Tormentilla.] ROSACEA. 



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Ht Leaves pinnate. 



1. P. fruticosa, Linn. Shrubby Cinque-foil. Leaves pinnate; 

 leaflets (generally 5), oblongo-lanceolate, entire ; stem shrubby. 

 Br. FL I. p. 251. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 416. E. Bot. t. 88. 



Rock Forest, County of Clare. Near Headfort, County of Galway ; 

 Mr. Shuttleworth. Fl. June. T? . 



2. P. anserina, Linn. Silver-weed. Leaves interruptedly 

 pinnate, serrated, silky, especially beneath ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, single-flowered ; stem creeping. Br. FL I. p. 251. E. 

 Fl. v. ii. p. 4 1 7. ,&. £<rt. *. 86 1 . 



Moist meadows and road-sides, frequent. Fl. June, July. 2£. — 

 Varying much in the degree of silkiness ; sometimes silky and white 

 on both sides. Flowers large, yellow. Leaflets lanceolate. 



i^ * Leaves digitate. 



3. P. argentea, Linn. Hoary Cinque-foil. Leaves quinate ; 

 leaflets cuneiform, cut, white and downy beneath, their margins 

 revolute; stem decumbent. Br. Fl. 1. p. 251. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 

 418. E. Bot. t. 89. 



Barren gravelly places, but not very common. On Sugar-loaf 

 Mountain, County of Wicklow. Fl. June. %.. — Flowers terminal, 

 small, yellow, sub-corymbose. 



4. P. reptans, Linn. Common creeping Cinque-foil. Stem 

 filiform, creeping; leaves quinate; leaflets obovato-cuneiform, 

 serrated ; peduncles axillary, single-flowered, longer than the 

 leaf. Br. Fl. 1. p. 252. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 423. E. Bot. t. 862. 



Meadows and pastures, and by way-sides. Fl. June — Aug. %. — 

 Stems taking root at the joints. Flowers yellow. 



s}: % ^ Leaves ternate. 



5. P. Fragariastrum, Ehrh. Strawberry-leaved Cinque-foil. 

 Leaves ternate ; leaflets obovate, deeply serrated, silky on both 

 sides (especially beneath) ; petals obcordate, as long as the 

 calyx; stems procumbent. Br. FL 1. p. 253. E. FL v. ii. p. 

 425. — P. Fragaria, Poir. — Fragaria sterilis, Linn. — E. Bot. t. 

 1785. 



Woods, banks, and dry pastures, frequent. Fl. March, April. %.. 



7. Tormentilla. Linn. Tormentil. 



Calyx 8-cleft, segments alternately smaller. Petals 4. Fruit 

 consisting of numerous minute nuts, placed upon a small dry 

 receptacle. — Named from tormina, the dysentery, in the cure of 

 which it was employed on account of its astringent qualities. 



Icosandria. Polygynia. 



