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are up to fourteen lignes in diameter. The pedicel inserts into a recess in the bottom of the 

 calyx that indents further as the fruit enlarges. The sections of the calyx, numbering ten to 

 fourteen, are wide and a little shorter than the petals. The length & width of the petals are 

 almost equal. Some are hollowed; others are rolled or fold up in different ways. They get 

 much narrower near the tip that's almost pointed at the end. They number the same as the 

 interior divisions of the calyx; supernumerary ones are rare. The tips of the twenty-five to 

 forty-two stamens are of average size. They're supported on filaments no longer than 

 two-&-a-half lignes. The receptacle, only about two lignes in diameter, is small compared 

 to the other parts of the flower. It's covered with pistils that have quite long & extremely 

 slender styles. These flowers emit a very discernible scent. When they've faded, the 

 sections of the calyx close up on the receptacle like those on the preceding strawberry 

 plant, but when the fruit has reached its full size, they separate from it more. 



Some of the fruits are spheroid, others are ovoid. Some plants produce only one of 

 these two forms. On others they're mixed, some elongated, others more or less round. 

 The diameter of the large round fruit is about twelve or thirteen lignes & they're about 

 ten lignes high. The large ones of the long fruit are about twelve or thirteen lignes high, 

 & their diameter is the same as their most enlarged part. The stalk is thick and twelve to 

 fifteen lignes long. 



The skin on the side toward the sun is a scarlet red, not very dark, & the seeds are 

 reddish brown. The other side is lightly tinged with red, & the seeds are scarlet red. 



The leaves grow much higher than the upright shoots & screen most of the fruit 

 from the sun. The most exposed side of the fruit 



