ICOSANDRIA 
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ORDER V. POLYGYNIA. 
N° Genera. 
25 Rosa* * * § 
26 Rubus 
27 Dryas 
28 Tormeutillgf 
(many females.) 
N° of 
Growth. Species. Native of 
Calyx Jive-cleft. 
s 21 France, Caroling, 
s & h 20 iW. Indies, Canada 
Calyx eight-cleft. 
h 2 Kamschatka 
h 2 Europe 
Calyx ten-cleft. 
29 Calycanthus, scaly s & h 2 
30 Comarum h 1 
31 FragariaJ h 3 
32 Geum§ h 8 
33 PotentillajJ s & h 31 
Carolina, Virginia 
Dantzick 
France 
Virginia 
Canada, Norway 
Species in 
Britain. 
Brit. 5 
Brit. 5 
Brit. 1 
Brit. 2 
Brit. 1 
Brit. 2 
Brit. 2 
Brit. 8 
*Hosa spinosissima (the dwarf Scotch rose) is the least of the rose kind, seldom 
rising above a foot or two in hight. 
f Tormentilla from the number of stamina (being sixteen) appears to belong to 
the class dodecandria , but all the other characters being agreeable to this class over¬ 
rule the number of stamina. The root (which is one of the strongest vegetable 
bitters) hath been frequently used for tanning leather, and is said to be equal to oak 
bark. See polygonum bistorta . 
J Linnaeus makes only three species of the strawberry, (viz.) fragaria vescaf 
monophylla , and sterilis; but of the first there are many varieties; which, as 
named by Alton, are fragaria vesca sylvestris, wood strawberry; frag aria vesca 
pratensis , hautboy strawberry; fragaria vesca chiloensis, Chili strawberry ; fra?* 
garia vesca virginiaca 9 scarlet or Virginian strawberry ; fragaria vesca ananas 9 
pine strawberry, with varieties, as from Carolina, &c. The strawberry is not pro¬ 
perly a berry , for the seeds are disposed upon the surface ; therefore Linnaeus calls 
it a pulpy berried receptacle of the seeds. In planting strawberries , care should be 
taken to have the sets from good bearing young plants; for the old often become 
barren, or what the gardeners term blind 9 in which case there will be found an im¬ 
perfection in the stamina or pistilla, and Mr. Miller says this is very common to 
plants that have creeping roots or stalks. The strawberry propagates itself by wires 
above ground, as the potatoe does by wires below ground. 
§ The roots of avens or herb-bennet (geum) smell somewhat like cloves; hence 
this genus was known by the name of caryophillata in the time of Pliny. 
|| In potentilla take away one fifth part of the number, in the several parts of the 
fructification, and you will have tormentilla . 
