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FOX-BANE. See Acouitum vulparia. 

 FOXGLOVE. See Digitalis. 



FRAGARIA (from Fraga, the old Latin name, from 

 the same root as fragrans, fragrant; referring to the 

 perfume of the fruit). Strawberry. OED. Rosacece. A 

 genus of three or four species of hardy (except where 

 otherwise stated) perennial scapigerous herbs, with run- 

 ners, natives of North temperate regions, the Andes, 

 Sandwich Islands, and Bourbon. Flowers white or yellow, 

 honeyed, often polygamous ; achenes many, minute, em- 

 bedded on the surface of the large convex fleshy recep- 

 tacle. Leaves three-foliolate (in the British species), 

 pinnate or one-foliolate. Several of the so-called species 

 have, without doubt, originated from two or three ; many 

 of them, however, preserve a well-marked character. For 

 cultivation, see Strawberry. 



FIG. 25. FRUIT OF FRAGARIA CHILENSIS. 



F. chilensls (Chilian).* fl. white ; sepals erect ; peduncles thick 

 and silky. April and May. fr. rose-coloured, flesh white, 

 pendulous. 1., leaflets obovate, obtuse, serrated, coriaceous, 

 wrinkled, silky beneath, h. 1ft. South America, 1727. See 

 Figs. 24 and 25. 



F. C. grandiflora (large-flowered).* Pine Strawberry, fl. white ; 

 sepals reflexed ; peduncles thick. April and May. fr. red. 

 L, leaflets glaucous, coriaceous, broadly crenated, pilose beneath. 

 h. 1ft. 1759. See Figs. 26 and 27. 



F. collina (hill). Green Pine. fl. white ; sepals, after flowering, 

 erect. April to June. fr. green. I., leaflets plicate, thin, silky 

 above and pilose beneath, h. 9in. Europe, 1798. 



F. elatior (taller). Hautbois. fl. white ; sepals at length reflexed 

 on the peduncles. April and May. Receptacle firm, adhering 

 but little to the calyx. I., leaflets plicate, rather coriaceous, 

 green, h. 1ft. Europe. This, which is much larger than F. vesca, 

 is probably derived from that species ; it is frequently met with 

 as a garden escape in a semi-naturalised condition in Britain. 

 (Sy. En. B. 439.) 



F. indica (Indian).* fl. golden-yellow ; calyx ten-parted, outer 

 five segments accessory, large, foliaceous, tridentate at the apex, 

 and spreading; peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered. May 

 to October, fr. red, insipid, numerous. I. trifoliolate ; leaflets 

 cuneate-ovate, deep green, crenated. India, Japan, &c., 1805. A 

 very pretty little greenhouse trailer. (A. B. K. 479.) 



Fragaria continued. 



FIG. 26. FRAGARIA CHILENSIS GRANDIFLORA (PINE STRAWBERRY). 



FIG. 27. FRUIT OF FRAGARIA CHILENSIS GRANDIFLORA. 



F. vesca (edible). Common Wild Strawberry, fl. white ; sepals 

 at length reflexed. April and May. fr. pendulous. I., leaflets 

 plicate, thin, pilose beneath, h. 6in. to 12in. Britain. See 



plicate, thin, pilose beneath, h. 

 Figs. 28 and 29. (Sy. En. B. 438.) 



FIG. 28. FRAGARIA VESCA (WILD STRAWBERRY). 



FIG. 29. FRUIT OF FRAGARIA VESCA. 



F. v. monophylla (one-leaved). Alpine Strawberry, fl. white. 

 Mav. fr. round, small, pendulous ; receptacle elongated, red. 

 1. simple, crenately toothed, h. 6in. Europe, 1773. (B. M. 63.) 



F. virginiana (Virginian). Scarlet Strawberry, fl. white ; pe- 

 duncles and pedicels length of leaves. April, fr. deep red when 

 ripe ; receptacle very tumid, pendulous. A. 1ft. North America, 



