222 ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. [cL. XII. 



stalks covered with numerous, 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. Si^pL pi. 2605. 

 R. glandulosus. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 404. 770. 



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

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

 beneath ; 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, crumpled : 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. 

 *** Stems herbaceous. 



9. R.saxdtilis. 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 . 4 1 1 . 772. 



10. R. Chamcemorus. Mountain Bramble. Cloud-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. 



7. FPvAGA'BIA. 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 co- 

 rolla ; anthers roundish, two-celled. Germens superior, nu- 

 merous, roundish, collected into a round head. Styles one to 

 each germen, lateral, incurved, short, stigmas obtuse. Berry 

 formed of the enlarged receptacle of the seeds, pulpy, coloured, 

 roundish. Seeds numerous, naked, upon the surface of the 

 fruit. Named fromfj-agrans, sweet-smelling. 252. 



1. F. vesca. Wood Straicberry. 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 drooping, scarlet, somewhat acid and fragrant. 

 This is the origin of the cultivated strawberry. Perennial : grows 

 in woods and thickets, and on dry banks. Eng. Bot. vol. xxii. pi. 

 1524. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 415. 



2. F. cldtior. Hautboy Straivberry. 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 



