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ROSACES. X. FRAGARIA. 



border of peat soil, or to be grown in pots in a mixture of peat 

 and sand, and placed among other alpine plants ; they are easily 

 increased by detaching the runners. The shrubby species, being 

 natives of tropical islands, require to be grown in the stove or 

 hot-house, and cuttings of them will root readily in heat, under 

 a hand-glass. 



X. FRAGARIA (from fragrans, fragrant; the perfumed 

 fruit of the strawberry is well known). Tourn. inst. 152. Nestl. 

 pot. 17. Duchesn. mon. frais. 1 vol. 8vo. Ser. inD.C. prod. 2. 

 p. 569. 



LIN. SYST. Icosdndria, Monogynia. Calyx with a concave 

 tube; the limb 10-parted, the outer 5 segments accessory. Petals 

 5. Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous, at length falling from 

 the fleshy and succulent polyphore. Styles lateral. Seeds ap- 

 pended. Herbs, throwing out runners. Leaves trifoliate ; leaf- 

 lets coarsely toothed. Polyphore roundish, succulent, red, 

 rarely white. In this genus what is called the fruit is a fleshy 

 receptacle or polyphore, with carpels or seeds appended to it. 



* Carpels very numerous on the outside of the fleshy recep- 

 tacle. Stamens numerous. Flowers hermaphrodite, 



1 F. VE'SCA (Lin. syst. 705.) stoloniferous ; leaflets plicate, 

 thin, pilose beneath ; fruit pendulous ; sepals at length reflexed ; 

 hairs on the peduncles adpressed. I/ . H. Native of Europe, 

 in woods and on hills ; north-west coast of America ; plentiful 

 in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. 1524. 



Var. a, syhestris (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 495.) Duch. in Lam. 

 diet. 2. p. 531. no. 2.) stoloniferous ; receptacles egg-shaped ; 

 calyx short. If. H. Native of Europe, in woods; plentiful 

 in Britain. F. vesca sylv^stris, Lin. spec. 709. F. vulgaris, 

 Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 21. Blackw. herb. 77. There are varieties 

 of this plant with red and white fruit. 



Var. p, semperflorens (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 531. no. 1.) stolo- 

 niferous ; receptacle conical-oblong, shining. Native of the 

 alps of Jura. Nois. jard. fr. t. 11. f. 2. There are varieties of 

 this strawberry with red and white receptacles, viz. 



1 Red alpine strawberry, fr. des alpes a fruit rouge, fr. des 

 alpes de tons les mois a fruit rouge, fr. des alpes de qitatre 

 saisons a fruit rouge, alpine rouge, scarlet alpine, prolific alpine. 

 Fruit conical, large for a wood strawberry, and of a first-rate 

 quality, ripening from June to November. 



2 White alpine strawberry, fr. des alpes a fruit blanc, fr. des 

 alpes de tons les mois a fruit blanc, fr. des alpes de deux saisons 

 a fruit blanc, fr. des alpes de quatre saisons tl fruit blanc, 

 alpine blanc. Fruit conical, large for an alpine strawberry. A 

 first-rate kind, ripening from June to November. 



3 American alpine strawberry. Fruit conical, large. A first- 

 rate kind, like the red alpine strawberry. 



4 Danish alpine strawberry. 



Var. y, minor (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 431. no. 3.) stoloniferous ; 

 stem and leaves short ; receptacle spherical, shining, red or white. 

 To this variety belong the following sorts of wood strawberry. 



1 Red mood strawberry, frasier d'Angleterre, fr. a chassis, 

 fr. commun rouge, fr. commun a fruit rouge, fr. des bois a fruit 

 rouge. Fruit roundish, large for a wood strawberry. A first- 

 rate kind,' ripening from the end of June, through July. 



2 White wood strawberry, fr. commun blanc, fr. commun a 

 fruit blanc, fr. des bois a fruit blanc. Fruit roundish, size of the 

 last, of a first-rate quality, ripening end of June and through 

 July. 



Var. , hortensis (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 532. no. 4.) stoloni- 

 ferous ; stem and peduncles longer ; leaves pallid ; receptacle 

 elongated, rather compressed. There are varieties of this with 



red, white, and black fruit. To this belong the following sorts 

 of strawberry. 



1 Frasier de Montreuil fruit blanc. Fruit ovate, large, of 

 a first-rate quality, ripening about the beginning of July. 



2 Frasier de Montreuil a fruit rouge, fr. de Montreuil a Mar- 

 teau, fressant, dent de cheval, de ville de bois. Differing from 

 the last only in the colour of the fruit. They are both only 

 fugitive varieties of the mood or alpine strawberries. 



Var. t, eftagellis (Duchesn. in Lam. diet. 2. p. 532. no. 5.) 

 stolons very short or wanting altogether ; receptacle elongated, 

 roundish-ovate ; leaves longer than the stem. To this variety 

 belong the following sorts of strawberry. 



1 Red alpine bush-strawberry, frasier buisson, fr. buisson (i 

 fruit rouge, fr. commun sans filets, fr. sans coulans ordinaire, 

 fr. sansjilets ordinaire, fr. buisson des alpes rouge, fr. des alpes 

 sans coulans a fruit rouge, fr. des alpes sans filets a fruit rouge, 



fr. de gaillon a fruit rouge. Fruit roundish, ovate, middle- 

 sized. A second-rate sort, ripening in the beginning of July. 



2 White bush alpine strawberry, frasier buisson des alpes blanc, 

 fr. buisson a fruit blanc. Only differing from the foregoing in 



the colour of the fruit. 



Var. , multiplex (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 532. no. 7.) stoloni- 

 ferous, pale ; receptacle small. Blackw. herb. t. 77. f. 3. 

 Double-blossomed strawberry, frasier a Jleurs doubles, fr. afieurs 

 semidoubles. This variety is worthless as to its fruit. 



Var. TI, botryformis (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 532. no. 7.) stolo- 

 niferous ; stamens transformed into flowers. Commonly called 

 in France Frasier couronne. 



Var. S, muricata (Duchesn. 1. c. 2. p. 533. no. 8.) receptacle 

 small ; styles elongated, echinated ; petals wanting ; sepals fo- 

 liaceous. Commonly called in France Frasier arbrisseau a 

 Jleurs vertes. 



Fertile, Wild, Wood, or Alpine Strawberry. Fl. April, May. 

 PI. i to 1 foot. 



2 F. CALYCINA (Lois, fl.gall. 1. p. 299.) leaves ternate, pilose; 

 leaflets sessile, cuneated, roundish, coarsely toothed ; flowers 

 corymbose ; peduncles longer than the scapes ; calyx about 

 equal in length to the corolla. If. . H. Native of France, in 

 woods. F. grandiflbra, Thuil. fl. par. ed. 2. p. 264. F. vesca 

 grandiflora, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 468. Flowers white. Fruit red. 



Large-calyxed Strawberry. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. ? PI. ^ to ^ ft. 



3 F. COLLINA (Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 26.) stoloniferous ; leaflets 

 plicate, thin, silky above and pilose beneath ; fruit erect ? sepals 

 after flowering erect ; hairs on peduncles erect. If . H. Native 

 of Switzerland and Germany. Flowers white. Fruit green. 

 Perhaps only a variety of F. vesca. To this species belong the 

 strawberries called 



1 Green strawberry, green pine, pine apple, green alpine, 

 green mood, pondered alpine, frasier vert d'Angleterre, frasier 

 vert. Fruit roundish or depressed, globular, large, solid ; flesh 

 greenish, very juicy, with a peculiar and somewhat pine apple 

 flavour. A second-rate sort, ripening middle of July. 



2 Williams's green pine. Fruit roundish, middle-sized. A 

 second-rate sort, ripening end of June. 



Hill Strawberry. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1798. PI. 1 foot. 



4 F. PLATANOIDES (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 570.) leaves pal- 

 mately 5-lobed, pilose ; lobes lanceolate, acute, obsoletely toothed; 

 sepals lanceolate, acute, pilose. If . H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica? Petals red. 



Platanus-like Strawberry. Fl. April, June. Clt. ? PL f ft. 



* Carpels fern, immersed in little pits in the receptacle 

 (f. 71. d.). Stamens few (f. 71. c.). Flowers usually dioecious 

 from abortion. 



5 F. MAJAU'FEA (Duchesn. in Lam. diet. 2. p. 533.) stoloni- 

 ferous ; leaflets plicate, thin, pilose beneath ; flowers herma- 



