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au’rea, 
ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Potentilla. 
scales entire, broad, pointed, growing to the leaf-stalk. Leaf 
stalks long, somewhat hairy. Leafs sitting, naked, deeply ser- 
rated towards the end, with the serratures somewhat hairy ; the 
uppermost with shorter serratures, and, as it were, dented at the 
end; the lateral ones shorter, broader, and often cloven. Floral. 
Jeaves broader than the leaf-scales, with often 3 sitting-leafits. 
Pa faba solitary, long, somewhat hairy. Petals yellow, 
nicked, with sometimes a tawny spot at the base, sometimes 
wihoies Stam. and Pistils yellow. Plant when grown to ma- 
turity nearly smooth, Linn, Whole plant beset with ee 
entire Hee Sy ‘the we one. the sure sie pinnelone . 
Stem-leaves 3-cleft. Leaf-scales in pairs, spear-shaped, embrac- - 
ing the stem. Wig Seen A a eet and ee oe 
Se eston “Giaglsvick, Yorkshire, Gloggaeth, 
Caernarvo op of Craig-cailleach, near Finlarig, 
Breaaare ing 8 = ee Kaiabareh, on the south west side 
Arthur’s seat. Horz.—And Salisbury Craigs, Sr.—Near 
Carr End Wensleydale, Yorkshire. Curt.—Canham Heath, 
near Bury, Suffolk. Mr. Woopw.—Braid hills and Craig Loch- 
art, near Edinburgh, Mr. ricenegiiaiae wigs Mr. Swayne. ] 
P. April—June. 
A Bootaleaves 5 together, alg pointed : stem-leaves: 
3 together : stem dec 
E bot. 561—Fi. dan. 114~Hall. bias te QT; right hand fig. ; a 
enum. 6. 4—Clus. ii. 106. 3—Ger. em. 989. 9—Park. 399e. 
4~F, a il. 398. a. 2—Pet. 41. 4. 
Petals eat yellow, with an eatge-solouredh blotch at the 
ase. Leaves with 3 or 5 segments at the end, but not dented 
as in the P. verna, 
Pastures near Kippax, 3 miles from Pontefract. Ray. [Rocks 
of Malghyrdy, Ben ee car, Ben Lawers, and Craig Cail- 
leach. Mr. Brown. ‘P. June, July, Aug. 
Mr, Curtis thinks that Ray’s-plant is no other than the 
was inserted in the Fl. angl. ag the P. opaca, rst Mr 
Afzelius convinced me that oe plant Seond 3 in our ic Gar- 
dens under that name is really the P. aurea. It has been ~- 
gested that this latter is ome a var, of P, verna, but its habit is” 
very different, 
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