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Show Th BRITISH HERBAL. GaN UU: -§ Th I, fruit there fomewhat earlier than our firawberry, Zanoni calls this Fragaria arbor ea Hore herbacto. Morifon, Fragaria major vefca fore herbaceo. STRAWBERRY. FRAGARIA. ; : y has three leaves on each footftalk; the flower confifts. of five petals, and its cup ip isis divided divided iinto ten e unequa’ ual fegments. g : * : ; The flefhy fubftance of the fruit is no charater of this genus, for fome fpecies haveit not. Linnzus feparates this with fome others from the reft of the clafs, arranging it among his fa, and=placing iti nextxt t the rofevand bramble. lacing ; na Imperfect obfervations might lead us to fuppofe there was an alliance between the fruit of the Strawberry and bramble; and little genius’s might cavil at the placing it here among plants with naked feeds: but the diftin@ions of nature are fufficiently corre&t if men will properly regard them: the bramble will then be found a berry-bearing, thrub ; the ra ave oo Pia Aberry is a fruit which has the feed furrounded by a juicy matter, and enclofed in a fkin. iach grain ofthe blackberryis therefore fuch ; but in the frrawberry the feeds are difpofed _ pee : : F 23 a ith a date: neither ey ftick wak; furrounded by juice, nor eovered with a 4kin: they ftick waked on the outfide of the fruit. F ; 1Th~all-the plants of this-clafs(~ the feeds-adhere to fome fubftance at+ their t bafe ¥; and in the prefent inftance that fubftance fometimes fwells out, and becomes flefhy: but the feeds are {till naked, thefruit is no berry, andthe plant belongs tothis clafs. The Theyaf DAS VeE SION 3 BD Ret Se rered 1 with ith «a t Drown: rowncovere > leaves ftand three three onon each each foorf footf leaves ftand =, notched round the edges, a pale green: they are covered with a t, foft hair, and lie fpread on the ground. footftalk is two inches long, and has a coupleof fimall membranes at its bate. 4 an oval fiG rol The s are flender, fhort, and weak : Ufually there foortall, and t f s large, one flower on white, and beautieach fy It is compofedof five broad leaves, dente d at thé ends ; and has in its centre a tuft of fhort threads. [t ftands ina fimal] cup dividedinto ten parts at the édge; Whenthe: flower. falls the feeds ripen invalittle clifter. They arc fmall, and have no pulpy mat- 3 but five of the-divifions of the » over and defend them. y paftuires and on ditch a fcrupleis a dofe. wr lence ; Otth confidered ed, is This fem not to have DIV ES ION aE Lragaria = Frag vulgaris. : of ; h brown root ‘is long, thick, a reddit , y c and edged with many fibres, The footftalks are three or four inches longs : and each fupports three leaves: Thele are ob-= long and broad, and ferrated; of.a dark green on the upper fide, and whitith underneath. The ftalks are four or five inches high ; they divide at the top, and fuppor t feveral fowers, uid are 4 linge and phe: each confif ae ole ane 14s 1N Its Centre a great tuft oftsthread s mee new buttons. ; The fruit follows, andis a flefhy receptacle for the feeds : it is large; pulpy, and pleafant.. The feeds are numerou > {mall, and tharp-pointed; andthey are ftuck in the fides of the fruit, It is commonin woods, and thence brought into gardens, where culture has made it aflum e ya- rious forms. It alfo naturally differs in the fize -Ofthe fruit in-diferent countries; The moft confiderable of thefe varieties are two: The ‘wited frawberry: and, 2. The greatofChili, with flg C. Bauhine ha bedthe firft, and Dillenius the latter ofthefe as diftin@ fpecies ; but they are accidental variations, FOREIGN Shrubby Strawb C. Bauhine, 2. Common Strawberry. ;The SPE CTE Ss: three parts, andfpreads into arou nd head: Ther ged with fibres. <s, three upon ndare large, are proper additions, GE IN e are leaves like thofe which rif from’ the root, at the infertions of thefe branc hes; and upon their tops ftand the flowers, Thefe are {mall and greenifh, much of the fame colour with ‘the leay: » but of the form of the n "ne: flow , tre of the root, The fruit is conic in fhape , and is partly red, is woody, firm, and two partly green. The hairs that rife from the feeds top it divides into two or } are very rough, and alfo greenifh, HE RB A by; 3 9 The leaves are cooling and diuretick. An in. fufion of them is good in ftranguries ; and, when made ftronger, in the jaun dice. Powdered, they are ufeful in dyfenteries 3 and a decoétion of them fweetened with honey, is an excellent gargle for fore throats, They have the credit alfo, of being a cofmetick } but for that there is no great authority, WU, Sy call, CINQUEFOIrI, PENTAPHriLiuy, C uefoil has five leaves on every foot{talk, an d five petals in each flower. The feeds in a fmall button; and the cup is ftand divided 0 ten unequal fegm ents. Linnzus places this among his h ua ; the threads being about twenty in each and growing to the infide of the flower, cupor thepeetals ; and the ftyles, from the rudiment numerous, s of the feedAS ? DPM TSO wee BRITISH Saban © Ise S. non vefca: eo dre Kiewit red, and edgedwith The frit of the Sarden frawbherry is cooling ; and when eaten in any quantity, wine and fugar 1. Common Cinquefoil Bauhine calls this fpecies Fragaria non fruard ard, BRITISH It is a native ofItaly, and flowers and bears its The root is long, thick, and brown, The leaves ftandfive on each footftalk, and are oblong, hairy, and of a dufky green, ferrated at the edges, and rounded or blunt at the ends: the footftalks are flender, and three inches long. The mainftalks of the plant are long, very weak, and cieeping. From the bottoms of the leaves rife dender pedicles, each fuftain ing < fingle fowet This is large, of a bright yellow, compofed o/ roundifh leaves, heart-fathione d a the ends, with a great clufter of thort threads in the cente, and it ftands in a cup formed of one leaf atd divided into ten parts at the edge. Whenthe flower is fall en the feeds ripen in alittle clifter, which is defended byfive of the cup clofing about ix; the fame five clofe about thi flower while inthe bud. The bng creeping ftalks take root at the joints, whenceleaves alfoarife, and the plant thus pro- pagatesitfelf abundantly. Te isfrequent by wayfides, and fowers in June. Th root is aftriagent: its outer rind is the moftvaluable part, and it is beft given in powder, 3? swelve grains for a dofe. It thus {tops g Bs purgpu ings and is good in haemorrhagesof all kinds, paricularly the overfl gs of the menfes, and {piting of blood. j will i f Int, itte in a larger dofe it often cure intermittent fefers, Tr fs A ftroig decoction of it is alfo goodfor fore nouths. : J. Bathine calls this (. Bauline, Quings S Bib) Coba..8, parts, and are of a dutk y green above, andwhite underneath, The flowers are fmall, and of a bright yellow: Theyare compofed each of five petals, with a large tuft of threads in thecentre, Thefeed is ripened in fmaJl clufters, Five of the ten feements of the cup in this, as the others, furround firft the bud of the flower, and afterwards theclufter of feeds. It is commenin dry barr en places, and flowers in June. Its virtues have not been try’d,1, they are probably the fame with thofe of the other, but in a lefs degree. J. Bauhine calls this Pent mM ere Fun, ap le fetis m ereclum fol fubtus argen 15 fore luteo. C, Baus 3- Little rough Cinquefo il. trum; The root is long, thick, and black. The leavesthat r {mall, five on they are of a dufky green, and deeplyferra the footitalks that bear them are about two inc heslo ng. The main ftalks rife among thele. They are flender, hairy, and of a redifh colour, and lie {cattered on the ground. The flowers ftand at thet ops of the branc hes, and are large, and of a beautiful yello w, It grows in drypaftures, but’ is’ nor frequent : it near Loughborough. Ie flowe rs in his Pentaphyllum parvumhirC. Bauhine, Quin Win minus repens 2. Silver-leaved Cinquef Putaphyllumereé 7 bys, y, dy w Tle root is large, thick, and woody, brown on tle outfide, and white witl t divides into mary he andhas feveral fibres. the ftalks are numeroiis, firm, upright, hairy, ani fix inches high, The leaves ftand alternately: fotftalks, at the bafe of ; »pendage furround avided at the ed they have Jongifh which1 there is a little } 7 are deenl: ftalk: they are deeply e large, but irregular 4. Three-fingered Cinquefoil, Pentaphyllum tinus repens foliis tripartitis. The root is {mall and long; it is brown on the outfide, and has many fibres. Theleaves ftand on footftalks, which are flender, weak, and redith, hey haveth ree principal divifions, and twofmaller; appea g to be com+ pofed of five leaves thus irregular in their fize. The ftalks run upon the ground and root at ints, as in the commoncin auefoil, The |