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POTENTILLA* viscdsa. 



Viscid Cinquefoil. 







ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA 



Nat. ord. Rosacea Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of 



Botany , p. 81.) 



§. Potentillea Jussieu. 



POTENTILLA.— Supr^fol. 1379. 



P. viscosa; caule erecto, foliis pinnatifidis viscido-pubescentibus : caulinis 

 3-5-pinnatisectis, lobis lanceolatis inciso-serratis, floribus numerosis pani- 

 culatis, laciniis calycinis subsequalibus ovatis acuminatis, bracteolis 

 linearibus, petalis obcordatis longitudine calycis, receptaculo piloso, 

 carpellis Isevibus. De Cand. prodr. 2. 581. 



P. viscosa. Donn. hort. cant. Lehm. potent. 57. 



P. hispida. Nestl. potentilL 36. nee Willdenovii. 





A hardy, herbaceous plant, native, according to different 

 authors, of Davuria, Siberia, and Arabia. It is nearly 

 related to P. pennsylvanica, from which it is known by its 

 green, not hoary, aspect, by its long spreading hairs, 

 shorter deep-yellow petals, and by the viscid glands that 

 are scattered among the pubescence, and from which the 

 species derives its name. 



Grows readily in any common soil, and blossoms in the 

 months of June, July, and August. 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Hort 



Society 



J. L 



See fol. 1379. 



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