ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNfA. 



ir« 



8. 



G. 



Ra 



His radicalibu 



imparl 

 formi, 

 dentato 



ip! 



ad 



ruM: Mich 

 imum ; fo- 



s pinnatis, 



Very h 



rsufe ; radical 

 nate, the termi- 

 reni- | nal one lar^e, reniform. 



ampi 



with 

 dent 



adiating 

 : the stem 



s, 



icaulibus, inciso-- laceris: 



glabiis, apice sim- J and 



plexicaule, notched 



plicihus. Mich. l. p 



'ate ; awns glah 



pie at the sum 



mit. 



Pursh, I. p, 552. Nutt. 1. p. 309. 



A handsome plant Stem simple, erect Radical Uavts pinnatcr 

 the leaflets few and small ; stem leaves simple. Petals cuaeate, ob- 

 cordate, yellow, with the base fulvous. 



Grows on the highest mountains of Carolina, 

 flowera 



POTENTILLA. Gen. pl. 866. 



Cfl///xiofidus. Petf/la 

 6. Semina suhrotunda, 



Calyx iO cU'ft Petals 

 5. Sf-eds nearly round, 

 receptaculo paruni ex- | attached to a (Xty recep 

 8UCC0 affixa. 



tacle. 



1. NORWEGICA. 



p. pilosus ; caule crec- 



Hairy ; stem erect, di- 



to, dichotomo ; foliis ter- | chotomous ; leaves ter- 

 natis, lanceolatis, inciso- I nate, lanceolate, deeply 

 dentatis ; pedicellis hre- | toothed ; pedicels short, 

 ^if>us, solitariis, axillari- I solitary, axillary ; petals 

 fe"s ; petalis calycera sub- | as long as the calyx, 

 aequantibus, E- 



JV 



Sp. pl. 2. p. 1109. Mich 1. p. 502. Pursh, 1. p ti5i. 



Ltav 



Annoal. Stem erect, 1 



trifoliate, the upper ones simple. Leaflets sessile, ( 

 base. 8'ipules obliquely lanceolate, slightly toothed, 

 '•al at the divisions of the stem. Peduncles 4—5 lines long. Tabe 



Flou-ert late- 



of the calyx campanulate; segments equal, acute, entire. Fetuu 

 «bovate, inserted into the tube of the calyx, yellow. *'"'-•"« *»»«..* 



15, much shorter than the calyx. Germs superior, numerous, collect- 



•^ iuto a small head. Styles short, slightly winged. 6tigme$ obtuse. 



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