ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Fragaria. 631 
Blaclciv. 77. 1 —■Ludw. 136 —Kniph. 8 — {E. Bot. 1524. E)— Sheldr. 3. 6 — 
Bod. 672. 2 — Ger. Em. 997. 1— II. Ox. ii. 19. row 1.1. f. 2 — Pet. 40. 7— 
Fuchs. 853 — J. B. ii. 395. 3 — Trag. 500 — Lonic. i. 215. 1. 
{Root blackish. E.) When growing' in woods the segments of the calyx 
cloven at the point. Reich. Wires long, slender, smooth, often tinged 
with purple ; radicating at intervals, and producing new plants. Leaf¬ 
stalks hairy. Leaves ternate, pubescent beneath; leajits egg-shaped, 
serrated. Fruit-stalks with two or more flowers. ( Blossoms white, 
erect. Fruit red, nutant, fleshy, fragrant, well-flavoured. Seeds granu¬ 
lar, external. E.) 
Wood Strawberry. (Welsh : Mefusen y goedwig. Gaelic : Subh-lair; 
Suhh-thalmhainn. E.) Woods, thickets, hedge banks, &c. 
Var. 2. Huds. Fruit harsh, rough, and prickly, greenish, with some show 
of redness. Blossoms greenish. Ger. Em. 
Hyde Park: Hampstead wood. Merret. 
Var. 3. Fruit white. 
Common in woods, hollow-ways, and hedge, banks, particularly in marl or 
clayey soil. P. May—June.* 
(F. elatior , E. Bot. 2197, is larger and more hairy than the preceding, and 
seems to defy specific distinction. Ehrhart and Smith supposed it might 
be essentially discriminated by the hairs on the peduncles being cc patent 
and even deflexedbut Hooker and Borrer find them sometimes quite 
erect and appressed.” Neither are the flowers invariably dioecious, 
though often so. The fruit is larger, darker, of a musky flavour, like 
the true Hautboy of the gardens, which it is not improbable may have 
originated from this plant. E.) 
F. stek/ilis. Stem prostrate, without creeping runners: (leafits ob- 
ovate, deeply serrated, silky on both sides, especially beneath. E.) 
Curt. 173— [E. Bot. 1785—FI. Ban. 1579. E.)— Vaill. 10. 1— Lob. Ic. i. 
698 — Ger. Em. 998— Pet. 40. 8 — J. B. ii. 395 — H. Ox. ii. 19. 5. 
Shoots thick, depressed, covered with spear-shaped stipuke of the colour of 
rusty iron. Leaves ternate, inversely egg-shaped, serrated, flexible, 
hairy, white underneath. Leaf-sialks very hairy. Flowering-stems 
thread-shaped, with a few small leaves. Floivers solitary, white, on 
fruit-stalks. Linn. (Curtis considers this plant as forming the connecting 
link between the Fragaria and Potentilla , having the leaves of the former, 
but in fructification more resembling the latter. Seeds , according to Mr. 
* Strawberries, either eaten alone, or with sugar, or milk, are universally esteemed as a 
delicious fruit. They are grateful, cooling, sub-acid, juicy, and have a delightful smell. 
Taken in large quantities they seldom disagree. They promote perspiration, and dissolve 
the tartarous incrustations upon the teeth. Persons afflicted with the gout or stone have 
found great relief by using them largely ; and Hoffman says, he lias known consumptive pa¬ 
tients cured by them. The bark of the root is astringent. Sheep and goats eat it. Cows 
are not fond of it. Horses and swine refuse it. {Cicada spit maria, (Cuckoo-spit, or Froth- 
worm,) enveloped in a spume exuded by itself, and wherein the little animal may be seen in 
time to acquire four tubercles on its back, in which wings are inclosed; these bursting, 
from a reptile it becomes a winged creature ; and thus rendered perfect, flies to meet its 
mate, and fulfil its destiny in perpetuating its kind,—a familiar example of wonder-work¬ 
ing power, well worthy of attention, E.) may be frequently observed upon the leaves. Coc¬ 
cus polonicus infests the roots. (See experiments on Esculent Strawberries by T. A. Knight, 
Esq. in Linn. Tr, vol. xii. E.) 
