( 2982 ) 
PoTENTILLA NIVEA, V7. MACROPHYLLA. 
Snowy Cinque-FolL, large-leaved var. 
Class and Order. | 
IcosanpRIA PoLyGyYNIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Rosacez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. decemfidus, segmentis alternis minoribus. Petala 
Pericarpia receptaculo sicco affixa. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
PorentiLia nivea ; foliis ternatis, foliolis ovalibus profunde 
grosseque serratis villosis subtusque precipue ubi 
caudicantibus, caulibus paucifloris, petalis obcordatis 
calyce longioribus. 
Porentinta nivea. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 115. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
v. 2. p. 1109. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. v. 1. p. 353. 
Lehm. Pot. p. 184. Nestl. Pot. p. 74. Fl. Dan. t. 
1035 (excellent). Brown in Parry’s \st Voy. App. P. 
277. Richards. in Frankl. \st Journ. App. ed. 2. p. 20. 
Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea v. 2. p. 21. 
Var. macrophylla; foliis majoribus subtus niveo-tomentosis, 
floribus minoribus. ‘T'as. 2982. 
Wines 
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Descr. of the var. macrophylla. Root fusiform, long, 
fibrous. Leaves alinost all of them radical, petiolate, ter- 
nate. Leaflets an inch and a half to two inches or more 
long, intermediate one the largest, oval or oval oblong, 
cuneate and entire at the base, the rest cut into very deep 
and large ovate or oblong acute teeth, two lateral ones 
broadly ovate, rounded at the base in the lower margin, 
above oblique and entire, the rest with deep and large 
teeth, above dark-green, even, with a few scattered white 
airs most conspicuous at the margin, beneath aotied 
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