96 FLORA OF MOUNT DESERT. 



FRAGARIA, L. STRAWBERRY. 

 F. Virginiana, Mill. 



Very common everywhere. 



* F. vesca, L. 



Fields and rocky places; rare. 



POTENTILLA, L. CINQUEFOIL. 

 P. Norvegica, L. 



Fields and waste places; frequent. 



P. Pennsylvanica, L. 



Kare. North of the Island (Wm. C. Lane?). 



P. argentea, L. SILVERY CINQDEFOIL. 

 Dry ground; common. 



P. palustris (L.), Scop. MARSH POTENTILLA. 



Bogs ; rare. Somesville (Hand) ; Great Cranberry Isle 

 (Redfield). 



P. fruticosa, L. SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL. 



Infrequent. Asticou (Wm. C. Lane) ; Sargent Mt. (Rand) ; 

 Jordan Mt. (Arthur Chase) ; Southwest Harbor (Annie S. 

 Downs); Long Pond meadows (Redfield). Generally in dry 

 ground. 



P. tridentata, Ait. WHITE POTENTILLA. 



Shores and mountain summits; common. 

 P. Anserina. SILVER WEED. 



Salt marshes and muddy beaches ; common on the coast. 

 P. Canadensis, L. COMMON CINQUEFOIL. FIVE-FINGER. 



Fields and waysides; common. The typical form which is 

 low or dwarf, silky-hairy, with prostrate and decumbent stems 

 is rare. Northeast Harbor (Rand). The common form of the 

 Island is var. simplex (Mx.), T. & G. This is less hairy and 

 greener, larger, the ascending stem l-2 long, seldom if ever 



