156 ROSACE.K. (rose family.) 



Prince) is a coarser or larpor plant, pcrliaps a distinct species, the flowers more 

 inclined to be polygamo-dia'cions, the viilous futirs of the sca/ie and pedicels 

 loidelij spreadinrj, as in ¥■ clatior and F. coUina, which it seems to represent in 

 this country. — Common in richer soil, from W. New York to Illinois and be- 

 yond the Kocky Mountains. The sujjposed original of llovey's Seedling, Bos- 

 ton Pine, and other cultivated varieties. 



2. F. v6sca, L. Aclienia superjicial on the glabrous conical or hemispherical 

 fruiting receptacle (not sunk in pits); calyx remaining spreading or rcflexed ; 

 hairs on the scape mostly widely spreading, on the pedicels apjuessed ; leaflets 

 thin, even the upper face strongly marked by the veins. — Fields and rocky 

 places: common; certainly indigenous northward. (En.) 



3. P. Indica, L. (or Duche'snea fragario'ides, Smith), — which differs from 

 the true Strawberries in having leafy runners, a calyx with incised leafy bract- 

 lets larger than the sc\n\\s, yeltoiv ])eifds, and insipid fruit, — has sparingly estab- 

 lished itself in copses around Philadelijhia (Charles E. Smith, &e.), and in the 

 Southern States. (Adv. from Ind.) 



13. DALIBARDA, L. Dalibarda. 



Calyx deeply 5 - 6-partcd, 3 of the divisions larger and toothed. Petals 5, 

 sessile, deciduous. Stamens ma-ny. Ovaries 5- 10, becoming nearly dry seed- 

 like drupes: styles terminal, deciduous. — Low perennials, with creeping and 

 densely tufted stems or rootstocks, and roundisli-heart- shaped erenate leaves on 

 slender petioles. Flowers 1 or 2, white, on scape-like peduncles. (Named in 

 honor of Thomas Dalibard, a French botanist of the time of Linniieus.) 



1. D. ripens, L. Downy; sepals spreading in the flower, converging and 

 enclosing the fruit. — Wooded banks: common northward. June -Aug. — 

 In aspect and foliage resembling a stcmless Violet. 



14. RUBtrS, Tourn. Bramble. 



Calyx .5-parted, without bractlets. Petals .5, deciduous. Stamens numerous. 

 Achenia usually many, collected on a spongy or succulent recejjtacle, becoming 

 small drupes : styles nearly terminal. — Perennial herbs, or somewhat shrubby 

 plants, with white (rarely reddish) flowers, and edible fruit. (The Roman 

 name, kindred with ruber, red.) 



§ 1. RASPBERRY. Fruit, or collective mass of drupes, falling off whole from the 



dry receptacle iche.n ripe, or of few grains ichichfall sepnrutcli/. 



* LeaiX'S simple : flowers larq> : jirickles none; fruit and receptacle flat and broad. 



1. R. odoratUS, L. (Plrple Flowuiuxg-Hasfbicury.) Stem shrubbij 

 (3° -5° high); branches, stalLs, and calyx bristlij with glandular clammi/ hairs; 

 leaves 3 - 5-lobed, the lobes pointed and minutely toothed, the middle one pro- 

 longed ; peduncles many -flowered ; calyx-lobes tipped with a long narrow ap- 

 pendage ; ]>(lals rounded, purple rose-color ; irult rcckVmh. — Dells, &c. : common 

 northward. June -Aug. — Flowers showy, 2' broad. 



2. R. Nutkknus, Mocino. (White F.) Glandular, scarcely bristly; 

 leaves almost cciually .")-lobed, coarsely toothed ; ])eduncles few-flowered ; petah 

 oval, white. (R. parviflorus, NtUt.) — Upper Michigan, and westward. 



