558 



ROSACEiE. XII. POTENTILLA. 



stipulas foliaceous, cut ; flowers corymbose ; petals emarginate, 



121 P* agrimonioi'des (Bieb. fl. taur. 1, p, 403,) stems as- 



longer than the woolly calyx, i;. H. Native of North America, cending, beset with spreading villi ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; 

 on the plains of the Missouri. P. arguta, Spreng. syst. 2. p. leaflets numerous, obovate-oblong, obtuse, deeply and bluntly 

 534. but not of Pursh. Flowers yellow. 



Missouri Cinquefoil. Fl. June, Aug. 



Clt.1827. PL 1| foot. 



toothed or almost pinnatifid, pubescent above, and clothed with 

 hoary villi beneath ; stipulas nearly entire, ovate-lanceolate ; 



116 P. ARGU TA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 736.) stem erect, petals longer than the calyx ; receptacle villous. %. H* Na- 



tive of Armenia, and Siberia in dry grassy places at the river 

 ovate, oblique at the base, doubly and deeply toothed; stipulas Irtysch. Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 327. — Gmel. sib. 3. t. 38. 



pubescent, clammy at the apex ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets roundish- 



almost entire ; calyxes acute, shorter than the petals, which are 



obovate and entire. 1/ . H. 

 woody country as far as lat. 



Native of North America, in the 

 65*^. north, and westward to the 



Clt. 1817. 



Rocky Mountains, and at Fort Vancouver on the Columbia. 

 Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 186. t. 63. Lindl. in hot. reg. t. 1379. 

 P. confertiflora, Torrey, fl. unit. st. 1. p. 499. P. obliqua, 

 and P. ferruginea, Dougl. P. sylvestris, Bigel. fl. host. 2. p. 206. 

 Geum agrimonioides, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 351. Plant 



pubescent all over, 

 dichotomous. 



Flowers pale yellow. Panicle crowded, 



^'//ar^J-serrated- leaved Cinquefoil. 

 PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



FL June, Jul. Clt. 1820. 



117 P. HirriA^NA (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 7. Hook. fl. bor. amer 

 p. 188. t. 64.) stem erect; leaves pinnate', leaflets lanceolate. 



Flowers yellow, disposed in a terminal panicle. 



AffrimonyAeaved Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. 

 PL i to I foot. 



122 P. STRioosA (Pall, ex Tratt. no. 31. exclusive of the 

 American plant. Led. fl. alt. 2. p. 237.) stem erect, straight, 

 pubescent ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets oblong, cuneated at the 

 base, deeply and pectinately toothed, with revolute margins, 

 clothed with hoary pubescence above and with woolly tomentum 

 beneath ; stipulas half pinnate ; flowers panicled ; petals obo- 

 vate, hardly exceeding the calyx. '2^^H. Native of Altaia, at 

 the river Tscharysch and Tschuja. 

 29. t. 34. f. 1. Flowers yellow. 



Gmel. sib. 3. p. 181. no 



P. leucophylla, Torrey, ann. lye. 2. p. 197- 

 3. D. 194. P. dealbata, Dougl. mss. 



itm. 



P 



Rocky Mountains, 

 but not of Pall. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Hipjno's Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



118 P. BipiNNATiFiDA (Dougl. mss. Hook. fl. bor- amer. 

 p. 188.) stem erect; leaves pinnate; leaflets obovate, pecti- 

 nately pinnatifid, clothed with silky silvery down above, and 

 with white tomentum beneath ; stipulas rhomboid, cut ; flowers 



trichotomous ; petals obcordate, exceeding the calyx ; recep- 

 tacle villous, 1/. H. Native of Dahuria. Corolla yellow. 



Clt. 1823. PL 



Droprvort-like Cinquefoil. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



FL June, July. 



124 P. TANACETiFOLiA (Schlccht. bcrol. mag. ann. 7. p 



286. 



corymbose, crowded ; petals 



calyx. 1/. H. Native of North America, in 



obovate, entire, longer than the 



Louisiana and 



plains of the Saskatchawan and Red rivers. P. arguta, Lehm. 

 pot. p. 62. but not of Pursh. Flowers yellow. 



. Bipinnatijid'\ea,yed Cinquefoil. FL June, July. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



very hairy ; leaflets lanceolate, pinnatifidly serrated, upper ones 

 opposite, with the terminal one stalked ; stipulas jagged ; pa- 

 nicle terminal, corymbose ; petals obcordate, twice the length 

 of the calyx ; receptacle villous, i; . H. Native of Siberia. 

 Corolla pale yellow. 



Tansy-leaved Cinquefoil. 



PL 4 to 1 foot. 



125 P. sANGuisoRBA (Schlccht. berol. mag. ann. 7. p. 286. ex 

 Clt. 1826. PI. Lehm. pot. 61. t. 5.) stem erect, 1-2-flowered, glabrous, pur- 



plish; leaves pinnate, quite glabrous ; leaflets obovate, bluntlv 



119 P. Drummonpi (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 9. Hook, fl. bor. serrated; stipulas cut ; petals obcordate, hardly the length ot 



amer. p. 189. t. 65.) stem herbaceous; radical leaves irregu- 

 larly and subverticillately pinnate, cauline ones with 2 pairs of 

 leaflets ; leaflets obovate, truncate, cuneated at the base, pro- 

 foundly serrated, ciliated, smoothish ; stipulas ovate, entire ; 

 petals obcordate, veiny, twice the length of the calyx. % . 

 H. Native of North America, in alpine woods on the Rocky 

 Mountains, north of the Smoking River, in lat. 56''. Panicle 

 terminaL 



Petals golden yellow. 

 Drummond's Cinquefoil. FL Ju, Jul. 

 120 P. viscosA (Donn, hort. cantab. ed. 7- and Lehm. pot. than the calyx. 1/ 



Clt. 1826. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



the calyx ; receptacle glabrous. 1/ . H. Native of Siberia 

 Corolla cream-coloured. - 



Burnet-like Cinquefoil. FL Ju. Jul. Clt. 1 826. PL | to 1 it. 

 . 126 P. micrope'tala (D.Don, prod. fl. nep. 231.) stems almost 

 simple, slender; lower leaves pinnate, upper ones ternate, 

 leaflets 7-9, obovate-oblong, serrate-toothed, outer ones mucli 

 the largest, all clothed with white tomentum beneath ; stipulas 

 oblong, obtuse, scarious, quite entire ; pedicels opposite t 

 leaves, usually solitary : petals oval, quite entire, one half shorter 



- ^ -T ' r _' n . , Corolla small, 



p. 57.) stems erect, and are as well as the leaves clothed with yellow. 



clammy pubescence ; leaves greenish on both surfaces, pinnate ; 

 leaflets oblong, sharply and deeply serrated, superior ones de- 

 current, lower ones small j stipulas almost entire ; petals obo- 

 vate, emarginate, hardly longer than the calyx ; receptacle pilose. 

 1/ . H. Native of Dahuria and Siberia, on rocks at the rivers 

 Tticharysch and Buchtorm, and in fields at the river Irtysch. 

 Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 343. P. hispida, Nestl. pot. t. S6. 

 but not of Willd. P. longif olia and P. nudicaulis, Schlecht. 

 berl. 



Outer calycine segments bifid or bipartite. 



' - - -' - ^ - - p albiflorum, 



flavum, Hamilt. Roxb. hort. beng. p. 36. 

 cat. no. 1018. 



Comarum 

 Wall. 



Small-petalled Cinquefoil. 



PL 4 foot. 



584.) plant 



mag. p. 287. P. Pennsylvanica, Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. neath 



P. pubescens, Mccnch. meth. p. 658. P. dentkta, Vittm. longe. ^^.,-.. ^- ^*. - - 



Flowers yellow, crowded at the tops of the branches into a few- the Neelghiry Mountains, where it is called Gahe-gueda, ac- 



476. 



127 P. Leschenaultia'na (D. C. prod. 2. p. ^ ' - i. 

 thickly beset with yellow hairs ; stems ascending, few-flowere , 



radical leaves pinnate, cauline ones ternate, on short petioles, 

 leaflets obovate-roundish, obtuse, crenate-toothed, outer ones 

 the largest, silky above and clothed with white tomentum be- 



stipulas dilated, almost quite entire ; petals obcordate, 



Native of the East Indies, on 



than 



n.n. 



flowered panicle. 



Clammy Cinquefoil. FL Ju. Aug. Clt. 1797. PL 1 to 1^ ft. 



cording to Leschenault. 



LeschenaulVs Cinquefoil. PL 



Corolla yellow. 



foot. 



i. 



!!. 



i 



Slrigose Cinquefoil. Fl. June, Jvily. PI. 1 foot. 



123 P. filipe'ndula (Schlecht. berol. mag. ann. 7. p. 286. ex i 



iP, 



N 



oblong, deeply and connivently serrated, silky above, and clothed Lehm. pot. 59.) stem erect, pilose ; leaves interruptedly pinnate 



with hoary shining tomentum beneath ; stipulas lanceolate, acu- beset with spreading pili, pale green on both surfaces ; leaflets 



minated, quite entire ; panicle somewhat dichotomous, loose ; lanceolate, pinnatifidly serrated, smaller ones quite entire, outer 



petals obcordate, exceeding the calyx. ]/ . H. Native of North ones confluent ; stipulas toothed ; panicle crowded, somewhat \i 

 America, on the plains of the Saskatchawan and prairies of the 



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ex Lehm, pot. p. 60.) stems ascending, pilose ; leaves pmnate, j 



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