ROSACEiE. XII. POTENTILLA. 



553 



Carolina. Nestl. pot. p. 58. t. 10. f. 1. P. pumila, Lam. P. 

 sarmentosa, Muhl. Flowers yellow. Pedicels axillary, solitary, 

 l-flowered, filiform, elongated. Flowers yellow. 



top ; the teeth obtuse ; petals obcordate, twice the length of the 

 calyx. 11 . H. Native of the Alps of Switzerland and Salis- 

 burg. P. filiformis, D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 542. P. Pyrenaica, Poir. 



Cflwa(/zan Cinquefoil. FL June, July. Clt. 1800. PL | ft. suppL 4. p. 539. P. heterophylla, NestL pot. 56. P. verna, 

 45 P.disse'cta (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 355.) plant erect, WahL P. adscendens, Lapeyr. P. rotundifoha, Vill. P. Sabauda, 



branched, smoothish ; leaflets 5, pinnatifid, with the segments 

 entire and acute 



D. C. fl. fr. 4 and 5. no. 3738. P. rubens, Horn. hort. hafn. 



tire near Hudson's Bay. 

 Dissected Cinquefoil. 



flowers terminal, subcorymbose. %. H. Na- 2. p. 447. Corolla large, copper-coloured. 



Flowers yellow. 

 PL 1 foot. 



Copper-coloured-flowered Cinquefoil. FL May, July. Clt. 

 1816. PL ascending |- foot. 



46 P.ve'rna (Lin. spec. 712.) stems declinate ; lower leaves 52 P. geranioides (Willd. spec. 1101.) stem decumbent; 



quinate ; leaflets obovate-cuneiform, deeply serrated at the apex, lower leaves with 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets cuneiform, somewhat pal- 



jrilose on the nerves, with the teeth blunt ; flowers subpani- mately pinnatifid, pilose, with the segments linear ; petals ob- 



cled; petals obcordate, longer than the calyx. 1/. H. Native cordate, a little longer than the calyx. %. H. Native of Ar- 



of Europe and the north of Asia, in dry places. In Britain 

 in elevated pastures and barren hilly ground, near Kippax, York- 

 shire; about Bury, Suffolk; 'Cambridgeshire; on St. Vincent's 

 Rocks, Bristol ; and in the King's Park, Edinburgh. Smith, 

 eng. bot. t. 37. Sturm, deutsch. fl. fasc. 17. with a figure. 

 P.debilis, Schleich. cat. 1815. Flowers yellow. There are 

 several slight varieties of this plant. 

 Spring Cinquefoil. Fl. April, May. Britain. PI. declinate. 



menia and Syria. Nest. pot. 47. t. 5. f. 1. Corolla yellow, • 



Geranium-like Cinquefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 decumbent. 



5S P. LiNDACKE^Ri (Tauch. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 538.) 

 leaves quinate, silky beneath ; leaflets cuneiform, deeply toothed, 

 the teeth oblong and roundish ; stems filiform, procumbent ; 

 petals exceeding the calyx. "2/. H. Native of Bohemia. 



Lindacker^s Cinquefoil. PI. proc. 



47 P. pa' TULA (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 2. p. 218. t. 199.) 54 P. ranunculoides (Humb. et Bonpl. in Nestl. pot. 5Q. t. 



stems tufted, rather declinate, beset with adpressed pili ; radical 

 leaves with 7-9 leaflets ; leaflets cuneiform, deeply toothed at the 

 apex, naked above, but pilose beneath ; petals retuse, longer 

 than the calyx. 



Nestl. pot. 5Q. 



% . H. Native of the Carpathian mountains. 



S. f, 1. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 216.) stems erect, 

 few-flowered ; radical leaves with 5-7 obovate, roundish, bluntly 

 toothed, nearly glabrous leaflets ; petals obcordate, a little longer 

 than the calyx. 1/ . F. Native of Mexico, at the bottoms of 

 Flowers yellow. » the mountains called Cerro de las Cruces. P. macrorhiza, 



%earfm^ Cinquefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. PL tufted. Schlecht. consp. pot. in berol. mag. 7. p. 292. Lehm. pot. 114. 

 48 P. opa'ca (Lin. spec. 713.) stems decumbent, filiform; 

 eattets 5-7 on the lower leaves, lanceolate-cuneiform, deeply 

 ferrated, pilose on both surfaces 



. ^ „ — „^^^ , petals obcordate, about equal 



'length to the calyx or a little longer ; stipulas entire, bifid or 

 tnfid. It. H. - ^ ^ 



I'abrador. 



Flowers yellow. 



Ranunculus-like Cinquefoil. PI. ^ foot. 



55 P. HYEMA^Lis (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 572.) 

 root thick ; radical leaves quinate ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, cre- 



Native throughout Europe, Siberia, and of nate-toothed, green and pilose above, but clothed with white 

 In Scotland on the hills of Clova, Angusshire, as 

 TL^ Perthshire. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 91. ' 



7*9. P. dubia, Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 308. P. Galiciana, Pohl. 

 etBess. -^^ - ^ 



Smith, engl. bot. 



Fl. May, June. Britain. PI. ascend- 



ci p Flowers yellow, disposed in a leafy corymb ; pedicels 



fil'form; stems purplish. ^ ^ > I' 



. Wwe Cinquefoil. 

 H \ foot. 



. ' ^^ ^^A (Lin. spec. 712.) stems ascending ; radical leaves 

 tootlf ^^ ' leaflets oblong-cuneiform, middle one stalked, serrate- 

 dpM u^ ^^ apex, rather silky, with silky ciliated margins; 

 ^tais obcordate, nearly twice the length of the calyx. 



ative of the Alps of Europe. P. Halleri, Ser. mus. helv. 1. 

 mV' • raaculata, Gilb.— Hall. enum. t. 6. f. 4. hist. no. 

 *^*^^-t.21.f. 6. Flowers yellow. 



JjpWen-flowered Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June, 

 ^'"'^ate I foot. ^ 



\^^?'sTRis (Hall. fil. in Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 5S. longer than the calyx. 



tomentum beneath ; stems ascending, corymbose at the apex, 

 7-15-flowered, very hairy, as well as the calyxes ; calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate, acute ; receptacle villous. 2/ . G. Native of 

 Mexico, at Cruz Blanca. Flowers yellow, about the size of 

 those of P. alba. 



PL I foot. 



*Jeclinate 

 50 



Winter Cinquefoil. Fl. Nov. 



56 P. Thoma'sii (Tenore, prod. 2. suppl. 1. p. Gl. fl, neap. 

 1. p. 285. t. 44.) stem erectish, corymbiferous ; radical leaves 

 with 5, rarely with 7 leaflets ; leaflets obovate, coarsely toothed, 

 clothed on both surfaces with silky villi, greenish above, but 

 hoary beneath; petals obcordate. %. H. Native of Italy. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Thomases Cinquefoil. PI. 1 foot. 



57 P. arge'ntea (Lin. spec. 712.) stems ascending; leaves 

 Scotland. PI. quinate ; leaflets cuneiform, deeply cut at the top, clothed with 



white tomentum beneath, the margins revolute ; petals retuse, 



It.H. 



Smith, 



rarel ' ^p ^* ^' P* ^^^') stems ascending ; radical leaves of 5 

 thei/ ^ wedge-shaped, rather hairy leaflets, deeply cut ii 



edge-shaped, rather hairy leaflets, deeply cut in 865. Flowers yellow. 



%, H. Native of Europe; plentiful in 

 Britain, and of Canada. Smith, engl. bot. t. 89. Fl. dan. t. 



minal ?P^^^^^' upper stipulas ovate ; pedicels axillary and ter- 

 H N ^*^^* petals heart-shaped ; calycine segments' acute. "3/. 

 in th ^'*^^ ^f Switzerland, Denmark, and Lapland. In England 

 Card^ ^°^v^ of Durham, and on rough stony ground at Hafod, 

 taino ^^^^^'^^e. In Scotland on Ben Lawers, and other moun- 

 ^« of Breadalbane. 



end \J' ^^* ^^^"* ^^^- t- 490. P. aurea, Smith, fl. brit. 549. 

 vemlTV^^* Fl. dan. 114. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 72. t. 8. P. 

 ofa^^* ^\ahl. fl. lapp. ]46. P. verna y, Nestl. pot. 52. CoroUa 



R. Salisburgensis, Haenke in Jacq. coll. Native of Germany and France. 



Far. /3, dentata (Wallr. sched. 237.) leaflets almost entire, 

 only with 2 or 3 teeth at the apex, tomentose beneath. % . H. 

 Native of Germany and America. P. cinerea, Rafin. in litt. 

 ■ Var. y, dtssecta (Wallr. sched. 2S7.) leaflets more or less 

 deeply divided into linear segments, tomentose beneath. 2/. H. 



Far. ^, minuta (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 577.) stems few- 

 flowered, and are, as well as the leaves, very small, tomentose 

 beneath. 7/ . H. Native about Geneva. 



Silvery Cinquefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. 1 foot. 



58 P. GuNTiiE^Ri (Pohl. tent. 2. p. 185. Lehm. pot. 97. t. 



^Zt. p "^^^ or tawny yellow-colour. 



*i» Lmquefoil. Fl. July. Britain. PL | to 1 foot. 

 •fti/* ^^^EA (Hall. fil. in Schleich. cat. 1807. p. 20.) stems 10.) stems weak, diffuse ; lower leaves qumate, upper ones ter- 



••^^ding ; 



lower leaves 



bluntlv '* ' *"^^^ leaves qumate ; 



y rounded at the apex, rather hairy, deeply serrated at the 



leaflets oblong- cuneated, nate ; leaflets cuneated, acutely serrated at the top, canescent 



beneath, with flat margins ; petals retuse, a little longer than the 

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