ROSACEA. XIL POTENTILLA. 



559 



128 P. LEUCONOTA (D, Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 230.) stems 

 erect, almost simple ; leaves pinnate, with many pairs of leaflets ; 



foot. 



Gerard's Cinquefoil. 



135 P. NIVALIS (Torrey, ann. lyc. 2. p. 32. t. 3. f, 1.) plant 



PL I to 1 



leaflets oblong, obtuse, deeply serrated, green above, but clothed nearly glabrous ; stems erect, leafless, 1 -flowered; leaves pin- 

 with silvery white down beneath ; stipulas ovate, deeply ser- nate, with numerous, contiguous, somewhat imbricated, ovate, 

 rated; flowers small, sub-umbellate, involucrated ; calycine seg- rather ciliated 2-3-lobed leaflets, upper ones confluent; lobes 



PL 4 foot. 



J a 



Corolla yellow. 



ments nearly equal ; petals obovate, quite entire, exceeding the 

 calyx. ^.H. Native of Gosaingsthan. 

 White-hacked Ae?i\Gdi Cinquefoil. 



129 P. polyphy'lla (Wall. cat. no. 1026. Lehm. pug. 2. 



many 

 the 



p. 14.) stem erect; leaves interruptedly pinnate, with 

 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets quite glabrous, lined with veins, 

 large ones oblong and bluntly crenate-toothed ; stipulas sheath- 

 ing, oval, crenate-toothed ; outer calycine segments large, 3- 

 lobed, with the lateral lobes small ; petals obovate-orbicular, 

 longer than the calyx. %.n. Native of Gosaingsthan. Panicle 

 terminal, corymbose. Corolla golden yellow. 

 * Var. /3, harhata (Wall. cat. 1030.) stem very pilose ; calyxes 

 morefoliaceous. 



Many-leafletted Cinquefoil. PL 1 to 1|- foot. 



130 P. peduncula'ris (D. Don, prod. fl. nep- p. 230.) stem 

 slender, erect, simple, few-flowered, leafless at the apex ; leaves 

 radical, pinnate, length of stem ; leaflets oblong, contiguous, 

 sharply and deeply serrated, rather silky above and silvery be- 



Snow Cinquefoil. 



acute, spreading ; petals nearly orbicular, quite entire, a little 



longer than the calyx. 1^. H. Native of North America, 



among the Rocky Mountains. Corolla yellow. 



PL \ iooU 

 136 P. MooRCROFTii (Wall. cat. 1014. Lehm. pug. 3. p,29.) 



stem erect, simple, few-flowered ; leaves pinnate, with 3-4 pairs 

 of leaflets, pilose above, and glabrous beneath ; leaflets obovate- 

 oblong, almost quite entire, terminal one trifid ; stipulas ovate- 

 lanceolate, quite entire, ciliated ; inner calycine segments ovate- 

 roundish, obtuse ; petals obovate, quite entire, longer than the 



Native of Latlak. 



calyx. 1/ . H. 



Corolla yellow. 



MoorcrofVs Cinquefoil. PL -J to |^ foot. 



137 P. ANSERiNA (Lin. spec. 710.) roots and stems creeping; 

 leaves interruptedly pinnate; leaflets oval, sharply serrated, 

 silky ; pedicels axillary, solitary, length of leaves ; stipulas mul- 

 tifid ; petals obovate, longer than the calyx. 1/. H. Native 

 of Europe, Siberia, and America, in meadows and by road sides ; 

 plentiful in Britain. Smith, engL hot. 861. Sturm, deutsch. fl. 

 with a figure. FL dan. t. 544. Curt. lond. t. 31. Corolla large, 



Death ; outer calycine segments longest, usually 2-3-cleft ; petals 



nearly orbicular, entire, twice the length of the calyx. 1/. H. yellow. The roots are astringent, with a sweetish taste, and 



Native of Gosainjrsthan. - * • — " 



of Lehra. Corolla yellow. 

 Peduncular Cinquefoil. 



, Wall 

 Habit of P. anserina. 



. PL I foot. 



9 fl^ ^' ^^^^^"^^'^^ (Lehm. pug, 2, p. 16.) stems ascending, 

 1-2-flowered, almost leafless ; leaves pinnate, with many pairs 

 M leaflets, green above, but clothed with silky villi beneath ; 

 leaflets oblong, deeply serrated or somewhat pinnatifid ; flowers 

 small, outer calycine segments oblong, obtuse, the rest ovate, 

 f.^"te ^.H. Native of Kamaon. 

 i'a» WalL cat. no. 1010. 



were formerly used for tanning leather. 



Far. ft, geviiniflbra (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 582.) flowers 

 Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 20, f. 4, P. anserina /3, NestL 



twin. 



pot. 35. Lehm. pot. 72. 



Var. y, concolor (Ser. 1. c.) leaves silky on both surfaces. 



Var. hy Grcenldndica (Tratt. ros. 4. p. 13.) leaves smaller, 

 with fewer pairs of leaflets ; leaflets ovate-roundish, pinnatifidly 



Native 



P. microphylla ^, latif 6- 



^ Corolla small, yellow. 



^hanged Cinquefoil. PL | to ^ foot. 



Wall 



serrated, glabrous above ; stolons very long, 

 of Greenland. 



n.n. 



132 p. microphy'lla (D. Don, "pro^- A- nep. p. 231. 

 ^^^ no. 1010. ' - ^ \^ v 



Lehm. 



I , • — "^». pug. %. p. 17.) plant humble, tufted, 



^othed with silky villi ; stems erect, 1 -flowered, almost leafless, 

 peduncle-formed, length of leaves ; leaves pinnate, with many 

 ^U^^^ ^^^fl^ts ; leaflets crowded, deeply and digitately pinna- 



*5' segments hnear, bluntish ; petals obovate, quite entire, 



V. 



V. 



s golden yellow. 



A glabriuscula (Wall. 1. c.) 

 illous. 



y, deprhsa (Wall. I.e.) plar 



Native of Gosaingsthan. 



Goose Cinquefoil, Silver-weed, or Goose Tansey. FL May, 

 Sept. Britain. PL creeping, 



138 P. SiEMERSiANA (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1821. p. 8. 

 pug. 2, p.^ 31.) stems erect; leaves interruptedly pinnate, with 

 many pairs of silky-silvery leaflets ; larger leaflets obovate, 

 sharply serrated, lined above, and nerved beneath ; stipulas 

 deeply toothed ; petals obovate, a little longer than the calyx. 

 %. H. Native of Nipaul. P. splendens, Wall. mss. D. Don, 

 prod. fl. nep. p. 230. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 191. P. fulgens, WalL 

 mss. P. lineata, Trev. Reichb. hort. hot. 1. p. 7. t. 8. P. nas- 

 p^ta, Hamilt. mss. Flowers yellow, disposed in dichotomous 



corymbs. 



Sterner s's Cinquefoil. FL May, July. CIt. 1822. PL 1 foot. 



139 P. ca'ndicans (Humb. et Bonpl. ex NestL pot. p. 34. t. 

 3. f. 2. and H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 216.) stems 

 ascending, few-flowered ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets 

 unequal, profoundly pinnatifid, clothed with white silky down 



nrdves interruptedly pinnate", larger leaflets" oblong, pectinately- on both surfaces; stipulas cut and entire ; petals spatulate, ob- 

 pnatifid, glabrous above, and clothed with hoary tomentum cordate, a little longer than the calyx. %. H. Native of 



stems 



stem 



Small leaved Cinquefoil. PL 2 to 3 inches. 



^^3 P. Cjiine'ksis (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 581.) canescent; 



segment 



longer 

 Mexico, on the mountains. Flowers yellow, 2-4 at the tops of 



1 eaamg, linear, with revolute edges ; stipulas ovate, upper the stems, and lateral near the tops of the stems, on long pedi- 

 8 cut ; flowers small ; outer calycine secrments minute. 7/ . H. 



aive of China, in the province of Pichiley. Corolla yellow. 

 h7«CinquefoiL PL If foot. 

 pUff 9 ^^^ARDiA^NA (Lindl.in WalL cat. no. 1023. Lehm. 

 Pinn ?' ^^'^ ^^^^^ woolly ; stem erect, slender ; leaves 

 |!j|]j ^^-^ ' leaflets 5-7, green above, and densely clothed with 

 ^te-l*^^ k^^^' outer ones much the largest, obovate, bluntly ser- 

 termJi!^! ^^, ; stipulas broad, lanceolate, quite entire ; flowers 



petals obovate-cuneiform, somewhat 



Native of Sirmore. 



eels. Receptacle villous. 



Var. ft, nana (Humb. et Bonpl. ex NestL pot. t. 34. f. 2.) 

 Humboldtiiina, Tratt. ros. 4. p. 41. Stem and leaves smaller. 



P. 



Lehm. pot. 67* 



WhiteAeaved Cinquefoil. 

 to 1 foot. 



FL May, July. Clt. 1820. 



PL^ 



J^^^Jnal, sub.corv 



mbose 



Corolla 



ger than the calyx. If. H. 



140 P. VERTiciLLA^TA (Steph. in Willd. spec. 2. p, 1096.) 

 stems ascending; leaves pinnate ; leaflets narrow-linear, clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath, with revolute margins ; lateral 

 ones distant, opposite, twin, subverticillate, terminal one trifid ; 

 stipulas cut ; petals obovate, entire, a little longer than the 



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