550 



ROSACEiE, XII. POTEKTILLA. 



in America, Labrador, the mountains and alpine prairies from 

 Carlton House to the Rocky Mountains, and to the shores of 

 the Arctic sea. Vahl. fl. dan. 1035. Hook, in hot. mag. 

 2982. Lodd. hot. cab. 460. Flowers yellow. 



Var. j3, macrophylla (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 571.) 

 petioles elongated ; leaflets larger; flowers larger. P. nivea (3, 

 pallidior, Swartz, exLehm. pot. 184. P. leucophylla, Pall, itin, 

 3. p. 194. exBieb. fl, taur. suppl. 359. — Gmel. sib. 3. t. 37. f. 1. 



Far. y, concolor; leaves the same colour and rather villous on 

 both surfaces. 



Var. 5, prostrata (Retz. prod. ed. 1. p. 97^ ex Lehm. pot. 

 -184.) flowers glomerate. 



White-leaxed Cinquefoil. 



Fl. Ju. Aug. 



Var. a, glabrior (Meyer, 1. c.) leaflets smoothish, bluntly 

 toothed ; stipulas very blunt. 



Var. ^, pilosior (Meyer, 1. c.) leaflets more or less pilose, 

 acutely toothed ; stipulas bluntish or acutish. if. H. Native 

 on the alps of Kasbek, at the height of 2300 feet. 



Cold Cinquefoil. PL decumbent. 



7 P. Helve'tica (Schleich. cat. 1897. p. 20.) plant very 



f)ilose ; root thick ; stems tufted, rather diffuse, few-flowered ; 

 eaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, pectinately toothed; the teeth 

 rather imbricated ; calycine segments bluntish, shorter than the 

 corolla. If. H. Native of Vallais and Switzerland, on the 

 mountains. P. frigida a, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 3748. P. Norve- 

 gica, Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 310. but not of Lin. 



Swiss Cinquefoil. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1819. 



PI. I foot. 



Clt. 1816. Pl.asc. 

 2 P. ANOUSTiFOLiA (Schlecht. berl. mag. ann. 7. p. 296. and 

 Lehm. pot. p. 186. t. 19. but not of D. C.) stems ascending, 



few-flowered ; leaves ternate ; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, smooth- f. 3. exclusive of the synonymes)" plant very pilose ; roottliick ; 

 ish above and densely clothed with white tomentum beneath, stems tufted, rather diffuse ; leaves ternate ; leaflets ovate, cre- 



8 P. fri'gida (Vill. dauph. 3. p. 563. ex Nestl. pot. 70. 1. 10. 



with pectinately-serrated, revolute edges ; serratures piliferous 

 the anex : calyx white ; the segments about equal in length 



H. Native of Eastern Siberia. P. leuco- 



at 



apex 

 to the petals. 



^- 



nated ; calycine segments lanceolate, longer, or equal in length 

 to the petals, which are obcordate. % . H. Native of the alps 

 of Daupliiny. Flowers yellow. 



phylla, Fisch. in litt. Flowers yellow. 



Narrow'lcaved Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. PJ. 

 ascending. 



3 P. macra'ntha (Led. in act. nov. soc. petr. 5. p. 541. no. 

 30. fl. alt. 2. p. 260.) stems oblique, few-flowered; leaves ter- the length of the calyx ; receptacle pilose. %. H. 



Frigid Cinquefoil. FL April, June. Clt. 1819. PI. i foot. 



9 P. GRANDiFLORA (Liu. spcc. 715.) stcm ascending, few- 

 flowered ; leaves ternate ; leaflets obovate, cuneated at the base, 

 deeply serrated, pilose ; stipulas large ; petals obcordate, twice 



Native of 



nate ; leaflets ovate-oblong, deeply serrated, beset with spread- the alps of Europe and Siberia. Lehm. pot. 164. Curt. hot. 



Hall. hist. no. 1114. t. 20. f 1.— Gmel. sib. 3. p. 



ing pili above and on the flat margins, but clothed with white 



villi beneath; petals obcordate, twice the length of the calyx; 183. no. 83. t. SQ. f. 1. Flowers large, yellow. 



mag. 75. 



stipulas green. 1/ . H. Native of Siberia, beyond the Baikal 



Var. /3, Pyrenaica (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 573.) leaflets 3 

 and 5. 1/ . H. Native of the Pyrenees. P. Pyrenaica, Kara. 



and in subalpine places at the river Tscharysch, and of Kamt- 



schatka. P. nivea y, Camtschatika, Schlecht. et Cham, in Lin- in D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 459. and 5. p. 452. 



nsea. 2. p. 21. Flowers yellow. 



Var, /3, unijtbra (Led. 1. c.) stem erect, 1-flowered ; leaflets 

 obovate, rather retuse. 1/. H. Native of Dahuria. 



Large-Jlowered Cinquefoil. 

 PI. h foot. 



Fl. April, May. Clt. 1820. 



4 P. mi'nima (Hall. fil. in Schleich. cent, exsic. 1. no. 59.) 

 stems diffiise, filiform, 1-flowered; leaves ternate, smoothish 

 above but pilose beneath ; leaflets obovate, short, crenated, and villous ; petals obcordate, a little longer than the calyx 



Far. y, minor (Venetz, in litt.) stem and leaves smaller. If . H. 



Native of Vallais. 



Great-florvered Cinquefoil. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1640. PI. asc 

 10 P. FRAGiFORMis (Willd. lu mag. der. gesell. nat. freumle, 



p. 294. Lehm. pot. p. 165. t. 15.) stem erect, few-flowered; 



leaves ternate ; leaflets roundish-obovate, bluntly toothed, 



with spreading pili on both surfaces, and having the margins 



beset 



rather retuse ; calycine segments obtuse, shorter than the corolla. 

 If. H. Native of the alps of Switzerland, and Salisburg. Ser. 



Lodd. hot. cab. 480. 



Native of the Aleutian Islands. 



Flowers yellow. 



Clt. 1800. Phi ft. 



mus. helv. 1. p. 51. t. 8. 



P. Brauniana^ 



Strawberry-like Cinquefoil. Fl. Ju.'Jul. 

 11 P. RETU^sA (Oed. fl. dan. 799.) hairy; stems erect, few- 

 flowered ; leaves ternate ; leaflets cuneiform, tridentate at the 



Nestl. in litt. but not in mon. pot. t. 10. f. 4. Hoppe in Sturm, 

 deutschl. fl. with a figure. 



P. verna a, alpestris, Wallr. sched. p. 228. P. frigida calyx/ %. H. ^Native of Denmark. Flowers yellow 

 C. fl. fr. 



% 



542. 



P. verna y, nana, D. C. fl. fr. 5. apex, pilose ; stipulas entire ; petals obovate, longer than the 



D. 



4. p. 462, Flowers yellow. Perhaps only a 



Clt. 1818. PL 



^ foot. 



small variety of P. aurea, Lin. 



Var. j3^ Brauniana (Ser. mss.) leaflets cuneated, toothed ; 

 flowers larger ; calycine segments acute. P. Brauniana, Nestl. 

 pot. 70. t. 10. f. 4. but not of Hoppe, exclusive of nearly all the 

 synonymes. 



Smallest Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. 



5 P. e'legans (Cham, et Schlecht. Linnsea. vol. 2. p. 22.) 

 stem erect, 1-flowered ; leaves petiolate, smoothish, ternate; 

 leaflets deeply lobed ; lobes linear, obtuse, entire, and trifid ; 

 stipulas membranous, acute ; petals obcordate, longer than the 



Flowers yellow. 

 Elegant Cinquefoil. PI. 



6 P. ge'lipa (Meyer, verz. pfl. 146.) plant rather pilose; 

 radical leaves ternate ; leaflets obovate-roundish, toothed ; 

 stipulas obovate, obtuse, almost quite entire ; stems filiform, 

 decumbent, usually 3-flowered ; petals obcordate, twice the 

 length of the calyx, outer segments of the calyx elliptic, obtuse, 

 inner ones longer, lanceolate, acute. %* H. Native of Cauca- 

 sus. P. grandiflora, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 409. Allied to P. 

 Brauniaru;^ and P. glacialis^ Flowers yellow. 



the 



calyx. 1/. H. Native of Kamtschatka. 



^ foot. 



Retuse-\e?i\eil Cinquefoil. PI. ^ foot. . 



12 P. viLLOSA (Pallas, ex Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p- 353.) 

 stem ascending, few-flowered ; leaves ternate ; leaflets roundish- 

 cuneiform, serrated, clothed with silky villi above, and with 

 hoary tomentum beneath ; petals obcordate, twice the length o! 



calyx. %. H. Native of North America, on the west 



coast, Dundas Island, Unalaschka and about Behring s Straits, 



Kotzebue's Sound, &c. Lehm. pot. p. 166. t. 16. P. Wc'^^^ 



Willd. in berl. mag. ann. 7. p. 296. Corolla large, golden yellow. 



Villous Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Ph \ loot. 



13 P. Norve'gica (Lin. spec. 715.) stem erect, dichotonious 

 at the apex ; leaves ternate, petiolate ; leaflets oblong, acutely ser- 

 rated, beset with spreading pili ; pedicels axillary ; petals obovate, 

 shorter than the calyx. $ . H. Native of Lapland, Norway, 

 Siberia; North America, throughout Canada, Hudson s Bay, 

 Labrador, shores of the Columbia, at Fort Vancouver, and 

 towards the mouth of the river. Lehm. pot. 153. Oed. «• 

 dan. 1. 171. P. miUegrana and P. grossa, Dougl. in herb. hort. 

 soc. P. dichotoma, Moench. Flowers small, pale yellow- 



Norwegian C'mqxxeMh Fl.Ju. Jul. Clt. 1764. PI. t to lit. 



14 P. na'na (Schlecht. in berol. mag. ann. 7. p. ^^^^ ^^ 



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