584 356. Potcntilla. 60. DRYADE^. PL ex. cal. 



13. Votentilla tr'identata. Three-toothed cinquefoil. 



JLeaye^ 3-leafletted ; leaflets oblong, wedgeshape,3-toothed 

 at the tip, bald above ; panicle weak ; petals oval, larger 

 than the calyx ; stem upright. 



Potentilla tridentata, yliton Hort. Kew. 216. 

 PotentUla rciiisa, Relz Prod. Fl. Scand. 2, 642. 



Alpine rocks ; perennial ; May and June. 



Stem 6 in. high, downy; leaflets blunt^ 3 or 5-toothed 

 at the tip ; uppermost lanceolate, generally not cut; Jiowers 

 small; calyx-lobes oval, shorter than the petals ; receptacle 

 hairy. 



I4f. Potentilla frao^arioides. Straivlerry cinquefoil, 



heaves 3-leafletted ; leaflets reverse oval, retuse, deeply 



serrated, silky ; petals reverse heartshape, as long as the 



calyx ; stem threadshape, lying down. 



Fragaria sterilis, Raii Syn. 254, 3 ; Lin. S. P. 709. 

 Fragaria minime vesca seu sterilis, Get. em. 098. 

 P'ragaria minime vesca. Park. 758. 

 Potentilla Fragaria, Poiret Encycl. 5, 599. 

 Potentilla fragarioides, Villars Delph. 3,561, 

 Potentilla prostrata, Mwnch Meth. 660. 

 Coinariim fragarioides. Roth Germ. 2, 677. 

 Potentilla fragariae folia, Gmel. Bad. 2,453. 

 Fragaria praecox, Sal'isb. Prod. 363. 

 Barren strawberry. Wild strawberry. 



Dry barren pastures ; perennial ; March and April. 

 Root woody ; stem diffiised ; Jiowers white. 



V. 357. FRAGARIA. Pliny. Strawlerry, 



Calyx-tube concave ; petals 5 ; stamens manj'^ ; ovaries 

 many, indefinite, capitate on a prominent receptacle ; styles 

 latei'al; akenia rather drupaceous, spread over the outer 

 surface of the deciduous, fleshy receptacle. 



1. Fragaria vesca. Eatable strawberry. 



Calyx in fruit reflected ; hairs of the petioles very much 

 turned back, of the peduncles pressed close. 



Fragaria, Raii Syn. 254, 1 ; Ger. em. 997, 1 and 2. 

 Fragaria vulgaris. Park. 758, 

 Fragaria vesca, Lin. S. P. 708, 



Woods and hedges, also cultivated; peren.; May, June, 



Roots fibrous ; runners rooting ; stem upright ; leaves 



equally serrated ; petals shorter than the calyx ; flowers 



rather corymbose ; fruit red, drooping. — Bark of the root 



