108 LETTER VIII. 



is technically called, a runner; the other kind of 

 shoot grows nearly erect, and bears, at its end, a 

 tuft of flowers, which afterwards become fruit ; or at 

 least what is commonly called so. 



The calyx of the Strawberry is a flat green hairy 

 part, having ten divisions ; it is, therefore, caused by 

 the union of ten sepals, five of which are on the out- 

 side of the others, and smaller. As you become 

 more and more acquainted with Botany, you will find 

 that it is an extremely common thing for the parts of 

 the flower to consist each of several rows. This is the 

 first time I have mentioned it, and it is the first time 

 it has occurred in the calyx ; but you have already 

 seen it in the rays of the Passion-flower, in both the 

 stamens and carpels of Crowfoots, and in the stamens 

 of many of the other orders we have passed by. 



The corolla consists of five petals. 



The stamens are very numerous, and are placed in 

 a crowded ring round the pistil, as in the Crowfoot ; 

 but, you will observe, that they grow out of the side 

 of the calyx (Jig. 2.), and not from beneath the 

 carpels. 



The pistil of a Strawberry is very much like that 

 of a Crowfoot : it consists of a number of carpels, 

 arranged in many rows, and with great order, upon a 

 central receptacle ; each carpel has a style, which 

 arises from below its point (jig. 5.), and terminates 

 in a slightly-lobed stigma. In the inside of the ovary 

 is one sincjle ovule. With the flower, the resem- 

 blancc between the Crowfoot and the Strawberry 

 ceases. 



