No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. 23I 



at Norwich and Griswold (Graves), and at Southington (Bis- 

 sell, Andrews). 



Forms of uncertain status. 

 Crataegus ferenta/ria Sarg. (armed). 



Rare. Franklin (Graves). . Last half of May ; fruit early 

 Sept. 

 Crataegus fulgens Sarg. (shining). 



Rare. Stratford, ledges on bank of Housatonic River 

 (Fames). Early June; fruit late Sept. — early Oct. 

 Crataegus pellucida Sarg. (transparent). 



Rare. Litchfield, in pastures (Bissell). Late May; fruit 

 late Sept. 

 Crataegus spatiosa Sarg. (spacious; ample). 



Rare. Groton (Graves). Last half of May; fruit Sept. 

 Crataegus stratfordensis Sarg. 



Rare. Stratford, dry bank on the coast (Fames). Farly 

 June; fruit Sept. 



FRAGARIA L. Strawberry. 



Fragaria virginiana Duchesne. 



Fragaria canadensis Michx. in part. 

 Fragaria terrae-novae Rydb. 

 Wild or Field Strawberry. 



Common. Fields, pastures and roadsides. Late April — 

 May. 



Berries delicious. H^'brids and derivatives are common 

 and valuable in cultivation. The leaves are medicinal. 

 Fragaria virginiana Duchesne, var. illinoensis (Prince) Gray. 

 Fragaria virginiana Duchesne, var. Grayana Rydb. 



Rare. Waste ground: Southington (Bissell), Oxford 

 (Harger), Bridgeport (Fames). Apparently an escape from 

 cultivation. Late April — May. Introduced from the West. 



Fragaria vesca L. (small or weak). 

 Furopean Wood Strawberry. 



Rare or local. Grassy places : New London and Gris- 

 wold (Graves), Hartford (Bissell), Salisbury (M. L. Fer- 

 nald). May — June. In Connecticut apparently naturalized 

 from Furope. 



