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POTENTILLA NEPALENSIS. 



Nepal CInquefoil. 



ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. 



Class 12. Orders. 



PoTENTiLLA : from potentia, on account of the root being powerfully 

 astringent. 



Linn. gen. n. 634. Hookers Fl. Ex. 88. Don's Pro. Fl. Nep. p. 233. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth one-leafed, flattish, ten-cleft: the alternate segments 

 smaller, reflex. Cor. Petals five, roundish, spreading, inserted by 

 their claws into the calyx. Stnni. Filaments twenty, awl-shaped, 

 shorter than the corolla, inserted into the calyx. Anthers elongate. 

 Pist. Germs numerous, very small, collected into a head. Styles 

 filiform, the length of the stamens, inserted into the side of the 

 germ. Stigmas obtuse. Per. none. Recept. roundish, small, 

 permanent, covered with seeds, inclosed within the calyx. Seeds 

 numerous, acuminate, wrinkled. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Stem erect, hairy, many-flowered. Leaves pinnate, hairy. 



Stem about a foot in height, hairy ; at the extremity branch- 

 ing with flower-stalks. Flowers of a beautiful transparent bright 

 red. The radical leaves long, quinate, hairy. Leaflets ovate- 

 lanceolate, regularly serrated. The stem-leaves ternate, and 



