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POT 



If the feeds are uitendcd to be faved, a fufiicicnt num- 

 ber of the earlieft plants fhould be left for this piir- 

 pofe, drawing out all tbofc which arc v/cak, or have 

 Imall leaves, from amcri^r them •. and when the feeds 



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Quir.quefollum foliQ argenteo. C. B. P. 325. Cin^Ut- 



fell "xiih a /ilvery Uaf, 



Jilvery ka) 



z 



re ripe, the plants fi-iould be cut up, and fpread up- 

 on cloths in the lun to dry, and then the feeds m^y 

 be cafily beaten out and fiited, to clear it from the 

 leaves and feed-vcffels. 



6. PoTENTiLLA {Caukfcens) foliis quinatis apice conni- 

 venti-ferratis, caulibus inukifloris ercdtis, receptacu- 

 li" hirfutis. Horr. Cliff. 13^.. Potentillawithfive leaves 



The fecond iorr grows naturally in moft of the ifiands 

 of tlie Weft Indies ; this is annual •, the ftalks are ve- 

 ry fuceulenc, of a purple colour, and branch out 

 -^ greatly •, the lower branches lie near the ground, but 

 ■ thofe above them are more creft; the leaves are nar- 

 row, avvl-fhaped, and of a lucid greeny they are 

 placed alternatclyon the branches. At the joints there 

 *, come out tufts of white hairs, and between thefe come 

 out the fiowers fitting clofe to the branches ; they are 

 of a fine Pink colour, but of (hort duration, feldom 

 ,"^( >cor}tinuing open longer than five or fix hours ^ thefe 

 ..^ jire fucceeded by fnort roundifli capfales, filled with 

 '--. ^fniali black feeds. It fiowers from the middle of June 

 : 'till autumn. . - -, -. .. J ;.:^ 



ii" niriuns. norr. ^tin. 194. t'oienttilawtth Jioe leaves 

 "x-hcfe piinn arc fawed^ ere^f ftalks with many flo'xers^ 

 end hairy receptacles, Qifinqucfolium album minus 

 alterum. C, B. P. 325. Another jmaller 'white CiyiqiiC- 

 foil 

 FoTENTii.LA {Monfpdunfis) foliis ternatis, caule ra- 





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Thji third fort growls naturally at the Cape of Good 

 1 ."Hope ', this is a perennial plant with a.Ihrubby ftalk, 

 .■ -Avhich rifes four or five inches hif>h, o;arninied with 

 ^ :. thick* globular, fucculent leaves ; at the top of the^ 



-llalk com.cs forth a fiender foot-ftalk about two 





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.v.;jnches.long, -fuilaining four or five Rofe-fhaped flow- 

 . frs of a red colour. Thefe appear in July, but are 



- ■ not fucceeded by feeds in England. This plant is 



too tender to live in the open air in wm,ter, fo it muft 

 -,t.be kept in pots, and^treated in the fame way as the 



.v.jjnoft fucculent .kinds "of Aloes.^ ^ It,i§ propagated by 



cuttings. ■••' -:'-'"'\^''^ --',- „"^j^\^--.-,-^- - v.; - ■ 

 ^pjjiNTI. 

 r .^i^yeibMum ^e 

 :' [ .ubZ I B ^.y 298. Cinquefoil; in French, ^inte-feuille, 



- The Characters are, 



■■v. .- . » 



'^.^'Jce a::p clement cf the ' jloiDer is of one leaf which is 



LLA. Lin.-iSen. Plant. '559. Quin- 

 pentaphylloides. Toufri.'Inft. R. H. 296. 



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moio erecto, pedunculis fupra genicula enatis. Hort. 

 Upfah 134. PctcntiUa "with leaves growing by threes^ 

 itn upright branching ftalk^ and foot-fialks rifing above 

 the joints. Fragaria fterilis i\!pina caulefcens. Boerh. 

 Jnd. alt. I. p. 42. Stalky Alpine barren Strawberry. 



8. PoTENTiLLA {Graiiuifiora) foliis ternatis, dentatis 

 utrinque fubpilofis, caule decumbente foliis longiore. 

 Lin. Sp. Plant. 715. Potentilla with three hairy leaves^ 

 and a trailing fialk longer than the leaves, - Fragaria fte- 

 rilis ampliffimo folio & flore, petalis cordatis. Vaill. 



•Parif. ^1^, tab. 10. 



9. Potentilla [HeptaphylUi) foliis fcptenis quinatifque, 

 . foliolis pinnato-incifis pilofis, caule erefto ramofb. 

 .-■ Potentilla with Jeven and five leaves^ whofe lobes are 

 '.: ait, winged, and haiiy, and an upright branching ftalk. 



-Qiiinquefolium quod pcntaphyllum feu potius hep- 

 - taphyllum reftum, caule rubro hirfutis. Hort. Cath. 



Cino^uefoil or Sept foil, with a red, upright, hairy ftalk. 

 *- There are many more fpecies of this genus, which 



are preferred in botanic gardens for the fake of va- 

 ; riety, but as they are not cultivated in other places 



either for ufe or beauty, I (hall not enumerate the: 



here; 



m ^if 



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<^' 'fiighily tut into te.n parts -, the fegments are alternately lefs 



' -c^jini refeyxd, ^hefiower is compofed of five petals, which 



... - fire infer ted into the cmpalcment, ayid fpread open. It hath 



twenty awlfbaped ftamina inferted in the empalcment, 



^ -iy_Jenmnated by moon-JJocped fummits. In the center of the 



/-'.fiower there ^c fever al ger men colleFied into one head, 



^C4 V^nth very fiender ftyles inferted in ^ the fide of the germen, 



- crowned by oitiife ftigmas. After the fiower is p^ft, the 



-i rermcn becomes a head of 7-oundifij feeds, included in the 



\.z.:€nipahncnt. ;,'.;:, :.. .; .. , .•';--• ^-v— ;^- ■]-,:x^:^zi^^^.x^ ^i 



-x' This genus of plants is ranged in ttie fifth fcclion of 



;.r.Xinnii;us's twelfth clafs, which includes thofe" plants 



■:."!; ^vhofe flov/ers haveabout twenty ftamina inferted in 



- the empalcment, and have many germen, . 



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rhe Species are, 



>' 



%. Potentilla {Anferina). foliis pmnatis/erratis, caule 

 1,. -repcntc. Fiox. ^i^pp- 2 1 o. Pctentilla with winged fawed 

 ',\'' leaves, ■ and a^creepngftalh .Pentaphylloides argehte- 

 < V^m alatuni, feu ""polentilla. Tourh.^Inft. 29'S'. Silver 





% .Weed, cr Wild Tanfy. ^ 

 ?, l^OTr.NTiLLA {Rupcftris) foliis pinnatis alternis, fo- 

 :;^cJiolis quinis ovatis crenatis, caule ereflo. Hort. Cliff. 

 -:viqV. Potent ill a with alt eh 



'nate winged leaves, having 



v: jifce cval crcnatcd lobes, and an ereEt ftalk. .Pentaphyl- 



The firfl: fort here mentioned, grows naturally upon 

 cold ftifFland in moft parts of England, and is afure 

 mark of the fterility of the foil. -It fpreads its ftalks 

 upon the ground, which fend out roots from their 

 joints, fattening into the ground, and thereby propa- 

 gates fo faft, as in a little time to fpread over and fill 

 the ground to a great ciiftance. The leaves are com- 



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pofed of feveral lobes (or wings) which arc generally 

 placed alternately along the midrib, and terminated 

 by an odd one ; they are fawed on their edges, and 

 are of a filvery colour, cfpecially on their under fide. 

 The flowers are produced fingly upon very long fooc- 

 ftalks, which ariie from the root; they are compofed 

 of five yellbv/ petiils, which expand in form of' a 

 Rofe : thefe have a crreat number of ftamina which 



are 

 in 



mferted to tnc petals, and many germen collefted 

 heads', '* which afteVward become nVan/ acute- 



L- pointed^ feeds wrapped up in the empalcment." It 

 fiov/ers great part of fuinriier.^^The leaves of this 



; i^ plant are ufed in medicine, and are accounted re- 



long. 





. Joidcji cre(5tun>. J. B. 2. p. 398. Upright Cinquefoil. • 



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head 



Out of each 



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-J. Pot:£NT3LLA (Fruticofa) foliis pinnatis, caule fruti- 

 r-',.cofo. Hort. Cliff. 19^. Potentilla with winged leaves 

 and a ffjrubly.ftalk. Pcntaphylloides redtum frutico- 

 :. fuai Ivboraccnfe. Mor. Hill. 2. 193. Upright fiorub- 

 .: 2y Cinquefoil cf l^orkfioire, com^mnly called fhrubby 

 • . Cinquefoil. - - ■ ■ '--'- 



.4. Potentilla {Recia) foliis feptenans lanceolatis fer- 



: ■:ratis utrinque fubpiiofis, caule ercclo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



711. Potentilla with feven fpear-fioaped, fawed, haiiy 



leaves^ and an creM ftalk. Quinquefolium eredum 



■'" jutcum, C. B. P. 325. Tcllcw upright Cinquefoil, 



5. l^^T''ir^'w^hA{/lrgcntea) foliis quinatis cuneiformibus 



/■ incites fubtus tomentofis, caule erefl:o. Lin. Sp. Plant. 



457- 



Potentilla with five wedgc-fhaped cut leaves, ' which 

 are woolly on their Under fide, and have an ere£l ftalk. 



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V. 



ftririgent and vulnerary. It is rarely' cultivated in 

 wardens, being a very com.m.on ^yeed in England. 

 .The fecond fort grows naturally on the Alps, and 

 mountains in Germany. ;This hath a perennial root, 

 which fends out feveral heads joined together ; froin 

 thefe arife the foot-ftalks of the leaves, which are 



and fuftain three pair of roundifti lobes, ter- 

 minated by an odd one-, thefe are crenated on their 

 edges,' and fit clofe to the midrib.. 



arifes a hairy ftalk about nine inche^ high, 

 y having at each joint one or two trifoHate leaves, 

 .: fliaped like thofe below, but fmaller; the upper pare 

 of the ftalk divides into fmall foot-ftalks, each fuf- 

 taining two or three white flowers, very like thofe of 

 the Strawberry. - Thefe appear in June, and arefuc- 

 ceeded by feeds like thofe of the former. It is 

 eafily propagated by feeds, or parting of the roots ; 

 the bcft time of fov/ing the feeds is in the autumn, 

 . and that is alfo the feafon for parung and tranfplant- 

 ing the roots-, it loves a mcift foil and a lliady 

 fituation. . ; - 



The third fort grows naturally in the northern coun- 

 ties of England, and in many of the northern parts 

 of Europe. This hath a ftirubby ftalk, which rifes 

 about four feet high, dividing into many branches, 



which arc garniftaed by winged leaves, compofed cf 



two 









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