222 ICOSANURIA POLYGYNIA. [CL. XII. 



leaflets smooth above, downy beneath : flower-stalks covered with nu- 

 merous, partly hooked prickles, long hairs, and glandular bristles: petals 

 white: fruit black, with numerous grains. Flowers in July and August : 

 grows in woods, thickets, and hedges, in various parts of England. Eng. 

 Bot. Suppl. pi. 2605. R. glandulosus. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 404. 770. 



8. R. tubertctus. Red-fruited Bramble. Leaves pinnate, with five, 

 three, or seven broadly egg-shaped, pointed leaflets, minutely hairy be- 

 neath ; prickles deflected ; clusters simple, hairy, prickly ; calyx slightly 



hairy. Stems nearly erect, with scattered, uniform, slightly hooked 



prickles : calyx densely hairy, destitute of prickles : petals white, crum- 

 pled : fruit deep-red, of few grains, agreeably acid. Flowers in July and 

 August : grows in woods and thickets : not common. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. xxxvi. pi. 2572. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 407. 771. 



*** Stem* herbaceous. 



9. R. taxdtilis. Stone Bramble. Leaves ternate, slightly downy ; 



stems ascending, with prostrate runners ; panicle few-flowered. Stem 



slender, about eight inches high : leaves two or three, with egg-shaped 

 leaflets : petals minute, greenish-white : fruit of two or three large crimson 

 grains. Perennial : flowers in June : grows in stony mountainous woods : 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxii. pi. 2233. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 411. 772. 



10. R. Chamasmorus. Mountain Bramble. Claud-berry. Leaves 



simple, plaited, lobed ; stem one-flowered, destitute of prickles. Stem 



simple, downy, about six inches high : leaves heart-shaped, five-lobed, 

 acutely serrate, stalked : petals white : fruit large, of few grains, dull 

 orange-red, watery. Perennial : flowers in June : grows on peaty soil 

 in mountainous situations, in Scotland, Wales, and the north of England. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 716. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 413. 773. 



7. FRAGA'RIA. STRAWBERRY. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, with ten segments, of which five 

 alternate ones are external and smaller. Petals five, roundish, 

 spreading. Filaments awl-shaped, erect, shorter than the corolla ; 

 anthers roundish, two-celled. Germens superior, numerous, 

 roundish, collected into a round head. Styles one to each germen, 

 lateral, incurved, short ; stigmas obtuse. Berry formed of the en- 

 larged receptacle of the seeds, pulpy, coloured, roundish. Seeds 

 numerous, naked, upon the surface of the fruit. Named tromfra- 

 grans, sweet-smelling. 252. 



1. F. vcsca. Wood Strawberry. Calyx of the fruit reflected; hairs 

 of the leaf-stalks spreading, those of the partial flower-stalks close-pressed, 



silky. Root somewhat woody, sending out long runners, which take 



root and propagate the plant: stems four or five inches high, erect, 

 panicled at the top : flowers erect, with small white petals : fruit droop- 

 ing, scarlet, somewhat acid and fragrant. This is the origin of the culti- 

 vated strawberry. Perennial : grows in woods and thickets, and on dry 

 banks. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 1524. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 415. 774'. 



2. F. eldtior. Hautboy Strawberry. Calyx of the fruit reflected ; 

 hairs of all the flower-stalks and leaf-stalks spreading. Larger than 

 F. vesca, and rather more hairy, with white flowers, and dark-red fruit. 

 Perennial : flowers in June : found in woods of some parts of England, 



