ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Tormentilla. 
TORMENTIULA. Cai. 8- cleft : petals 4: seeds 
roundish, naked, fixed to a small Juiceless 
receptacle. ; 
T. Stem somewhat ascending : leaves sitting. 
Kuiph. 6-Ludw. 174—Curt. 337-Blackw, 445-Fl. dan, 589 
—-Woodv. 27=Park. 394. 1—Fuchs. 260-F. B. ii. 398. &e 
2-Sheldr. 47~-Treg. 503—Matth. 947—Dod. 118-Lobd. 
obs. 395. Q,. ile 696. 2-Ger, MMs 902-H. OXs ii. 19, 13 
Pet. 41. 9-Ger. 840. 
ie (in Lapland) generally 8, are 16, and sometimes 4. 
. Stems generally declining. Flow ring branches ascending. 
Leaf “scales in Bye to wedge-shaped, daly eivides into 3 ie — 
obes. Mr. WARD, Stem poe ri and at length asc 
tase wes of a yet iful green, 3 together. Root- i 
stalks; deaf-stalks shorter than the breadth of the ieaftad t lenfits 
serrated. Calyx, the 4. smaller segments on the ‘outside of the 
other 4. Foals sometimes 5, of a fine yellow, with an orange- 
coloured blotch at the base ; claws very short. Stamens 14 to 
18. Pistils6 to 16. Receptacle woolly. 
Several highly respectable Botanists have thought that the 
Potentilla and Tormentilla ought to constitute but one genus, 
the only difference consisting in the number of the petals and of 
the clefts of the calyx ; but after mentioning this circumstance, 
x ap eh onde disposition more favourable for investiga- 
_ Un mn s we ie to change a Linnzan name, his epi- 
t et erecta a (ve ty given to the present species, is so very er- 
ro. se pifsted’t o mised that we havé chosen with 
Mr. Chan to eters it T. offcin 
T. erecta. Sp. pl. Patntille ipPoust¥es Neckar. Porentilla 
Tormentilla. Bot. Arr. ed. 2. Septfoil, prime ee Moors, 
barren pastures, and shady places, P. Jun ran 
LF Stem trailing: leaves on leaf-stalks. 
Wale.Plot. oxf. 9. o% at p. 146—Pet. 41. 10. 
All the /eaves an leaf-stalks. Leafits 3 together, wedge. 
shaped, generally on short leaf-stalks, serrated upwards, entire at 
the base ; the upper frequently 3-cleft. Szipule spear-shaped, 
entire, with 2 or 3 clefts. 
Vhen cultivated in a garden, it frequently varies with 4 and 
5 petals, which” probably induced’ Mr. Hudson to think it a var. 
467 
officina’lis. 
Tep’tans. 
* The roots may rank with the strongest in wer astringents, and as 
such have a place in the modern practice of phy rea used in 
several countries to tan leather. Farmers find Shi 8 sy a in 
the dysenteries of cattle. oe igi ait Come, goats, ane, and swine 
Horses refuse it, Linn, A horse 
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