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c. P. gra'cilis Dougl. Stems 1-3 ft. high, clothed with woolly 

 hairs. Leaves palmately or pinnately compound, with 7 or more 

 deeply lobed or coarsely serrate leaflets which are white-tomentose on the 

 lower surface. Flowers yellow, in loose, ample cymes. Akenes 40 

 or more, smooth. This blooms in the spring and is widely dis- 

 tributed in the mountains. There are many species very difficult 

 to distinguish. 



X. FRAGA'RIA, Strawberry 



Calyx 5-lobed and with 5 alternate bractlets. Petals 5, 

 white, spreading. Stamens many in one row. Carpels 

 numerous, on a fleshy receptacle which becomes red when ripe, 

 and is called the fruit. Leaves palmately compound with 3 

 toothed leaflets. Low plants, sending out running stems 

 that root and form new plants. 



a. F. Chilen'sis Ehr. COAST STRAWBERRY. Leaves thick, deep 

 green, glossy above, hairy beneath. Flowers white, an inch in diam- 

 eter. The fruit is delicious, and the akenes are in depressions on 

 the fleshy receptacle. This usually grows on sandy hills near the 

 sea from San Francisco to Alaska. 



b. F. Califor'nica Cham. & Schl. *<WooD STRAWBERRY. Leaves 

 thin, light green, slightly hairy on both sides. Flowers half an inch 

 in diameter.. Fruit small, with the akenes on the surface of the 

 receptacle, not in depressions. This is generally found on wooded 

 slopes of the Coast Mountains. 



XI. RU'BUS, Raspberry 



Calyx persistent, 5-lobed, without bractlets. Petals 5, gen- 

 erally conspicuous. Stamens numerous, carpels numerous on 

 a conical receptacle, each becoming a tiny, round stone fruit. 

 Leaves simple or compound, with stipules adnate to the 

 petiole. 



a. R. Nutka'nus Moc. THIMBLE-BERRY, SCOTCH CAPS. Erect 

 shrub with large, 5-lobed leaves, which have gland-tipped hairs on 

 the veins beneath and on the leafstalks. Flowers white or pale rose- 

 color, an inch or more in diameter. Fruit red, shaped like an inverted 

 saucer, sweet and rather dry. From middle California to Alaska. 



b. R. specta'bilis Pursh. SALMON-BERRY. Erect shrubs with 

 leaves generally compound with 3 leaflets, the veins and leafstalks 

 somewhat woolly. Flowers solitary, crimson, less than an inch in 

 diameter. Fruit red or salmon-color, thimble-shaped, pleasant to the 

 taste. From near San Francisco to Alaska. 



