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The flowers are white, borne on short, radical 

 scapes, in irregular cymes which are erect, with one 

 or two entire bracts or leaves^ and are drooping. 

 The flower-stalks are hairy, with spreading hairs, 

 with stipule-like structures. The bracteoles are 

 ovate, not so large as the calyx lobes, and form an 

 epicalyx (so-called). 



In fruit the calyx is spreading or bent back. The 

 petals are as broad as long, notched, and contiguous. 

 There is an indistinct claw. The receptacle is globose 

 in fruit and covered to the base with achenes. The 

 fruit is red when ripe, and is a false fruit or pseudo- 

 carp, formed in part by the receptacle which is the 

 fleshy part, bearing on its surface the one-seeded 

 achenes or fruits. The seeds are exalbuminous. 



The Wild Strawberry flowers between May and 

 July, and is a herbaceous perennial. It is from 

 2 to 6 in. in height. 



The flowers of the Strawberry have the petals and 

 stamens situated on the outer rim of the honey- 

 secreting disc, and they are perigynous, the ovary 

 being in this case superior. There is honey which is 

 concealed, and the flowers are visited by bees, flies, 

 and beetles. The stigma ripens in advance of the 

 anthers. There are three kinds of flowers. The female 

 flowers produce much fruit. Others are complete 

 and not as fertile as the former. There are also male 

 flowers. Observations show that some flowers have 

 complete and female flowers on the same umbel. 

 Others have complete and female flowxrs on different 



