C 2800 ) 
- Potemonwm Ricuarpsont. Dr. Ricu- 
- ARDSON’S Potemontum. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. ioceg lubes 5-fidus. Cin mabesanpeaanlatn, Fila- 
menta bagi peiisiate. Siierpated 3. te tlic poly. 
an igulato erecto, 
: Saw a 
~ getour a) alow. about, as th k-as. 
branched at the apex, deseending 
tendi ing to bind it together, very much re 
Stone rect, herbaceous, gr sen, Pp ue 
ranches axillary, chiefly fre ie lower. . 
stem and the crown of t t, ascending,as well as the 
stem, angular, and having’a slightly prominent line along 
each flat side. . Leaves pinnate, with an odd leaflet, com- 
mon footstalk. channelled, from the leaflets being narrowly 
decurrent, and forming)a border on each side, pinne very 
numerous on the root4leaves (ten to twelve pairs), fewer on 
the stem-leaves, quite entire, a very few shewing a tendency 
* to become lobed, sessile, rotundato-ovate, mucronulate, 
oblique, pubescent below, naked above, somewhat fleshy, 
middle-rib channelled, veins obscure ; root-leaves depressed 
and spreading, star-like, | on. the ‘ground, at least when the 
- plant. 
