222 POTENTILLA 



of five leaflets which are stalkless, oblong-obovate, to ^ in. long, the three 

 terminal ones united at the base. Flowers white, | to ij ins. across, usually 

 solitary on a slender downy stalk I in. long ; petals roundish, calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate ; bracts green, obovate, or ovate. 



Native of China and Siberia ; introduced by way of St Petersburg in 1822. 

 This charming little shrub from its dense close habit and very slow growth, 

 is well adapted for the rock garden. It is much confused with white-flowered 

 forms of P. fruticosa, but the combination of a dwarf habit with white flowers 

 and glabrous leaves distinguishes it well enough. The late Mr Greshoff found 

 that the leaves yielded a principle very similar in odour to attar of roses. 



POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA var. VEITCHII. 



P. FRIEDRICHSENI, Spath. 



A reputed hybrid between P. fruticosa and P. davurica, sent out by Messrs 

 Spath of Berlin in 1897. It is a vigorous growing bush, and, if really a hybrid 

 has inherited none of the dwarf, compact form of davurica. The leaves are 

 hairy like those of P. fruticosa, and the shrub is perhaps even more vigorous 

 than that species, some of the bashes at Kew being over 6 ft. high. It flowers 

 from early June to September, the blossoms being pale yellow, or intermediate 

 between the colours of the reputed parents. Calyx- lobes and bracts hairy. 



P FRUTICOSA, LinnCBUS. SHRUBBY ClNQUEFOIL. 



A deciduous shrub of varying height and habit, usually a rounded bush 

 2 to 4 ft. high, and more in diameter, with erect branches, and a bright brown, 



