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ROSACES. 



leaflets inversely egg-shaped, cut, white and downy 

 beneath, their edges rolled back. Pastures and road- 

 sides, on a gravelly soil ; not common. Flowers yellow, 

 small, several together at the ends of the stems. Fl. 

 June. Perennial. 



POTENTILLA ANSERfNA and P. EEPTANS. 



4. P. verna (Spring Cinquefoil). Stem prostrate ; 

 leaflets sometimes 7 on the root-leaves, inversely egg- 

 shaped, serrated towards the end, hairy on the edge and 

 rihs beneath, not downy. rDry pastures in various parts 

 of England, but not common. A small woody plant, 

 about 5 inches long, with yellow flowers, 2 3 together 

 at the ends of the stems. 



