| ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
419. POTENTILLA. Gen. pl. 866. 
ci ndi odi ds ar Foliis ternatis. 
1. P. assurgens, glabriuscula; stipulis subulatis, foliis ter- 
natis oblongo-cuneiformibus apice tridentatis adpresso- 
pps corymbo laxo paucifloro, petalis oblongo- 
.. obovatis calyce longioribus.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1110. 
— Ait. kew. 2. t. Q. Engl. bot. .... 
"On rocks in Canada and on the highest peaks of the Al- 
legany mountains, particularly at Grandfather-moun- 
tains, Carolina, 2. June, July. v. s. in Herb. Dick- 
| gon.; v.v. in Hortis. Flowers white, According to 
Willdenow, and the figure of P. retusa in the Flora 
Danica, which is quoted as a synonym, the flowers 
are yellow ; but this figure, if correct, presents most 
certainly a different plant, as the petals are round, and 
only the length of the calyx. 
2, P. assurgens, hirsuta; stipulis ovatis integerrimis, foliis 
' — ternatis, foliolis sessilibus approximatis ambitu inciso- 
dentatis utrinque hirsutis, pedicellis paucis terminali- 
bus elongatis unifloris, petalis cuneato-oblongis emar- 
ginatis calyce duplo longioribus. 
I 
-In Labrador. Colmaster. M. v.s. in Herb. Dickson. 
— A small species ;-flowers large in proportion. 
3. P. assurgens, lanato-tomentosa ; stipulis ovatis intezerri- 
© — mis, foliis ternatis, foliolis sessilibus approximatis am- 
bitu inciso-dentatis supra hirsutis subtus niveo-tomen- 
tosis, pedunculis paucis terminalibus unifloris, petalis 
lato-obcordatis calyce vix longioribus.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. 
. 1109. 
de. Gmel sib. 3. t. 36, f. 1. Gunn. norv. t. 3. fil. — 
— In Labrador. Colmaster. )). June, July. v.s. in Herb. 
- © Dickson. ` Flowers yellow. ! ud 
4. P. assurgens, sericeo-villosissima ; stipulis latis membra- 
-  gaceis integerrimis, foliis ternatis, foliolis sessilibus 
approximatis ambitu inciso-dentatis, supra villis nitidis 
adpresso-villosis, subtus cano-tomentosis, pedunculis 
previbus aggregatis, petalis obcordatis calyce longio- 
"owe ibus. i : : i 
 P.villosa. Pallas in Herb. Lambert. —— — 
— On the north-west coast. Y. v. "ed Herb. Lambert. 
This species approaches in general character very near 
to the ford one, but in habit they ditfer striking- 
ly ; the last is a more robust plant, covered with shin- 
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tridentata, 
emarginata. 
nivea. 
