92 ROSACEA. [Potentilla. 



On a mountain in the Stranagalvally range, County of Tyrone ; 

 Mr. E. Murphy. Fl. June. %. — Erect, eight to ten inches high. 

 Flowers large, white. Fruit large, orange-red, of an agreeable Sa- 

 vour, and often eaten by the Norwegians and Laplanders. 



4. Fragaria. Linn. Strawberry. 



Calyx 10-cleft, segments alternately smaller. Petals 5. Fruit 

 consisting of many minute nuts, placed upon a large fleshy 

 deciduous receptacle. — Name from fragrans, odorous, on ac- 

 count of its fragrant smell. Icosandria. Polygynia. 



1. F. vesca, Linn. Wood Strawberry. Calyx of the fruit re- 

 flexed ; hairs of the peduncles widely spreading, those of the 

 pedicels close-pressed, silky. Br. Fl. 1. p. 250. E. Fl. v. ii. 

 p. 414. E. Bot. t. 1524. 



Woods and thickets, frequent. Fl. May — July. % • 



2. F. elatior, Ehrh. Hautboy Straivberry. Calyx of the fruit 

 reflexed; hairs of the peduncles and pedicels widely spreading, 

 somewhat deflexed. Sm. — Br. Fl. 1. p. 250. E. Fl. v. 'ii. p. 

 415. E. Bot. t. 2197. 



Dunscombe's Wood, near Cork, scarcely indigenous ; Mr. J. Drum- 

 mond. Fl. June — Sept. If. 



5. Comarum. Linn. Marsh Cinque-foil. 



Calyx 10 (or more) cleft, segments alternately smaller. Petals 

 5 (or more), shorter than the calyx. Pericarps inserted on a 

 large, spongy, hairy, permanent receptacle. — Name, from 

 Kofiapos, a name of Theophrastus, applied to some plants of 

 the Arbutus tribe. Icosandria. Polygynia. 



1. C. palustre, Linn. Purple Marsh Cinque-foil. Br. Fl. 1. 

 p. 251 . E. Fl. v. ii. p. 433. E. Bot. t. 1 72. 



Marshes and peat bogs, frequent. Fl. July. If.. — Stems ascending. 

 Leaves petioled, with seven lanceolate, deeply serrated leaflets, upper 

 ones quinate or ternate, sessile, with a pair of ovate stipules. Flower- 

 stalk branched. Flowers of a deep dingy purple. Very nearly allied 

 to Potentilla. 



6. Potentilla. Linn. Cinque-foil. 



Calyx 10-cleft, segments alternately smaller. Petals 5. Fruit 

 consisting of numerous minute nuts, placed upon a small dry 

 receptacle. — Name from potens, powerful, from the medicinal 

 properties attributed to some of the species. 



Icosandria. Polygynia. 



