552 



ROSACEA. XII. POTENTILLA. 



fragaria /3, micrantha, Nestl. pot. 158. P. brevlscapa, Vest, in Greenland, Labrador, Canada, and Newfoundland. In Scotlahcl 



flora, 



1821. p. 158. Fraga sterilis /5, parviflora, Lapeyr. fl. on Werron hill near Brechin. Smith, engl. hot. 2389. Flowers 

 287. P. parvifl6ra Clairville. Flowers small, white. corymbose, white, tinged with red^ 



Small-Jlowered Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Pl.tr. 

 SO P. FRAGA^RiA (Poir. dict. 5. p. 599.) stems decumbent, 



Tridentate'\Q3.\edi Cinquefoil. 



I 



38 P. BiFLORA (Lehm. pot. p. 192. t. 20.) stem erect, 2-flow- 



2-flowered; leaves ternate; leaflets "roundish-obovate, acutely ered at the apex; leaves ternate, finely pilose ; lateral leaflets 



deeply tripartite, terminal one bipartite, with the segments linear, 

 entire, and ciliated on the margins. 1/. H. Native of Eastern 



Siberia and North America, in barren grounds from lat. 64^ to 



serrated, hairy, canescent beneath ; petals obcordate, about equal 



in length to the calyx. %. H. Native of Europe, in woods ; 



in Britain in dry pastures. Lehm. pot. 160. Ser. mus, helv. 



l.p. 59, t. 4. f. 2. Fragaria sterihs, Lin. spec. 709. Smith, the shores of the Arctic sea and Kotzebue's Sound. Richards 



engl. bot. 1785. Curt. fl. lond. t. 30. P. fragariastrum, Ehrh. in Frankl. first journ. ed. 2. app. p. 21. Flowers white or red. 



beitz. Fragaria prae'cox, Kit. P. prostrata, Walt. 



P. fraga- 



Two-Jlowered 



PI. i foot. 



§ 2. Leaves digitate^ with usually 5-7-9 leaflets. 



* 



rioides, Vill. Fraga sterilis, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 287. Habit of 

 the strawberry. Flowers white, spreading. 



Strawberry Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Britain. PI. prost. 



31 P. hy'erida (Wallr. sched. p. 247.) stems procumbent ; 

 leaves ternate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, closely serrated beneath 

 the apex, smoothish above, glaucescent beneath, and silky ; 

 calycine segments ovate, acuminated, about equal in length to base to the bifurcations ; radical leaves with 5-6 obovate-oblong, 



Flowers yellow. 



39 P. UMBRosA (Stev. in Bess. cat. hort. crem. ann.*1816. p. 

 110. Bieb. fl. taur, suppl. 357.) stems erectish, naked from the 



the petals, which are obcordate. 1/. H. Native of Germany. bluntly serrated leaflets, cauline leaves ternate; 



Hybrid Cinquefoil. PI. pros. 



32 P. SPECIOSA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1110.) stems erect, sub- 

 corymbose at the apex ; leaves ternate ; leaflets elliptic, ser- 

 rated at the apex, pubescent above, and clothed with white to- 

 mentum beneath ; petals spatulate, entire, a little longer than 

 the calyx. If.. H. Native of Crete, on the mountains. Nestl. 



stipulas falcate ; 

 i; . H. Native 



petals obcordate, rather longer than the calyx, 

 of the south of Tauria, in shady places. Allied to P. rSptans, but 

 abundantly distinct. Petals of a golden yellow inside, but 

 brownish yellow on the outside. 



Shaded Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. Ph 1 foot. 



40 P. RE'pTANs(Lin. spec,714.) 



stem creeping ; leaflets 5, obo- 



vate-cuneiform, sharply serrated, 



pilose ; pedicels axillary, solitary, 



rooting; leaves usually ternate; leaflets oval-oblong, retuse at longer than the leaves; bracteas(f. 



FIG. 72. 



pot. p. 74. t. 11. Smith, fl. graec. t. 484. 



Fl. June, July. PI. 



Corolla white. 

 foot. 



Shewy Cinquefoil 



33 P. spLE NDENS (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 541.) stems decumbent, 



3 



4 



the apex, closely serrated in front, silky, hoary beneath ; petals 

 obcordate, twice the length of the calyx. % . H. Native of 



72. d.) 3-lobed ; petals obcordate, 

 longer than the calyx. %. H. Na- 



France and the Pyrenees. P. Vaillantii, Nestl. pot. p. 75, P. tive of Europe; plentiful in Britain 

 eniargin^ta, Desf. P. nitida, Thunb. P. montana, Schrad. Brot. in hedges and by road sides, parti- 

 cularly near London. Smith, engl. 

 hot. 862. Fl. dan. 1164. Curt. 



Fraga Vaillantii, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 287. 

 Flowers white. 



Vaill. par. 1. 10. f. 1. 



Splendent Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. PI. creeping. 



34 P. NITIDA (Lin. spec. 714.) stems ascending, usually 1 -flow- 

 ered; leaves ternate; leaflets obovate-cuneiform, toothed at 

 the apex, clothed on both surfaces with silvery silky down ; pe- 



tals oboval, emarginate, longer than the calyx. IJ.. H. Native of pot. p 



lond. 1. t. 37. Flowers yellow. 

 Creeping Cinquefoil. Fl. June, 

 Britain. PL creeping. 



flagelia'ris (Lehm. 

 141. t. IS.") stems fili- 



Sept. 



41 P. 



the mountains of Dauphiny and Savoy. Lehm. pot. 187. Ser. 

 mus. helv. 1, p. 62. t. 5. f. a, 6, c, d. Jacq. fl. austr. app. t. 25. 

 Sturm, deutsch. fl. fasc. 12. with a figure. P.'Terglovensis, 

 Vittm. summ. 3. p. 270. — Bocc. mus. t. 9. f. 4. Flowers white 

 or peach blossom coloured. Plant tufted. 



form, prostrate; leaflets 5, Ian- ^ . 



ceolate, serrated, nearly glabrous ; pedicels axillary, solitary, fili- 

 form, elongated ; petals obovate, quite entire, a little longer than 



Native of Eastern Siberia. Corolla yellow. 



Shining Cinquefoil. 

 inches. 



Fl. May, June. Clt. 1815. PI. 2 to 



3 



35 P. Apennina (Tenor, cat. hort. neap. 1815. p. 50. fl. 

 neap. 1. p. 30. t. 46.) plant shining; stems tufted, 1-4-flowered; 

 leaves ternate ; leaflets oval, obtuse, somewhat 2-3-toothed at the 

 apex, teeth connivent ; stipulas broad ; petals obovate, longer 

 than the calyx. %, H. Native of the Apennines. — Bocc. mus. 

 t. 8. f. 4. Flow^ers white. 



Apennine Cinquefoil. 

 3 inches. 



Fl. May, June. Clt- 1821. PI. 1 to 



the calyx. 7/ . H. 



Rod Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt, 1820. PL trailing. 



42 P. s/mplex (Nestl. mon. p. 40. t. 9. f. 2- Lehm. pot. p. 

 142.) stems trailing: leaflets 5, oblong-oval, serrated, rather 

 pilose beneath ; pedicels axillary, solitary, length of leaves ; pe- 

 tals roundish, hardly emarginate, a little longer than the calyx* 

 % . H. Native of fields and dry woods in Canada about Que- 

 bec, Pennsylvania, and Carolina. P. sarmentosa, Poir. suppl- 

 4. p. 543. P. Caroliniana, Pers. ench. 2. p. 55. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Simple'^temmedi Cinquefoil. PI. trailing. 



43 P. Nelmayeria^na (Tratt. ros. 4. p. 75.) stems decum- 

 bent : radical leaves quinate, cauline ones ternate 



leaflets 



36 P. BoccoNi (Nestl. pot. 73. t. 10. f. 2.) stems ascending, , ,^^ v^^w.^.v., ^^ ^ 



few-flowered; leaves' ternate ; leaflets elliptic, clothed with silky roundish-cuneated, deeply toothed at the apex, P"^^^^j'?*^(^" 



hoary down on both surfaces, retuse and closely tridentate at ' 



—Bocc. mus. t. 8. 







the apex. 1/ . H. Native of the Apennines. 

 Flowers white or red, 



BocconVs Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. PL ^ ft. 



37 P. tridenta'ta (Sol. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 

 216. t. 9.) root creeping ; stem ascending ; leaves ternate ; leaf- radical 

 lets oblong-cuneiform, tridentate at the apex, smoothish above, 

 but pubescent and glaucescent beneath. %. H, 



both surfaces ; flowers solitary, supra-axillary, on long pedice s, 

 petals 3 times the length of the calyx. %* H. Native oi 



Austria. 



Netimayer*s Cinquefoil. PI. decumbent. , 



44 P. Canadensis (Lin. spec. 713.) stem ascending, weak , 

 .^Jical leaves quinate ; leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneiform, acuej 

 serrated above, clothed with silky white down ; petals orbicuia , 



Native of Canada and 



Native of almost entire, length of calyx. 1^ . H. 



