36 FLORA OF THE UPPER SUSQUEHANNA. 



POTENTILLA L. 



P. arguta Pursh. CiN<^)rKi-()iL. Frequent, Graves. Not com- 

 mon, L'lute. Rare, Lucy. Elsewhere not noted. Found in 

 fields. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets five or more ; flowers in cymes, 

 with roundish, light-yellow petals. Apparently is increasing in 

 numbers. June. 



P. Monspeliensis L. Norway CiN<.)rKFOiL. Tiirke-lkaved Cin- 

 nLKiuiL. Common in fields and waste places. An erect species 

 with small yellow flowers. {P. Noriiegica L.) 



P. argentea L. Sii,\'kkv CiN<,>rEF()ii.. Common, except in Sus- 

 quehanna county, where it is apparently missing. Found in 

 fields, along roadsides and in other dry grounds. A pretty little 

 plant, with trailing stems and small yellow flowers. Leaves 

 bright green above, covered beneath with silvery white down. 

 June-August. 



P. Anserina L. Silverweed. Goose Grass. In the " Cayuga 

 Flora" this is recorded from Cayuta Lake. The plant is not 

 uncommon on sandy shores throughout the central part of New 

 York State, and should be searched for in other places within 



our limits. 



P. Canadensis L. Common Cinqueeoil. Five-fix(ier. Very com- 

 mon in dry, fields; spreading by long runners. Flowers bright 

 yellow, on peduncles from the axils of the leaves. The petals 

 in all our species of Cinquefoil are rather fugacious. 



P. recta L. Hich Cinqlefoil. An escape from cultivation 

 which has become abundantly naturalized and is fast spreading 

 in parts of Broome county. Plant erect, a foot or more high; 

 flowers in terminal cymes, light yellow. In meadows and along 

 roadsides, Clute. 



COM ARUM L. 



C. palustre L. Marsh Cincjlefoii,. Swamp at Elmira; scarce, 

 JAtcy. Mutton Hill pond; common, Fentio. Pond Brook and 

 bog near Jarvis street, l^inghamton; not common, Clute. 

 Beebe's swamp and Cranberry marsh; common, Graves. Com- 

 mon about ponds at Preston, Coville. Cayuta Lake, Hoy. Not 

 rc.'portff] from I )elaware county. Found only in boggy places. 



