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6. R. Chamcemorus, stem herbaceous, without prickles, simple, 

 single-flowered ; leaves simple, plaited, lobed ; segments of the 

 calyx ovate ; flowers white. Cloud-berry. 



Hob. On Cheviot, plentiful, Winch. June. 2/ 



The fruit, bruised and eaten with reindeer milk, is a favou- 

 rite Lapland dish. They also make a jelly of it, by boil- 

 ing it with fish. Immense quantities are sent in autumn 

 from all the north of the Guiph of Bothnia to Stockholm, 

 where it is used for sauces, and in making vinegar. Its 

 medicinal properties, says the celebrated Dr CLARKE, 

 have certainly been overlooked, owing, perhaps, to its ra- 

 rity in Britain, or to its not attaining the same degree of 

 perfection as in Lapland. He was cured of a " most ob- 

 stinate obstruction of the biliary duct," by eating freely 

 of the fruit. " When eaten with sugar and cream, it is 

 cooling and delicious, and tastes like the large American 

 hautboy strawberries. Little did the author dream of the 

 blessed effects he was to experience by tasting of the of- 

 fering brought by these little children, who, proud of 

 having their gifts accepted, would gladly run and gather 

 daily a fresh supply ; which was as often blended with 

 cream and sugar, by the hands of their mother ; until at 

 last he perceived that his fever rapidly abated, his spirits 

 and his appetite were restored ; and, when sinking under 

 a disorder so obstinate, that it seemed to be incurable, the 

 blessings of health were restored to him, where he had 

 reason to believe he should have found his grave." 



153. FRAGARIA. 



1 . F. vesca, calyx of the fruit reflexed ; hairs of the footstalks 

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

 .silky. Wood Strawberry. 



Hob. Woods and hedge-banks. May, June. 11 



154. POTENTILLA. 



1. P. anserine stem creeping; leaves interruptedly pinnate, 

 serrated, silky ; stalks axillary, solitary, single-flowered ; flower 

 yellow. Silver-weed. Moss-crops. 



Hab. Moist fields and road-sides, July. 7/ 



The roots taste like parsnips, and are frequently eaten by the 

 common people in Scotland, either roasted or boiled. In 

 the islands of Tirey and Col they are much esteemed, as 



