736 FRAGARIA. t CLAS * *" 



1. F. ves'ca, Linn. (Fig. 833.) Wood Strawberry. Calyx of the 

 fruit reflexed ; hairs of the stem and petioles widely spreading ; those 

 of the pedicles close pressed, silky. 



English Botany, t. 1524. English Flora, vol. ii. p. 415. Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 205. Lindley, Synopsis, p. 95. 



P. atrovirens, Lind. " Leaflets sessile, hairy, roundish, wedge- 

 shaped, coarsely toothed ; peduncles longer than the scapes ; calyx as 

 large as the corolla." 



Lindley, Synopsis, p. 96. English Botany, Supp. t. 2742. 



Root somewhat woody, blackish, with numerous long slender 

 branched fibres, and putting out several round long hairy trailing runners, 

 which at various intervals put out roots, and form independent plants. 

 Stems mostly several, from three to six inches high, round, simple, 

 clothed with spreading hairs, and seldom bearing more than one or 

 two leaves, often without, terminating in a somewhat cymose panicle. 

 Leaves radical, with long channeled footstalks, clothed with spreading 

 hairs, leaflets three, sessile, or nearly so, roundish ovate, wedge-shaped 

 at the base, the lateral ones unequally so, coarsely and deeply serrated, 

 smooth above, pale and silky beneath, and strongly ribbed, with 

 parallel veins. Stipules membranous, brown, downy, lanceolate, with 

 u long narrow point. Flowers white, erect, on round slender .pedicles, 

 clothed with close pressed silky hairs. Calyx spreading, reflexed in 

 fruit, nearly as long as the roundish white petals. Fruit ovate, 

 drooping, a fine scarlet colour, pulpy, gratefully acid, and pleasantly 

 aromatic, studded over with smooth yellowish carpels. 



Habitat. Woods, banks, and thickets ; common. 



Perennial ; flowering in May and June. 



2. F. ela'tior, Ehrh. (Fig. 834.) Hautboy Strawberry. Calyx of the 

 fruit reflexed ; hairs of the stem, petioles, and pedicles, spreading or 

 tleflexed. 



English Botany, t. 2197. English Flora, vol. ii. p. 415. Hooker, 

 British Flora, ed. 4. vol. i. p. 206. F. moschata, Duchesne. Lindley, 

 Synopsis, p. 96. 



This species is similar to the last in habit and appearance, and is 

 only distinguished from it by the hairs of the flower stalks being wide, 

 spreading, and not close pressed, as in F. vesca. It is not an uncom- 

 mon plant, but is a doubtful native, having probably escaped from 

 gardens. It is frequent in the wood and shady places in almost all 

 parts of Italy, especially in elevated situations. 



Habitat. Woods and groves in various parts of England, and near 

 Cork, Ireland. 



Perennial ; flowering from June to September. 



The Strawberry is a well known and much esteemed fruit, and has 

 l>cen long cultivated to a considerable extent in England, especially in 

 the neighbourhood of London. A great number of different varieties 



