. Flowers of the field. Botany. 14^ FOsXc carpeh many, i-ovuled ; slyks lateral, persistent; fruit an etasrio of achenes which are sunk in the surface of a fleshy receptacle. (Name from the Latin/nz^a, strawberries, which is probably con- nected \i\\.\\ frag^rans, fragrant.) I. F. vcsca (Wood Strawberry).âLeajli'ls sessile, bright green, hairy ; peduncle erect, few-flowered, with spreading hairs ; pedicels drooping in fruit, with adpressed hairs ; Jlcnvei's white, \ in. or more across ; calvx reflexed in fruit.â\Voods and thickets ; common. A well-known plant, distinguished by the above charac
. Flowers of the field. Botany. 14^ FOsXc carpeh many, i-ovuled ; slyks lateral, persistent; fruit an etasrio of achenes which are sunk in the surface of a fleshy receptacle. (Name from the Latin/nz^a, strawberries, which is probably con- nected \i\\.\\ frag^rans, fragrant.) I. F. vcsca (Wood Strawberry).âLeajli'ls sessile, bright green, hairy ; peduncle erect, few-flowered, with spreading hairs ; pedicels drooping in fruit, with adpressed hairs ; Jlcnvei's white, \ in. or more across ; calvx reflexed in fruit.â\Voods and thickets ; common. A well-known plant, distinguished by the above characters from the Barren Strawberry (PotentiUa Fraf^aridstrum)^ which is often .mistaken for it by young: botantists. The Stra\v-. â VliSCA (U'^vJ Stf\ â viâ-,'v). berry apparently derives its name from the custom of laying straw b3tweeii the rows of jilants in gardens.âFl. AprilâJuly. I'erennial. 2.* F. mosclidta (Hautboy Strawberry), a garden escape, probably originally derived by cultivation from the preceding, is larger, more hairy, with spreading hairs* and lias stalked leaflets and some dicecious flowers.âFl. Juneâ'September. Perennial. 7. PoTENTiLLA (Qnquefoil). â Herbs', rarely shrubby ; leaves p'nnate or palmate of 3, 5, or more leaflets ; stipules adnate to the petiole ; flcnvers generally yellow or wh;te ; sepals 5, or rarely 4,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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