ROSE FAMILY. 



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with Cinquefoil . Lime and manure, however, will work wonders in the 

 worst of soils. 



Calyx, corolla, and stamens, the same as in Potentilla. Styles deeply- 

 lateral. Akenes numerous, smooth, scattered on the enlarged succulent 

 or pulpy receptacle, or embedded in pits on its surface. Perennial sto- 

 loniferous herbs. Leaves 3-foliolate ; leaflets coarsely dentate. Flowers 

 several, cymose on a scape-like peduncle ; sometimes dicecious by abor- 

 tion. 



L F. ves'ca, L. Peduncles usually longer than the leaves ; calyx of the 

 fruit reflexed ; fruit conical or hemispherical, — the akenes superficial. 

 Eatable Fragaria. English Strawberry. Garden Strawberry. 

 Fr. Le Fraisier. Germ. Die Erdbeerpflanze. Span. Fresera. 



Whole plant hairy. Root perennial, and the leaves often green through the winter. 

 Stem very short — but several slender prostrate radicating runners, 1-2 feet long, are 

 thrown out from the crown of the root. Leaves mostly radical ; common petioles 3 - 8 or 9 

 inches long ; leaflets ovate or cuneate-obovate, plicate, 1-3 or 4 inches long. Cymes 5-12 

 or 15-flowered, with 2 or 3 foliaceous bracts at base, on peduncles 4 or 5 -10 or 12 inches 

 in length. Flowers sometimes abortii-e. Petals white. Receptacle (commonly regarded 

 as the fruit) red or yellowish white, often long and slender, hearing the akenes super- 

 ficially and rather prominently on the even surface. 



Gardens : cultivated ; also indigenous. Fl. April. Fr. May -June. 



7. FRAGA'EIA, Tournef. Strawberry. 



[I>atin, /ragrans, odorous ; in reference to its fragrant fruit.] 



Fig. 83. The Strawberry flower (Fragaria vesca) with numerous stamens and pistils. 

 84. The fruit which consists of true fruits (akenes, one from each pistil) scattered over the 

 surface of an enlarged and pulpy receptacle. 



