POTENTILLA 



deal, for one produces a strawberry and the other 

 does not. 



Later in the summer there are fewer blossoms, but 

 the inquiring tips of the little runners are very much in 

 evidence. The name Five-Fingers was suggested by 

 the shape of the leaf, which has five leaflets standing 

 out like the fingers of a hand. These leaves are among 

 the last to disappear in the woodlands under the blan- 

 kets of November. 



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