Obdeb 41.— BOSACEiE. 34I 



ing, long-acuminate, shorter than the narrow-obovate, emargmate petals; sty. 00. 



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



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

 honor of Daliiard, 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- 

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

 Scapes 1 to 2-flowered. 



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

 ish-cordate, orenate ; stip. linedr-setaceous ; cal. spreading in flower, erect in fruit. — 

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



1 to 2' diam., rounded at apex, cordate at base, viUous-pubesoent on petioles 1, 



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

 obovate, longer than the sepals, jn. 



21. WALDSTErWIA, Willd. Drt Strawberry. (In honor of 

 Franz de Waldstein, a German botanist.) Calyx 6-cleft, 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. — if Acaulescent herbs, with 

 lobed or divided radical lvs., and yellow fls. 



1 "W. fragarioides Traut. Lvs. trifoliate; Ifls. broad-cuneiform, incisely den- 

 tate-crenate, ciliate; scapes bracteate, many-flowered; oal. tube obconic. — A 

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

 strawberry. Rhizome thick, scaly, blackish. Petioles 3 to 6' long, slightly pu- 

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

 rounded and cut into lobes and teeth. 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. Jjvs. simple, roundish, cordate, 3 to 5-lobed, incisely 

 crenate; scapes filiform, braeted, 3 to t-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. Steawbebby. (Lat. fragrans, fragrant.) 

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

 terior segments or bractlets ; petals 5, obcordate, stamens 00 ; styles 



00 ; lateral, achenia smooth, affixed to a large, pulpy, deciduous recep- 

 tacle.^ if Sts. stoloniferous. Lvs. trifoliate. Fr. red. 



§ Bract]ets entire ; petals -white. Stemless, stoloniferous Noa. 1, 3 



§ DucilKSNiA. Bractlets 8-lobod ; petals yellow. Stems trailing No. 8 



1 P. Virginiana Ehrh. Pubescent; cal. of the fr. erect, spreading; ach. im- 

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

 Pields and woods, TJ. 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. Plowers Mar. — May. Fr. 

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



2 F. v^soa Linn. Alpine, "Wood, or English Steawbebby. Pubescent; 

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

 sphericalreceptacle which is without pits, ped. usually longer ihan the leaves. — 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. — PI. Apr., May. Pr. Jn., Jl. 



3 F. Indica Ait. Pubescent, trailing, rooting at the joints ; lfts. ovate ; obtuse, 

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

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



