336 
Anserina. 
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ICOSANDEIA POLY6YNIA. Potentilla. 
In bog meadows and on the borders of Jakes : Canada and 
on the mountains of New York and New Jersey. h. 
July, Aug. v.v. This is a low-growing shrub, not 
» above eighteen inches high. Though it appears to be no 
more than a variety of the preceding, the difference 
of habit is so great, that I was persuaded to propose it. 
as a distinct species : both cultivated near one another, 
will decide whether it shall be adopted as such or not. 
15. P. repens; foliis interrupte-pinnatis numerosis inciso- 
serratis sericeis subtus niveo-tomentosis, pedunculis so- 
litariis unifloris.— Willd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1095. — 
Icon. Engl. bot. 861. j 
On the banks of rivers and lakes: Pensylvania, New 
York, and Canada. Y. May—Sept. v.v. Flowers 
yellow, large, Specimens from Labrador in the Her- 
barium of A. B. Lambert, Esq. seem to differ in the 
ke form of its petals from the European plant; they are 
obovate, and longer than the calyx. 
pensylvanica. 16. P. erecta, mollissime subcandicanti-villosa ; foliis pinna- 
tis, foliolis oblongis obtusis subsemi-pinnatifidis tomen- 
tosis, panicula stricta multiflora, calycis tomentosi la- 
Ciniis semiovalibus, Mich. fl. amer. p. 304. Wi illd.. 
, SP- pl. 2. p. 1099. | Gies 
` ` Icon, Jacq. hort. t. 189. 
B. P. cano-pubescens ; foliis pectinato-dentatis margine re- 
volutis, floribus corymbosis. 
_ P. strigosa. Pallas in Herb. Lambert. ,. 
Icon. Gmel. sib. 3. 1.34. f. 1. oaks 
In Canada and New England. 8.on the Missouri. X. 
June, July. v. v. I s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers 
yellow. The variety B. appears to be a distinct spe- 
cies, ^ eS 
17. P. procumbens, dichotoma; foliis pinnatis, foliolis ob- 
. longis profunde dentatis, pedunculis lateralibus solita- 
.. This unifloris patulis.— illd. sp. pl. 2. p. 1009. 
Icon. Gmel. it. 1.1.27. f.2. Pluk. alm. t. 100. i 
In overflowed places, on the banks of rivers: Canada 
_to Pensylvania, principally in the western parts there- 
of. ©. June—Aug. v.v. Flowers je yellow. 
420. COMARUM, Gen. pl. 86 
l.Comarum. Willd. sp, pl.2. p.1119. 
Icon. Fl. dan. 636. IL E 172. 
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