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Fragaria sterilis. Barren Strawberry. 
FRAGARIA Lin.^en* PI. Icosandria Polygynia. 
Cal. 10. fidus. Petala 5. Peceplaculirnkmiiinmows^ 
tum, baccatum, deciduum. 
Pail S^n. Gen. 25. Herb.® semine nudo POLYsfERM®:. 
FRAGARIA Jkrilh caule decumbente, ramis floriferis laxis. Ltn. vegetab. p. 396. Sp. PI. 709. 
FRAGARIA caule proftrato, foliis tematis retufis fericeis. HnUer.hiJt. heh. Iri3. 
FRAGARIA Jlerilh. Bauh. pin. 327. 
FRAGARIA minime vefca. Park. 758. 
FRAGARIA minime vefca feu fterilis, Ger. emac, 998. 
FRAGARIA non fragifera, vel non vefca. J. B. 2. 395. Pati Syn. ed. 3. p. 254. 
Hudfon FU Angi. ed. %, p. 222. Lighifoot FU Scot, p. 288. 
RADIX perennis, nigricans, fublignofa. t 
CAULES plurimi, IpithamiEi, procumbentes, crafli, | 
fuffruticofi, caftanei, ftipulis hirfutis tedi. ? 
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FOLIA e furculis annotinis prodeunt, ternata, obovata, t 
ferrata, pilofa, fericea, fubtus albida, petio- | 
lis valde pllofis. j 
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STIPUL,iE radicales, plurimae, ovato acuminat*, mem- | 
branaceae. t 
PEDUNCULI plurimi, afcendentes, teretes, pilofi, | 
biflori, bradea trifoliata inftrudi, 
FLORES albi, parvi. | 
CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, planum, fe- ^ 
midecemfidum, ^g. 3, ex laciniis, quinque j 
ovato acuminata funt inter petala, petalis paulo | 
longiora, quinque lanceolata, petalis paulo ? 
breviora, omnibus pilofis. 1. | 
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COROLLA 1 Petala quinque, alba, parva, fubro- | 
tunda, patentia, remota, calyci inferta. $ 
STAMINA : Filamenta viginta circiter, in orbem | 
pofita, fubulata, alba, primum inflexa, de- ? 
mum ereda, corolla breviora; AntherjE | 
flavEE, biloculares, Jig. 4. 5. $ 
PISTILLUM: Germina numerofa, minima, in ca- | 
pitulum colieda, fubreniformia ; Styli fim- t 
plices, lateri germinis inferti; Stigmata | 
fimplicia. fig. y, 8, 9. $ 
RECEPTACULUM Jiorss intra germina et filamenta ? 
glandulofum feu pulpofum, villofum, minia- | 
tum; fruSt'&s intra germina pllofum. jig. 6. J 
SEMINA plurkna, exfucca, in capitulum colieda, e ^ 
flavo fufca, appendiculo fubvillofo,/^. 10. 11. ? 
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ROOT perennial, blackilK and woody. 
STALKS numerous, fix or feven inches in length, pro- 
cumbent, thick, fomewhat fhrubby, of a 
chefnut colour, and covered with hairy fii- 
pul*. 
LEAVES grow out of the lafi; years Ihoots, three to- 
gether, inverfely oval, fawed at the edges, 
hairy, filky, whitilh underneath, fiandlng on 
footftalks which are very hairy. 
STIPUL..E next the root, numerous, oval and pointed, 
of a membranous texture. 
FLOWER^STALKS numerous, afcending, round, 
hairy, fupporting two flowers, and furniftied 
with a three-leav’d bradea. 
FLOWERS white and fmall 
CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, flat, divided 
half way down into ten fegments, 3. of 
thofe, five which are betwixt the petals are 
oval, with a long point, fomewhat longer 
than the petals Jig. 1. five lanceolate, a little 
Ihorter than the petals, and all of them hairy. 
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COROLLA: five, white, fmall, roundilh, fpreading 
Petals, remote from each other, and fixed 
to the calyx. Jig. 2. 
STAMINA : about twenty Filaments, placed in a 
circle, tapering, white, at firfi bending in- 
wards, afterwards upright, Ihorter than the 
corolla ; Antherje yellow, having two cavi- 
ties. Jig. 4. 5. 
PISTILLUM: Germina numerous, minute, forming 
a little head, fomewhat kidney-fhaped ; 
Styles fimple, Inferred into the fide of the 
germen; Stigmata fimple, fig. 7, '8, 9. 
receptacle of the Jiower betwixt the germina 
and filaments glandular or pulpy, villous and 
of a fcarlet colour, of the fruit betwixt the 
germina hairy, fg. 6 . 
SEEDS numerous, pulplefs, forming a little head, of 
a yellowllh brown colour, with an appen- 
dage to each fomewhat villous, fg. 10. 11. 
THE name of Sterilis by which this fpeeies of Strawbery Is diftinguilhed, has not been given It bccaufe 
the plant does not produce perfedl feed, but becaufe it affords no eatable fruit ; its leaves point it out as a Straw- 
berry, but its fruflification has a greater affinity with the Potentilla, betwixt which genus and the Strawberry 
this plant indeed feems to be the link. 
In all the woods about London, as alfo on fome heaths, we find It in bloflbm as early as March, and in June 
it ripenR its feed. 
