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FRAGARIA 



1569. Fragaria virginiana, showing the profuse runners. 



berries is Duchesne's "Histoire Naturelle des Frais- 

 iers," 1766. See Strawberry. For Fragaria indica, see 

 Duchesnea. 



A. Lfts. distinctly petiolulate, few-toothed. 

 Daltoniana, Gay (F. sikkimensis, Kurz). Small plant 

 with red sts. to the very slender runners, offered as a 

 rock-garden subject or carpeter: hairy or nearly gla- 

 brous: fls. solitary; calyx-lobes and bracts toothed: fr. 

 long (1 in. long by half as broad), bright scarlet, with 

 little flavor. Himalayas, 10,000 ft. and upward. 



AA. Lfts. sessile or nearly so, many-toothed. 



B. Lvs. normally overtopping the fls. and fr.: achenes 

 mostly sunken in the flesh of the berry. 



chiloensis, Duchesne. Fig. 1568. Low, but stout in all 

 its parts: Ivs. thick, more or less glossy above, bluish 

 white below, blunt-toothed: fl. -clusters fork- 

 ing and long-rayed, the peduncle short, soon 

 lopping on the ground: runners mostly 

 appearing after the fr. is gone: berry large 

 and firm, dark-colored, more or less musky 

 in flavor, reinforced by a very large calyx or 

 hull. Pacific coast region Peru to Patagonia. 

 A common wild strawberry of the Pacific 

 slope from Alaska to Calif., is considered to 

 be the same species. 



Var. ananassa, Hort. (F. anandssa, F. 

 tincta, F. calyculata, Duchesne. F. grandi- 

 ndra, Ehrh. F. vesca var. ananas, Ait.). 

 PINE STRAWBERRY. COMMON GARDEN STRAWBERRY. 

 Taller growing: Ivs. larger and thinner, mostly lighter 

 green on both sides: fr. larger, running into very 

 many kinds. 



virginiana, Duchesne. SCARLET or VIRGINIAN 

 STRAWBERRY. Figs. 1569, 1570. More slender: Ivs. 

 thinner, light green above and below, the upper sur- 

 face with sunken veins: fl. -clusters small, with a few 

 hanging frs. at the top of a rather long peduncle: run- 



ners usually appearing with the fr. : berry small, 

 light scarlet, globular or oblong-conical, usually with 

 a constriction or neck underneath the moderate- 

 sized calyx or hull. E. N. Amer. Variable. A few 

 early varieties of strawberries, as Crystal City, seem 

 to be wholly or partly of F. virginiana origin. Var. 

 illinoensis, Gray (F. illinoensis, Prince. F. Grayana, 

 Vilm. F. virginiana var. Grayana, Rydb.). A large 

 and more robust form, more hairy, the hairs on 

 the pedicels spreading whereas on the type they are 

 more appressed. 



BB. Lvs. normally shorter than 

 the fl.-clusters: achenes 

 usually not sunken in 

 the flesh of the berry. 



vesca, Linn. (F. semper- 

 fldrens, Duchesne) . ALPINE 

 and PERPETUAL STRAWBER- 

 RIES. Erect and dark green, 

 only sparsely hairy, the Ivs. 

 thin and light green as com- 

 pared with the foregoing 

 species, very sharp-toothed: 



fl.-cluster small, forking, erect: fr. firm, small, usu- 

 ally hemispheric, the achenes very prominent; hull 

 spreading. Eu. The American more slender form 

 of this group-species, common in woods from Va. 

 north, is var. americana, Porter (E. americana, 

 Brit.), Fig. 1571, with ovoid or somewhat conical 

 fr. usually with a distinct neck, and sparingly hairy 

 rather than hairy-pubescent petioles and scapes, 

 and thinner Ivs. The true F. vesca is thought to 

 be sparingly naturalized eastward, and probably 

 native in many parts, particularly the white-fruited 

 form (forma albicdrpa, Brit.). The cult, forms are 

 rarely seen in this country, but the quality is high, 

 and they are deserving of more attention in home 

 grounds. Variable in cult. There is a form with 

 Ifts. reduced to 1 (F. monophylla, Duchesne. B.M. 

 63). This type of strawberry bears more continu- 

 ously than F. chiloensis arid F. virginiana in its cul- 

 tivated forms. 



1570. Fruit of Fragaria 

 virginiana. (Nat. size) 



1571. Fragaria vesca var. ameri- 

 cana. (Separate fruit nat. size) 



