418 ICOSANDRIA— POLYGYNIA. Polentilla. 



P. anserina. Linn. Sp. PI. 710. Willd. v. 2. \09b. Fl.Br.547. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 12. i. 86 1 . Curt. Lond.fasc. S.t.S]. Hook. Scot. 

 162. Fl. Dan. t. 544. Bull. Fr. i. 157. Ncstl. Potent. '35. Hall, 

 jun. in Ser. Mus. v. 1.56. 



Potentilla. Bauh.Pin.32l. Matth. Valgr. v.2.364.f. Camer.Epit. 

 758. f. Fuchs. Hist. 619. f. Tillands Ic. 45. f. 



Pentaphylloides, Argentina dicta. RaiiSyn.256. 



P. minus supinum, seu procumbens, foliis alatis argenteis et ser- 

 ratis, flore luteo. Moris, v. 2. 1 93. sect. 2. t. 20. f. 4. 



Anserina. Trag. Hist. 479. f. 480. 



Argentina. Dod. Pempt.GOO.f. Ger. Em. 993./. Lob. ^dvers.30B. 

 Obs. 395,/. Ic. 693./. 



Fragaria n. 1 126. Hall. Hist. v. 2. 51. 



In osier holts and spongy meadows, frequent. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root tapering. Ste7ns several, procumbent, trailing to a great ex- 

 tent, round, smooth, taking root at their joints, where also they 

 produce leaves and flowers. Leaves from 3 to 6 inches long, 

 interruptedly pinnate, in a somewhat lyrate manner, deeply and 

 sharply serrated ; clothed most abundantly beneath with splendid 

 silvery hairs ; the uj)per side deep green, either smooth or hairy. 

 Fl. large, bright yellow, each on a long simple stalk, mostly 

 erect. Cal. hairy ; its outer segments generally notched at each 

 side, approaching in that respect to Fragaria indica of authors, 

 Nestl. Potent. 21. See Duchesnea, Rees's Cycl. d. 39. suppl. 

 Germens very hairy. Seeds seldom perfected. 



Dr. Nestler's citation of Lobel, Hist. 39, which Mr. Haller jun. 

 copies, has cost me no small pains to unravel. Morison's plant 

 is not a variety. 



It is this species which, according to Linnaeus, indicates clay under 

 the surface, and not P. argentea. . Mr. Rose in his Elements of 

 Botany 382, was misled by the name Argentina. 



3. P. rupeslris. Strawberry-flowered Cinquefoil. 



Leaves ly rate-pinnate ; leaflets seven, five, or three, ovate, 



serrated, hairy. Stem erect. 

 P. rupestris. Linn. Sp. PL 711. Willd. v. 2. 1097. FL Br. 548. 



EngL Bot. V. 29. t. 2058. Jacq.Austr. t.\\4. Nesil. Potent. 39. 



Hall. jun. in Ser. Mus. v. 1 . 50. Ser. Mus. v. 1 . 65. t. 6. 

 Pentaphylloides erectum. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 598 d./. Raii Syn. 255. 

 P. majus erectum, flore albo, foliis alatis et hirsutis. Moris, v. 2. 



' \92. sect. 2. t20.f. I. 

 Pentaphyllum fragiferum. Ger. Em. 991 ./. 



Quinquefoliumfragiferum. Bauh. Pin. 326. Clus. Hist. v.2. 107./ 

 Fragaria n. 1 127. HalL Hist. v.2. 51. 

 Upright Welsh Cinquefoil. Pet. H. BriL t. 41 ./. 6. 

 On shady alpine rocks in Wales, very rare. 

 On the sides of a hill called Craig Wreidhin, or rather Breddin, 



