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CALYCIFLOR^E 



with a dull purplish hue with darker veins ; the petals are of a 

 purplish pink colour tinged with an orange shade. Fl. June, July. 

 Perennial. 



A variety (G. intermedium) is sometimes found which partakes of 

 the characters of both the above species. It is probably a natural 

 hybrid between the two. 



5. Potentilla (Cinquefoil) 



1. P. Fragariastrum (Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil). Stem pros- 

 trate ; leaves 3 on a stalk ; leaflets inversely egg-shaped, cut, silky 

 on both sides ; petals equalling or sometimes longer than the calyx. 

 One of the earliest spring flowers, often confounded by young 

 botanists with the Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca). It may, how- 

 ever, be always distinguished by its prostrate mode of growth and 

 short, notched petals ; the flower-stalks of the Strawberry being 

 erect, and the petals entire. Banks and hedges ; abundant. 

 Fl. January to May. Perennial. 



2. P. rcptans (Creeping Cinquefoil). Stem creeping, rooting at 

 the joints ; leaves stalked ; leaflets inversely egg-shaped, tapering 

 at the base, serrated ; flower-stalks solitary ; flowers handsome, 

 yellow, on long stalks. Meadows and waysides ; common. 

 Fl. June to August. Perennial. 



3. P. Tormentilla (Tormentil). Leaves of 3 

 leaflets, ternate, sessile ; root-leaves of 5 leaflets 

 (pinnate), stalked ; leaflets narrow, acute, cut ; 

 stem ascending ; petals generally 3. A small 

 plant, with bright yellow flowers and very woody 

 roots. Banks and woods ; common. Specimens 

 are not uncommon in which the stem is prostrate 

 and the flowers rather larger ; this by some 

 botanists is considered a distinct species, and is 

 called Tormentilla reptans (Creeping Tormentil), 

 or P. procumbeus. Fl. all the summer. Perennial. 



4. P. argentea (Hoary Cinquefoil). Stem pros- 

 trate ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets inversely egg- 

 shaped, cut, white and downy beneath, their 

 edges rolled back ; flowers yellow, small, several 

 together at the ends of the stems. Pastures 

 and roadsides, on gravelly soil ; not common. 

 Fl. June. Perennial. 



5. P. verna (Spring Cinquefoil). Stem prostrate ; leaflets some- 

 times 7 on the root ; leaves inversely egg-shaped, serrated 

 towards the end, hairy on the edge and ribs beneath, not 

 downy. A small woody plant, about 5 inches long, with yellow 



Potentilla 



Tormentilla 



(Tormentil) 



