nudiusculo, foliis 5-lobis mmqualiter dentatis, corymbis simplicibus, calycibus subinermibus
cuspidatis: laciniis corollas alb« asqualibus, stipulis connatis persistentibus. Lindl.__Moc.
PI. Nutk. Ic.—Ser. in Be Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p . 566. Lindl. in Bot. Beg. t. 1368.
Hab. Discovered by A. Menzies, Esq. in Queen Charlotte’s Sound, lat. 51°, on the North-West coast
of America, (Herb, nostr.) and probably about the same period at Nutka, by Mocino. Common from Cape
Orford, on the same coast, in la t 4*3°, in N. California, to Nutka Sound, la t 50°, and from the coast,
throughout the woody hills, to the head-springs of the Columbia, in la t 52°. Douglas, Dr. Scouler. Mountain
woods on the east side of the Rocky Mountains. Drummond.—Seringe, in De Candolle’s Prodromus,
who appears to have first described this species, says that the calyx and peduncles are glabrous, which is by
no means the case with our plants, for they are glandular and downy, but scarcely setose. Mr. Lindley, after
pointing out the essential characters by which this is, in the cultivated plant, distinguished from R. odoratus,
observes, that in the wild state some of these distinctions disappear. According to Mr. Douglas, its stems,
near the ocean, attain to a height of from 4-10 feet, but in approaching the “ Dividing Ridge” of the Rocky
Mountains, dwindle to 12-18 inches. “ The peduncles are covered with glandular hairs, though less
copiously than R. odoratus, from which it differs in habit, in being of more slender growth and having larger
flowers.” These flowers are constantly white, sometimes emarginate: the fruit red, insipid.
11. DALIBARDA. Limn.
Cal. tubo brevi concavo, limbo 5-fido extus nudo, lobis dentatis. Pet. 5 et stam. 00 decidua.
Ovaria 5-10, stylis brevibus terminalibus. Achenia calyce involucrata pauca
sessilia sicca intus cartilaginea et subdrupacea. Semen appensum.—Herb« humiles, foliis
petiolatis seepius indivisis, pedunculis scapiformibus 1 -Jloris. DC.
1. D . repens; caule repente, foliis cordatis obtusis crenatis pubescentibus, stipulis lineari-
setaceis, calycibus pilosis reflexis.—Linn.Sp. PI. ed. 1. p . 491. Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p . 350.
Bigel. F7. Bost. ed. 2. p. 202. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 568.—D. viol«oides. Mich. Am.
v. 1. p. 299. t. 27.—D. cordata. “ Steph. Act. Soc. Mosc. 1. p . 92.”—Rubus Dalibarda.
Linn. Sp. PI. p. 708. Sm. Ic. PI. Ined. t. 20.
Hab. Canada. Mxchaux. About Quebec and Montreal. Mrs. Percival, Mr. Cleghom. Lake Huron.
Dr. Todd.
' 12. FRAGARIA. Toum.
Cal. tubus concavus 5-fidus extus 5-bracteolatus. Pet. 5. Stam. 00. Carpella 00 ad
receptaculum demum deciduum carnoso-succulentum sparsa exsucca. Stylus lateralis.
Semen appensum.— Herb&flageUiferce, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis grosse dentatis, receptaculis
(sen polyphoris) subrotundis succulentis rubris aid rarius albidis. DC.
* Carpellis numerosissimis superficialities, staminibus numerosis, floribus hermaphroditis. Ser.
\ . F. vesca; stolonifera, foliolis plicatis tenuibus subtus pilosis, fructibus pendulis, sepalis
post anthesin reflexis, pilis pedunculorum adpressis. Ser.—Linn. Sp. PI. p. 705. Engl. Bot.
t. 1524. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 569.
Hab. In woody situations on the North-West coast of America. Douglas. Cumberland-House Fort.
Drummond.
* * Carpellis paucis in foveolis receptaculi immersis, staminibus paucis, floribus abortu scepe
dioicis. Ser.
2. F. Virginians,; abortu dioica, serotina, floribus subcampanulatis, petalis ovatis,
foliis coriaceis non plicatis, petiolis brevibus, pedunculis pedicellisque longitudine foliorum,
receptaculis valde tumidis pendulis, stylis longis. Ser.—Mill. Diet. ed. 8. Sm. in Bees’ Cycl. ?
Pursh, FI. Am. v. 1. p . 357. Bigel. FI. Bost. ed. 2. p. 202. Elliott, Carol, v. 1. p. 575. De
Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 570. Torrey, FI. o f Un. St. v. 1. p . 500.
Hab. Newfoundland, (Dr. Morrison,) and throughout Canada, as far as the Slave Lake, in lat. 62°.__
What I here call F. Virginiana is the same as I have received from Dr. Torrey under that name ■ but I
must observe that I do not see how it is to be distinguished from the F. elatior of Ehrh. and Smith. It
does not appear to me that any dependence can be placed on the direction of the hairs of the petioles and
peduncles. I find them often variable on the same plant. If Smith’s F. Virginiana (in Rees’ CycL) be the
true species, with the hairs of the petioles and peduncles erect, there are only two or three specimens in the
whole Collection which have that character, and those were found in the most northern latitudes. The others
accord in almost every particular with the F. elatior of Smith.
3. F. Canadensis; “ major; foliolis amplo-ovalibus, lateralibus ifranifeste petiolatis:
pedicellis longis, recurvo-pendulis: receptaculis seminum globosis, favoso-scrobiculatis,
villosis.” Mich. Am. v. 1. p . 299. Bich. in Frankl. 1 stjourn. ed. 2. App. p. 20. De Cand.
Prodr. v. 2. p . 571.
Hab. Woods and hilly places, from Hudson’s Bay to the United States. Michaux. Woody country
between lat. 52° and 64°, north. Dr. Richardson (in Frankl. 1st Jhura.)—This being the only Fragaria
described as a native of Canada, it was natural that Dr. Richardson should refer his specimens to it. In
this he has done correctly; but the species is probably not different from the F. Virginiana. Smith
does not notice Michaux’s plant. Torrey unites it, without hesitation, to F. Virginiana. To me it appears
that the two may reasonably be considered as one species; and may not this be the origin of our F. elatior ?
which Miller declares to be a native of America.
4. F. Chilensis; floribus (magnis) patentibus, foliolis late obovatis obtusissimis grosse
serratis coriaceis rugosis subtus sericeo-villosissimis, pedunculis calycibusque sericeis.—Ehrh.
Beitr. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 571.—Fragaria sericea. Douglas, MSS. apud Herb. Hort.
Soc. Lond. Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 120. (e planta cult.)—a. pedunculis folium submquantibus
1-4-floris. 0. pedunculis folio longioribus pluries dichotomis, cum pedicello in.axillis.
Hab. North-West coast of America, throughout California, and from Puget Sound to “ Point Bodugo ”
common along the shores. Douglas, Dr. Scouler.—I have the same species gathered by Mr. Macrae in
Chili, and Mr. Douglas has seen it also in Juan Fernandez.—This very distinct species of Fragaria seems
to occupy a great extent of coast on the Pacific. In the really wild state, the flowers are very large and the
under-side of the leaves, as well as calyx and peduncles, are clothed with copious long silky hairs. Whether
my var. /3. which exists in Dr. Scouler’s collection, be a cultivated specimen at Fort Vancouver, or whether
its appearance arises from luxuriance of soil, I know not; but it is four times the size of the usual state of the
wild plant, less silky, and with numerous flowers upon the tall panicles. In drying, the whole turns almost
black, owing- to its succulent nature, when recent.
13. POTENTILLA.* JVestl. Lehm. De Cand.
(Potentilla, Comarum, et Tormentilla. Linn.)
Cal. tubus concavus, limbus 4-5-fidus extus 4-5-bracteolatus. Pet. 4-5. Stam. 00 stylo
For the determination o f the individuals o f this genus, and the characters and descriptions o f the new
I am indebted to my valued friend Professor Lehmann o f Hamburgh, the learned author o f “ Monographia
Potentfflarum.” These new species have already appeared in the « Stirpium ah J. G. C. Lehmann, primum
tarum, Pugillus secundus,” printed at Hamburgh, 1880.
Generis
descrip-
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