(‘242.) 
FRAGA'RIA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Icosa'ndria f, Folygy'nia. 
Natural Order. Rosa'cea:, Juss. Gen. Pi. p. 334. — Sm.Grara. 
of Bot. p. 171. — Lind I. Syn. p. 88. ; Introd. to Nat. Systof Bot. p. 
81. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 528. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 512. — Don’s 
Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 523. — Mack. FI. Hibem. pt. i. 
p. 85. — Rosales; sect. Rosinte ; subsect. Rosianag ; type, Ro- 
sace/e; subtype, Fragarida: ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 
683, 699, & 700. — Senticosa:, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 flat, permanent 
sepal, deeply divided into 10 spreading segments, the 5 alternate 
ones external and smallest. Corolla of 5 roundish, spreading petals 
(fig. 2.), attached to the rim of the calyx by their short claws, op- 
posite to its outer segments. Filaments (see fig. 1.) numerous, from 
the rim of the calyx, awl-shaped, upright, shorter than the corolla, 
permanent. Anthers roundish, incumbent, of 2 cells, deciduous. 
Germens (fig. 4.) superior, numerous, roundish, small, collected 
into a round head. Styles, 1 to each germen (see figs. 6 & 7.), 
lateral, short, incurved, permanent. Stigmas simple, blunt. Berry 
(fig. 5.) spurious, formed of the enlarged receptacle of the seeds 
become pulpy, coloured, egg-shaped or roundish, abrupt at the 
base, finally deciduous. Seeds [nuts of Hooker and Lindley; 
carpels of Don,) numerous, naked, scattered over the surface of the 
large fleshy receptacle or berry, roundish egg-shaped, acute, smooth 
and even (see figs. 6 & 7). 
The 10-cleft calyx ; the corolla of 5 petals ; and the seeds or nuts 
being placed on the surface of a large fleshy, deciduous receptacle ; 
will distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
Three species British. 
FRAGA'RIA VE'SCA. Eatable Strawberry +. Wood Straw- 
berry. 
Spec. Char. Leaflets plicate, thin, pubescent beneath. Fruit 
pendulous. Calyx at length reflexed. Hairs of the Peduncles 
widely spreading ; those of the pedicels close-pressed, silky. 
Eng. Bot. 1 . 1524.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 708.— Huds. FI. A ngl. (2nd ed.) p. 221.— 
Willd. Sp. PI. v. ii. pt ii. p. 1090. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 546. ; Engl. FI. v. ii. 
p. 414. — With. (7th ed.) v. lii. p. 630. — Gray's Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 584. — Lindl. 
Syn. p. 95. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 250.— Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p.267. — Siblh. FI. 
Oxon. p. 160. — Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 112. — Davies’ Welsh Bot. p. 51. — Purt. 
Midi. FI. v. i. p.245. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 203. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 
162. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 115. — FI. Devon, pp. 87 6c 172. — Johnst. FI. ofBerw. 
v. i. p. 115. — Winch’s FI. of Northumb. and Durh. p.35. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of 
Gard. and Bot. v. ii. p. 542. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 144. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 
15. — Loud. Encyclop. of Gard. (new edit. 1835) p. 939. parag. 5131. — Baxter’s 
Fig. 1. Calyx and Stamens. — Fig. 2. A Petal. — Fig. 3. A Stamen. — Fig. 4. 
Receptacle and Germens divested of the calyx and corolla. — Fig. 4. The Ripe 
Fruit, formed of the enlarged fleshy receptacle of the seeds. — Figs. 6 & 7. Seeds. 
— Figs. 3 6c 7 a little magnified. 
* From fragans, fragrant ; on account of the fragrance of the fruit, 
t See Primus cirasus, folio 100, note f. 
{ From the ancient practice of laying straw between the rows of plants, to 
keep the ground moist and the fruit clean. 
