Okdbr 41.— EOSAOaaJ. 341 



ing, long-acuminate, shorter than the narrow-oboTate,emarginate petals; sty. 00. — 

 A delicate house plant, with snow wliito double fls. Native of Mauritius. 



20. DALIBAR'DA, L. False Violet. (Named by Linnaeus, in 

 honor of Dalibard, a French botanist.) Calyx inferior, deeply 5 to 

 6-parted, spreading, 3 of the segments larger ; petals 5 ; stamens 

 numerous ; styles 5 to 8, long, deciduous ; fruit achenia, dry or some- J 

 what drupaceous. — H Low herbs. St. creeping. Lvs. undivided. 

 Scapes 1 to 2-flowered. 



D. ripens L. Diffuse, pubescent, bearing creeping shoots ; Iva. simple, round- 

 ish-cordate, crenate ; stip. linear-setaceous ; caL spreading in flower, erect in fruit — 

 In low woods, Penn. to Can. Creeping stems 1 or 2' to 10 or 12' in length. Lvs. 



1 to 2' diam., rounded at apex, cordate at base, villous-pubescent on petioles 1, 



2 or 3' long. Scapes 1-fiowered, about as long as the petioles. Petals white, 

 obovate, longer than the sepals, jn. 



21. WALDSTEPHIA, Willd. Dry Strawberry. (In honor of 

 Franz de Waldstein, a German botanist.) Calyx 5-clcft, with 5 alter- 

 ate, sometimes minute and deciduous bractlets ; petals 5 or more, ses- 

 sile, deciduous; stamens numerous, inserted into the calyx; styles 2 to 

 6 ; achenia few, dry, on a dry receptacle. — H Acaulescent herbs, with 

 lobed or divided radical lvs., and yellow fls. 



1 "W. fragarioides Traut. Lvs. trifoliate; Ifts. broad-cuneiform, inciaely den-" 

 tate-crenato, ciliate ; scapes bracteate, many-flowered ; caL tube obconic. — A 

 handsome plant, in hilly woods. Can. to Ga., bearing some resemblance to the 

 strawberry. Rhizome thiclc, scaly, blackisii. Petioles 3 to 6' long, slightly pu- 

 bescent. Lfts. 1 to 2' diam., nearly sessile, dark, shining green above, apex 

 rounded arid out into lobes and teetL Scape about as high as the lvs., divided 

 at top, bearing 2 to 6 flowers J' diam. Petals varying from 5 to 10. Jn. 



2 W. lobata Torr. & Gr. Lvs. simple, roundisli, cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, incisely 

 crenate ; scapes filiform, bracted, 3 to 7-flowered ; cal. tube narrow. — Hills, Ga. 

 (Bainbridge, Columbus). Plant hairy, about 6' high, from a slender rhizome. 

 Achenia about 2. Petals scarcely as long as the sepals. Apr. — ^Jn. (Dalibarda 

 lobata Baldw.) 



22. FRAGA^RIA, L. Strawberry. (Lat. fraffrans, fragrant.) 

 Calyx concavo, deeply 5-cleft, with an equal number of alternate, ex- 

 terior segments or bractlets; petals 5, obcordate, stamens od ; styles 

 CO ; lateral, achenia smooth, afiixed to a large, pulpy, deciduous recep- 

 tacle. — y Sts. stoloniferous. Lvs. trifoliate. Fr. red. 



§ Bractlets entire ; petals white. Btomlesfl, stoloniferous , Nos. 1, 9 



§ DucuKSNiA. Bractlets S-lobeil ; petals yellow. Steins trailing. No. 8 



1 F. Virginiana Ehrh. Pubescent ; caL of the fr. erect, spreading ; ach. im- 

 bedded in pits in the ghbous receptacle ; ped. commonly shorter than the lvs. — 

 Fields and woods, U. S. and Brit. Am. Stolons slender, terete, reddish, often If 

 or more long, rooting at the ends. Petioles radical, 2 to 6' long, with spreading 

 hairs. Lfts. 3, oval, obtuse, coarsely dentate, subsessile, lateral ones oblique. 

 Scape less hairy than the petioles, cymous at top. Flowers Mar. — May. ' Pr. 

 May — Jl., highly fragrant and delicious when ripened in the sun. 



2 F. v^sca Linn. Alpine, "Wood, or Enolish Strawbjsrry. Pubescent; 

 cal. of the fr. much spreading or reflexed ; ach. superficial on the conical or hemi- 

 spherical receptacle which is wiiliout pits, ped. usually longer than theleaves. — Fields 

 and woods, N. States, etc. Stolons often creeping several feet. Lvs. pubescent, and 

 fls. as in P. Virginiana — Numerous varieties are cultivated in gardens, where the 

 fruit is sometimes an ounce or more in weight. — Fl. Apr., May. Fr. Jn., JL 



3 P. Indioa Ait. Pubescent, trailing, rooting at the joints ; lfts. ovate ; obtuee, 

 incisely crenate-serrate ; stipules lanceolate, free; pedicels axillary, solitary 

 1-flowered ; bractlets about equaling the petals, enlarging and leafy in fruit — 



