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FRAGARIA VESCA (Wood Strawberry). 



9. FRAGARIA (Strawberry). 



1. F. vesca (Wood Strawberry). Calyx of the fruit 

 bent back; hairs on the general flower-stalk widely 

 spreading, on the partial flower-stalks close pressed, 

 silky. Woods and thickets ; common. A well-known 

 plant, with bright-green hairy leaves, rooting scions, and 

 erect flower-stalks. By these last two characters, as 

 well as by the drooping fruit, this plant may be distin- 

 guished from Potentilla Fragariastrum (Strawberry- 

 leaved Cinquefoil), which is often mistaken for it by 

 young botanists. The Strawberry derives its name 

 either from the custom of laying straw between the 

 rows of plants in gardens, or from the habit adopted by 

 children of stringing the fruit on straws of grass. FL 

 May July. Perennial. 



