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those of stem ternatc or 3-lobed all crenate dentate ; petals inversely heart-shaped, 

 contracted into a claw, about as long the calyx ; carpels in a stiped head, very hairy. 

 Moist places; Mny. .Tun.'. Stem 1 to 2 feet high nearly simple. Root lecntt 4 to 6 

 inches long on very long petioles. Stem leaves 1 to 3 inches long nearly white. 

 FUrwers large, purple, nodding, terminating the few erect branch?s. Calyx purpli«n 

 brown. Feathery fruiting heads upright. Root aromatic and astringent. 



11. WALDSTEINIA. Willd. 



In honor of Francis von Waldstein. a German botanist. 



Calyx-tube inversely conical ; the limb 5-cleft, with 5 

 alternate often minute and deciduous bracelets. Petals 5 

 to 10. Stamens many, inserted into the throat of the 

 calyx. Styles 5 to 8, long, deciduous. Achenia 2 to G, 

 minutely hairy. Seed erect. — Low perennial herbs, with 3 

 to b-lobcd or divided, leaves and small yellow flowers on br act- 

 ed scapes. 



W. FRAGARIOLDES, Traut. Dry Strawberry. 



Low; leaflets 3, broadly wedge-form, crenately cut, toothed, ciliate; tapes BeTeral- 

 flowered bractcd; petals longer than the calyx; carpels hairy. 



Hilly woods. May. Foot creeping. A handsome plant with scapes 3 to 6 inches 

 high. Leaves on petioles 3 to inches long. Leaflets 1 to 2 inches in diameter. 

 nearly sessile, a;. ex rounded and cut into lobes and teeth, dark, shining groeA 

 above. Flowers yellow }4 inch broad. 



12. DALIBAKDA, Linn. 



In honor of Dalibard, a French botanist of the last century. 



Calyx inferior deeply 5 to 6 parted, 3 of the divisions 

 larger and toothed. Petals 5, sessile, deciduous. Stamens 

 numerous. Styles 5 to 8, long deciduous. Achenia five, 

 dry, adhering to the calyx. — Low perennials, with creeping 

 and tufted stems, roundish heart-shaped leaves on slender peti- 

 oles and 1 to 2 white flowers on scape-like peduncles. 



D. repens, L. False Violet. 



Depressed, in tufts; leaves simple, roundish-cordate, crenate; stipules linear-seta* 

 ceous ; calyx spreading in flower, erect in fruit. 



Moist shady places. June — Aug. Stem herbaceous, creeping and rooting, 2 to 12 

 inches long. Leaves 1 to 2 inches in diameter, villose-pubescent on petioles 1 to S 

 inches long. Flmcers white on long nearly radical peduncles. Petals obovate, 

 longer than the sepals. 



13. KUBUS. Linn. Bramble, 



Celtic rub, red, the color of the fruit of some species. 



Calyx 5-parted, spreading. Petals 5, deciduous. Sta- 

 mens numerous, inserted into the border of the stick. 

 Style nearly terminal. Fruit composed of many pulpy 



