India and 

 Central America. 



Flowers white — 



Calyx bristly B. Ixvigata. 



Calyx tomentose, surrounded by bracts R. hracteata. 



Flowers red B. indica. 



