( 3470 ) 
PoTENTILLA ATRO-SANGUINEA; hybrida, RussELLIANA. 
Mr. Russexr’s hybrid variety of the Deer © 
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Class and Order. 
IcosANDRIA PoLyGyniA. 
( Nat. Ord. —Rosace#. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx decemfidus, segmentis alternis minoribus. Petala 
5. Pericarpia receptaculo sicco affixa. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
PorentILLA atro-sanguinea ; caule erecto pubescente ra- 
moso, foliis ternis petiolatis superne sessilibus foliolis 
ellipticis profunde serratis subtus niveo-tomentosis, sti- 
pulis magnis ovatis, petalis obcordatis (atro-sangul- 
neis. ) 
PorenTitta atro-sanguinea. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 786. Don, 
. Prodr. Fl. Nepal. p. 232. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 
579. Bot. Mag. t. 2689. 
P Hybrida, Russelliana ; foliis subtus concoloribus, corollis 
maximis intense sanguineéo-coccineis. Russell’s Po- 
tentilla. Bot. Reg. t. 1496.— Tab. nostr. (3470). 
Ba MM Si eB a Fe toate 
Perhaps no plant, bearing the open air in our cli- 
mate, produces flowers of a richer hue than the present, 
which is an hybrid, said to have been first raised by Mr. 
Russeut of Battersea, between P. atro-sanguinea and P. 
Nepalensis ; but far exceeding in the size and beauty of its 
blossoms either of its parents. It is perfectly hardy, brav- 
ing the severest winters of our island with impunity and — 
flowering during the summer and autumn. 
