ROSACEA— ROSE FAMILY 



DALIBARDA 



Dalibdrda repens 



Dalibarda, named in honor of Dalibard, a French bota- 

 nist. 



A native woodland plant, preferring the mountains, 

 and blooming from June to September. Nova Scotia 

 to Pennsylvania and westward. 



Stem. — Slender, creeping, smooth. 



Leaves. — ^Long-petioled, in tufts 

 from the running stem, circular, 

 heart-shaped at base, crenate at 

 margin, hairy above and beneath. 



Flowers. — White, solitary at the 

 top of a scape two to five inches 

 high, of strawberry type. Also bears 

 cleistogamous flowers. 



Calyx. — Deeply, and evenly, five 

 or six-parted, the large divisions 

 toothed. 



Petals. — Five, white, falling early. 



Stamens.— Many, filaments white, anthers pale yellow. 



Pistil. — Of five to ten carpels, white. 



Fruit. — Five to ten dry drupelets within the persistent 

 calyx. 



When in cool northern woods the road leads up to 

 the hilltops there are certain shy mountain plants 

 that venture to the roadway and look Out into the 

 open. Among them is the dehcate Dalibarda, with 



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Dalibarda. Dalibdrda 

 repens 



