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ROSACEiE 



carpels many, i-ovuled ; styles lateral, persistent; fruit an etaerio of 

 achenes which are sunk in the surface of a fleshy receptacle. 

 (Name from the \jdXvc\ fraga^ strawberries, which is probably con- 

 nected y^\\\\ fragra7is^ fragrant.) 



I. F, vesca (Wood Strawberry). — Leaflets sessile, bright green, 

 hairy ; peduncle erect, few-flowered, with spreading hairs ; pedicels 

 drooping in fruit, with adpressed hairs ; floivers white, \ 

 in. or more across ; calyx reflexed in fruit. — Woods and thickets ; 

 common. A well-known plant, distinguished by the above 

 characters from the Barren Strawberry {Potentilla Fragaridstrujn), 

 which is often mistaken for it by young botantists. The Straw- 



FKAUARIA viiSCA {JVood Strawberry). 



berry apparently derives its name from the custom of laying straw 

 between the rows of plants in gardens. — Fl. April— July. 

 Perennial. 



2.* F. moschdta (Hautboy Strawberry), a garden escape, 

 probably or'ginally derived by cultivation from the preceding, is 

 larger, more hairy, with spreading hairs, and has stalked leaflets 

 and some dioecious flowers. — Fl. June — September. Perennial. 



7. Potentilla (Cinquefoil). — Herbs, rarely shrubby; leaves 

 p'nnate or palmate of 3, 5, or more leaflets ; stipules adnate to the 

 petiole ; floivers generally yellow or wh:te ; sepals 5, or rarely 4, 



