CLXX. 



FRAGARIA VESCA. 



Common Strawberry. 



Class XII. Icosandria. — Order III. Polygynia. 

 Nat. Ord. Rosacea. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx ten-cleft; segments alternately 

 smaller. Petals five. Fruit consisting of numerous 

 minute nuts, placed upon a large fleshy, deciduous 

 receptacle. 



Spec. Char. Calyx of the fruit reflexed ; hairs of the 

 peduncles wide-spreading; those of the pedicels ap- 

 pressed, silky. 



SYNONYM ES. 



r Fragaria vulgaris. Bauh. Pin. 326. 

 | Fragaria et Fraga. Ger. Em. 997- 

 I Fragaria. Raii Hist. 609 ; Syn. 254. 

 "* Fraga vulgaris. Park. Par. t. 527- f. 6. 



ria vesca. Lin. Sp. PI. 705. Eng. Fl. ii. p. 414. 

 Eng. Bot. t. 1524. 



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Fraisier. 



Fragola ; Fragaria. 



Fresal; Fresa. 



Fragaria. 



Erdbeere. 



Aardbezien. 



Jordbcer. 



Jordgubbar ; Smultron. 



Poziemka jagodi. 



Description. — The root is perennial, cylindrical, scaly, and 

 fibrous, sending out numerous creeping stolones or runners, 

 which throw out fibres from the base, and produce new plants. 



