Virginia Strawberry

Fragaria multicipita Fernald, Rhodora 10: 49. 1908
Rootstock short and cespitose ; petioles 2-7 cm. long, slender, appressedsilky ; leaflets sessile, 1-2.5 cm. long, green and slightly strigose or glabrate above, paler and sparingly appressed-silky beneath, the terminal one cuneate-obovate, entire below the rounded or subtruncate, coarsely serrate ends ; lateral leaflets oblique, the inner side entire towards the base, the outer rounded and toothed to near the base; scape slender, appressed-silky, shorter than or equaling the petioles, 1-4-flowered ; bractlets lanceolate ; fruiting pedicels recurved ; bractlets lanceolate, acute, about 5 mm. long and about equaling the ovate acuminate sepals ; fruit subglobose, 5-10 mm. long ; achenes in pits.
Type locality : Gravelly and sandy beaches and bars of the River Ste. Anne des Monts,
Quebec. ,..
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.

Fragaria ovalis (Lehm.) Rydb. Bull. Torrey Club
33: 143. 1906.
Poientilla ovalis I^enm. Delect. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 1849 : 9. 1849. Fragaria firma Rydb. Mem. Dep. Bot. Columbia Univ. 2 : 184. 1898.
Rootstock short and thick ; leaves thick and firm, somewhat glaucous, glabrate above, rather densely silky beneath ; petioles rather stout, 1^cm. long, densely silky-strigose ; leaflets subsessile or short-petiolulate, oblong or cuneate, 2-3 cm. long, toothed above the middle, the lateral ones scarcely at all oblique at the base; scape short, densely silkystrigose, not much over 5 cm. high ; runners rather numerous, long and stout ; flowers 1-1.5 cm. in diameter; bractlets and sepals lanceolate, the former much smaller; petals obovate, exceeding the sepals by a half ; fruit subglobose, about 1 cm. in diameter ; achenes set in pits.
Type locality : Originally given as " Mexico," but Iyehmann's type, i. e. y Fendler206 i was collected in New Mexico.
Distribution : From Arizona and New Mexico to Wyoming.

Fragaria terrae-novae Rydb. Mem. Dep. Bot. Columbia
Univ. 2 : 182. 1898.
? Fragaria virginiana Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. 1 : 185. 1833.
Rootstock short but not very thick; leaves rather thin, glabrate above, slightly silky beneath; petioles rather slender, 3-15 cm. long, appressed-silky when young, usually nearly glabrous in age, very rarely with somewhat spreading pubescence ; leaflets 2-5 cm. long, obovate, serrate, the lateral ones slightly oblique at the base, all subsessile ; runners few and slender ; scape slender, at first silky-strigose, glabrate in age, few-flowered, usually without a foliaceous bract ; flowers 1.5-2 cm. in diameter; sepals and bractlets lanceolate, acuminate ; petals broadly obovate, often nearly twice the sepals ; fruit subglobose, about 1 cm. in diameter ; achenes set in pits.
Type locality : Newfoundland.
Distribution : From Labrador and Newfoundland to Ontario and Massachusetts.

Fragaria glauca (S. Wats.) Rydb. Mem. Dep. Bot. Columbia
Univ. 2 : 183. 1898.
Fragaria virginiana (?) glauca S. Wats. Bot. King's Expl. 85. 1871.
Rootstock rather short but not very thick ; leaves thin, glaucous and almost glabrous above, silky or at last glabrate beneath ; petioles slender, 5-15 cm. long, sparingly appressed-silky, or glabrate in age ; leaflets broadly obovate, 3-5 cm. long, evidently petiolulate, coarsely toothed, the lateral ones very oblique at the base ; runners long and slender, almost glabrous ; scape slender, rarely exceeding the leaves and seldom with a foliaceous bract, appressed-silky or glabrate, few-flowered ; flowers 1.5-2 cm. in diameter; sepals and bractlets oblong-lanceolate, acute; petals obovate, exceeding the sepals by about a half; fruit subglobose, 1-1.25 cm. in diameter; achenes set in pits.
Type locality : Wahsatch Mountains, Utah.
Distribution : From British Columbia to Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Mackenzie.

Fragaria pauciflora Rydb. Mem. Dep. Bot. Columbia
Univ. 2 : 183. 1898.
Fragaria canadensis Richards. Frankl. Journey App. 20, in part. 1823. Fragaria vesca Rydb. Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 3 : 496. 1896.
Rootstock rather slender ; leaves thin and glaucous, almost glabrous above and soon glabrate beneath ; petioles and scape slender, sparingly appressed-silky or nearly glabrous, slender, 5-15 cm. long ; leaflets cuneate, subsessile, coarsely toothed above the middle, the lateral ones scarcely at all oblique at the base ; runners rather few and slender ; scape 2-4-flowered, seldom exceeding the leaves ; flowers 1-1.5 cm. in diameter; bractlets and sepals narrowly lanceolate ; petals obovate ; fruit subglobose, about 1 cm. in diameter ; achenes set in very deep pits.
Type locality : Gallatin Valley, Montana.
Distribution : From Hudson Bay to Colorado and Alberta.