FRAGARIA VIRG1MANA-WILD STRAWBERRY. 



LINN. CLASS, ICOSANDRIA ; ORDER, rOLYGYNIA. 

 NATURAL ORDER, ROSACEjE. 



The calyx is inferior, ten-cleft ; five alternate divisions 

 smaller ; corolla five-petalled ; receptacle ovate, berry-like ; 

 acines naked, immersed in the receptacle, caducous ; calyx of 

 the fruit spreading, distinct ; hairs on the petioles erect, on the 

 peduncles close-pressed ; leaves somewhat glabrous above ; 

 pedicles generally few ; receptacles of the carpels conic-oblong, 

 or ovate with carpels immersed. 



The flowers of the wild strawberry are white, and are found 

 in bloom during the month of June, and sometimes as early as 

 May ; while the fruit seldom ripens before the middle of the 

 former month. It is a perennial plant, found both in woods 

 and fields, delighting in a moderately dry and sandy soil. 

 Farther description of so well known a plant would undoubt- 

 edly be superfluous. 



The members of the Natural Order Rosacea? are noted for 

 being astringent, febrifuge, and refrigerant. 



