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POTENTILLA GRANDIFLORA. LARGE 
FLOWER’D PorENTILLA. | 
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‘Caf and Order. 
IcosANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cal. 10-fidus. - Petala 5. Sem, fubrotunda, nuda, receptactlo 
yas exfucco affixa. 
Specific Charaéter and Synonyms. 
POTENTILLA grandiflora foliis ternatis dentatis utringue 
fubpilofis, caule decumbente foliis lon 
giore, Lin. Syft. Vegetab. p. 715- 
FRAGARIA fterilis, ampliffimo folio et flore petals cordat 
Vaill. Paris. 55-410f. 1. 
Culture is well known to produce great alterations in ke 
appearance of moft plants, but particularly in thofe wh 
grow fpontaneoufly on dry mountainous fituations, and this i 
ftrikingly exemplified in the prefent inftance, this fpecies @ 
_ Potentilla, becoming in every refpe& much largeg, as well # 
~ much fmoother than in its natural ftate. Vid. Vatu. abort 
quoted. 
It is a hardy herbaceous plant, a native of Switzerland, si: 
beria, and other parts of Europe, and flowers in July. 
Linn us confiders it as ‘an annual; Mier, asa pies 
nial; we fufpeé it to be, indeed have little"doubt of its bei 
a perennial ; having propagated it by parting its roots, wd 
may be raifed more fuccefs {sully from feed, 
