106 26. ROSACEA. 



reddish. L. pinnate. Leaflets 5 — 7, elliptic-oblong, acute, 

 sharply serrate. Fl. several, dark purple ; cal. purple within ; 

 pet. small. Differing from Potentilla by its enlarged spongy re- 

 ceptacle. — Marshes and peaty bogs. P. Vll. E.S.I. 



10. Fkaga'eia Linn. Strawberry. 



1. F. ves'ca (L.) ; cal. of the fruit spreading or reflexed, Am?-* 

 on the peduncles spreading those of the pedicels adpressed upwards 

 silky.— £. B. 1524. E. B. S. 2742.— Stoloniferous. Stole con- 

 tinued by an axillary shoot at each rosette (a sympode) ; one 

 scale between each two rosettes. L. bright green. Flowering 

 stems short, erect, mostly simple, few-flowered. Lts. sessile. 

 Hairs on pedicel of first fl. spreading, on the underside of 1. ad- 

 pressed. Carp, smooth, glabrous, on all parts of the receptacle, 

 superficial. Pet. about as long as broad, white throughout 

 with 2 slight notches at the end, contiguous ; claw indistinct. 

 — Woods and thickets. P. V. VI. Wood Strawberry/. E. I. S. 



[F. collina (Ehrh.) has a stole formed by a continuous axis ; no 

 scale except between its base and the first rosette.] 



t2. F. eUtioi- (Ehrh.) ; cal. of the fruit spreading or reflexed, 

 hairs on the peduncles and pedicels spreading and somewhat de- 

 Jlexed. — E. B. 2197. F. moschata Lindl. — Fl. imperfectly dioe- 

 cious. Pet. J broader than long, white, entire ; claw distinct, 

 bright yellow. " Base of receptacle without carpels." Larger 

 and more hairy than F. vesca. — Woods, rare. P. VI. — IX. 

 Hautboy Strawberry. E. S. 



11. Etj'btjs Linn.^ Bramble. 



A. Fktjtbscbntes. ♦ 



Stem shrubby. Leaves subquinate. Stipules linear, affixed 

 to the petioles. Flowers subpanicled. Succulent carpels 

 forming a compound many-seeded berry. Receptacle 

 conical. 



1 In the descriptions by stem is meant the barren stem of the year ; 

 the prickles are called patent when they spread at right angles to the 

 St. and subpatent when a little declining ; the shape of the leaflets, 

 unless otherwise stated, is taken from those of the barren stem. The 

 term seta is used to express a hair or bristle tipped with a gland ; 

 acictdi are strong bristles. — By R. G. the plates in Weihe and Nees's 

 Btibi Germanici are intended. — See Babington's British Rubi. 



When the continental plants are better known it is feared that 

 considerable changes of nomenclature will be necessary. 



