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XXYIL ROSACEuE : ROSE^. 



[^Frag 



^ 9 



aria. 



tenuis Bell Salter oHm, Bah. 



A 



cinate. R. tenuis /3. ferox Bell Salter olim. 



Hedges and sides of streams, common. 6 — 9. — Stem purplish- 

 green. Leaflets light green and soft. Sepals often leaf-pointed 

 Petals white or paie pink. Fruit glaucous, often blue. 



*** Stem herhaceousy annual. 



Group viii. Hekbacei Wimm. et Grab. Stems herlaeeous 

 anniial; fiowering -stems groioing from the croivn of the root 



23. R. saxdtiUs L. 24. R. drcticus L. 25, R. Chamcemdrus 

 L. (For descriptions of these three species, vide pp. 122, 123.) 



6. Fkagaria Linn. Strawberry, 



Ovide 



Col. 10-cleft, segments alternately smaller. Pet> 5. Staw. 

 many. Style short, lateral, near the base of the carpel, 

 ascending. Achenes many, minute, placed upon a large fleshy 

 deciduous receptacle. — !N"amed from fragrans^ odorous; on 

 account of its fragant smell. 



1. F. vesca L. (Wood S.) ; calyx of the fruit spreadino- or re- 

 flexed, hairs of the peduncles widely spreading, those of the 

 pedicels erect or close-pressed silky, jy. B. t. 1524, and S. t. 

 2742. 



Wood* and thickets, frequent. 2^. 5 — 7. 



2. F. "^eldtior Ehrh. (Hauthoy S.)\ calyx of the fruit spread- 

 ing or reflexed, hairs of the peduncles and pedicels widely 

 spreading somewhat deflexed. E. B. t, 2197. 



Groves and hedges, in several places in England, where it has 

 escaped from cultivation. 2/.. 6 — 9. — The plants which bear perfect 

 stamens never produce fruit; but it is doubtful whether it ought to 

 be called imperfectly monc^cious or dioecious : most probably the 

 latter. 



7. CoMAiiiiM Linn. Marsh Cinque-foil. 



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Col. 10-(or more) cleft, segments alternately smaller. Pet 

 5 (or more) shorter than the calyx. Style short lateral, at a 

 distance from the base of the carpel. Ovule suspended. AcJienes 

 many, minute, inserted on a large spongy permanent receptacle 

 Named from KOfiapog^ a term applied by Theophrastus to some 

 plants of the Af^hutus tribe. 



1. C. palustre L. (^purple M.'). 

 Comarum Nestl. 



E. B. t. 172. Potentilla 



Marshes and peat-bogs, frequent. 1/.. 5 — 7. — Stems ascending' 

 'Leaves petioled, with 7 lanceolate deeply serrated leaflets, upper ones 



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