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pairs alternately large and small, gradually diminishing in size 
from the uppermost downwards ; terminal segment much larger, 
3-lobed. Stem-leaves few, small, pinnately lobed. Flowers 
bright yellow, 1-1J in. diam. Calyx-lobes spreading. Style 
glabrous, nearly straight, simple, not jointed or hooked in fruit. 
Huttoo; September, October,— W. Himalaya, 9000-12,000 ft. 
6. FRAGAItlA. From the Latin fragrans, fragrant, referring 
to the fruit. — N. temperate regions including Britain (Strawberry) ; 
S. America ; Sandwich Islands. 
Soft, silky herbs ; rootstock perennial, producing long runners 
rooting at the joints ; stems nearly erect. Leaves mostly radical, 
tufted, long-stalked, digitately compound. Leaflets 3, sessile, 
ovate, toothed. Stem-leaves few, sometimes undivided. Stipules 
adnate to the base of the leaf-stalk. Flowers yellow or white, 
nodding, often polygamous, axillary or few in terminal cymes. 
Calyx persistent ; tube spreading, bearing on its outer margin 
5 bracteoles alternate with the 5 lobes of its limb. Petals 5, 
broadly obovate. Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous, very 
small, distinct, superior, crowded on a convex receptacle ; style 
lateral, short, persistent ; stigma minute ; ovule solitary. Fruit 
insipid, usually red, consisting of the globose, much enlarged, 
succulent receptacle, its surface dotted with the numerous seed- 
like, minute, glabrous achenes. 
Flowers yellow. Bracteoles 3-toothed . . . . . 1. F. indica. 
Flowers white. Bracteoles entire 2. F. vesca. 
1. Fragaria indica, Andr . ; FI. Br. Lid. ii. 343. Leaflets \-l\ 
in. ; teeth small, often blunt. Stipules broad, toothed. Flowers 
yellow, \-l in. diam. Calyx-bracts large, 3-lobed. 
Simla, Mushobra, common; April, May. — Throughout the Himalaya, 
ascending to 8000 ft. — Asia, mountainous regions. 
2. Fragaria vesca, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 344. Leafstalks 
sometimes bearing an additional minute pair of leaflets. Leaflets 
1-1^ in., deeply and acutely toothed ; teeth tipped with tufts 
of silky hairs. Stipules narrow, entire. Flowers white, J-l in. 
diam. Bracteoles small, entire. 
Simla, Mahasu, common ; April- June. — Temperate Himalaya, 5000- 
10,000 ft. — N. temperate regions. (Britain, Wild Strawberry.) 
7. P0TENTILLA. From the Latin potens, powerful ; referring to 
the reputed medicinal properties of some species. — N. temperate, 
arctic and mountainous regions. 
Shrubs or herbs, rarely annual, usually softly hairy. Leaves 
stalked, digitately compound with 3 or 5 leaflets or pinnately 
compound with from 3 to numerous leaflets ; leaflets usually 
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