552 



ROSACES. XII. POTENTILLA. 



fragaria ft, micrantha, Nestl. pot. 158. P. breviscapa, Vest, in 

 flora, 1821. p. 158. Fraga sterilis /3, parviflora, Lapeyr. fl. 

 pyr. 287. P. parviflora Clairville. Flowers small, white. 

 Small-flowered Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. Pl.tr. 



30 P. FRAGARIA (Poir. diet. 5. p. 599.) stems decumbent, 

 2-flowered; leaves ternate ; leaflets roundish-obovate, acutely 

 serrated, hairy, canescent beneath ; petals obcordate, about equal 

 in length to the calyx. Ti . H. Native of Europe, in woods ; 

 in Britain in dry pastures. Lehm. pot. 160. Ser. mus. helv. 

 1. p. 59. t. 4. f. 2. Fragaria sterilis, Lin. spec. 709. Smith, 

 engl. bot. 1785. Curt. fl. lond. t. 30. P. fragariastrum, Ehrh. 

 beitz. Fragaria prse'cox, Kit. P. prostrata, Walt. P. fraga- 

 rioules, Vill. Fraga sterilis, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 287. Habit of 

 the strawberry. Flowers white, spreading. 



Strawberry Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Britain. PI. prost. 



31 P. HY'BRIDA (Wallr. sched. p. 247.) stems procumbent ; 

 leaves ternate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, closely serrated beneath 

 the apex, smoothish above, glaucescent beneath, and silky ; 

 calycine segments ovate, acuminated, about equal in length to 

 the petals, which are obcordate. I/ . H. Native of Germany. 



Hybrid Cinquefoil. PI. pros. 



32 P. SFECIOSA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1110.) stems erect, sub- 

 corymbose at the apex ; leaves ternate ; leaflets elliptic, ser- 

 rated at the apex, pubescent above, and clothed with white to- 

 mentum beneath ; petals spatulate, entire, a little longer than 

 the calyx. If. . H. Native of Crete, on the mountains. Nestl. 

 pot. p. 74. t. 11. Smith, fl. graec. t. 484. Corolla white. 



Shemy Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. PI. ^ foot. 



33 P. SPLE NDENS (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 541.) stems decumbent, 

 rooting ; leaves usually ternate ; leaflets oval-oblong, retuse at 

 the apex, closely serrated in front, silky, hoary beneath ; petals 

 obcordate, twice the length of the calyx. I/ . H. Native of 

 France and the Pyrenees. P. Vaillantii, Nestl. pot. p. 75. P. 

 emarginata, Desf. P. nitida, Thunb. P. montana, Schrad. Brot. 

 Fraga Vaillantii, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 287 Vaill. par. t. 10. f. 1. 

 Flowers white. 



Splendent Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. PI. creeping. 



34 P. NITIDA (Lin. spec. 714.) stems ascending, usually 1 -flow- 

 ered; leaves ternate; leaflets obovate-cuneiform, toothed at 

 the apex, clothed on both surfaces with silvery silky down ; pe- 

 tals oboval, emarginate, longer than the calyx. %. H. Native of 

 the mountains of Dauphiny and Savoy. Lehm. pot. 187. Ser. 

 mus. helv. 1. p. 62. t. 5. f. a, b, c, d. Jacq. fl. atistr. app. t. 25. 

 Sturm, deutsch. fl. fasc. 12. with a figure. P. Terglovensis, 

 Vittm. summ. 3. p. 270. Bocc. mus. t. 9. f. 4. Flowers white 

 or peach blossom coloured. Plant tufted. 



Shining Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1815. PI. 2 to 3 

 inches. 



35 P. APENNINA (Tenor, cat. hort. neap. 1815. p. 50. fl. 

 neap. 1. p. 30. t. 46.) plant shining; stems tufted, 1-4-flowered; 

 leaves ternate ; leaflets oval, obtuse, somewhat 2-3-toothed at the 

 apex, teeth connivent ; stipulas broad ; petals obovate, longer 



than the calyx. Tf.. H. Native of the Apennines Bocc. mus. 



t. 8. f. 4. Flowers white. 



Apennine Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1821. PI. 1 to 

 3 inches. 



36 P. BOCCONI (Nestl. pot. 73. t. 10. f. 2.) stems ascending, 

 few-flowered ; leaves ternate ; leaflets elliptic, clothed with silky 

 hoary down on both surfaces, retuse and closely tridentate at 

 the apex. If. . H. Native of the Apennines. Bocc. mus. t. 8. 

 Flowers white or red. 



Eocconi'i : Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1823. PL ft. 



37 P. TRIDENTA'TA (Sol. in Ait. hort. kew. ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 

 216. t. 9.) root creeping ; stem ascending ; leaves ternate ; leaf- 

 lets oblong-cuneiform, tridentate at the apex, smoothish above, 

 but pubescent and glaucescent beneath. I/ . H. Native of 



Greenland, Labrador, Canada, and Newfoundland. In Scotland 

 on Werron hill near Brechin. Smith, engl. bot. 2389. Flowers 

 corymbose, white, tinged with red. 



Tridentate-leaved Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Scot. PI. J ft. 



38 P. BIFLORA (Lehm. pot. p. 192. t. 20.) stem erect, 2-flovv- 

 ered at the apex ; leaves ternate, finely pilose ; lateral leaflets 

 deeply tripartite, terminal one bipartite, with the segments linear, 

 entire, and ciliated on the margins. I/ . H. Native of Eastern 

 Siberia and North America, in barren grounds from lat. 64 to 

 the shores of the Arctic sea and Kotzebue's Sound. Richards 

 in Frankl. first journ. ed. 2. app. p. 21. Flowers white or red. 



Two-flowered Cinquefoil. PL | foot. 



2. Leaves digitate, with usually 5-7-9 leaflets. 

 * Flowers yellow. 



39 P. UMBROSA (Stev. in Bess. cat. hort. crem. ann. 1816. p. 

 110. Bieb. fl. taur. suppl. 357.) stems erectish, naked from the 

 base to the bifurcations ; radical leaves with 5-6 obovate-oblong, 

 bluntly serrated leaflets, cauline leaves ternate ; stipulas falcate ; 

 petals obcordate, rather longer than the calyx. %. H. Native 

 of the south of Tauria, in shady places. Allied to P. reptans, but 

 abundantly distinct. Petals of a golden yellow inside, but 

 brownish yellow on the outside. 



Shaded Cinquefoil. FL June, July. Clt. 1818. PL 1 foot. 



40 P. RE'pTANs(Lin. spec. 714.) FIG. 72. 

 stem creeping ; leaflets 5, obo- 

 vate-cuneiform, sharply serrated, 



pilose ; pedicels axillary, solitary, 

 longer than the leaves ; bracteas (f. 

 72. d.) 3-lobed ; petals obcordate, 

 longer than the calyx. Tf. . H. Na- 

 tive of Europe ; plentiful in Britain 

 in hedges and by road sides, parti- 

 cularly near London. Smith, engl. 

 bot. 862. FL dan. 1164. Curt, 

 lond. 1. t. 37. Flowers yellow. 



Creeping Cinquefoil. Fl. June, 

 Sept. Britain. PL creeping. 



41 P. FLAGELLA'RIS (Lehm. 

 pot. p. 141. t. 12.) stems fili- 

 form, prostrate ; leaflets 5, lan- 

 ceolate, serrated, nearly glabrous ; pedicels axillary, solitary, fili- 

 form, elongated ; petals obovate, quite entire, a little longer than 

 the calyx. Ij. . H. Native of Eastern Siberia. Corolla yellow. 



Rod Cinquefoil. FL June, July. Clt. 1820. PL trailing. 



42 P. si MPLEX (Nestl. mon. p. 40. t. 9. f. . Lehm. pot. p. 

 142.) stems trailing : leaflets 5, oblong-oval, serrated, rather 

 pilose beneath ; pedicels axillary, solitary, length of leaves ; pe- 

 tals roundish, hardly emarginate, a little longer than the calyx. 

 11 . H. Native of fields and dry woods in Canada about Que- 

 bec, Pennsylvania, and Carolina. P. sarmentosa, Poir. suppl. 

 4. p. 543. P. Caroliniana, Pers. ench, 2. p. 55. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Simple-stemmed Cinquefoil. PL trailing. 



43 P. NEUMAYERIA'NA (Tratt. ros. 4. p. 75.) stems decum- 

 bent ; radical leaves quinate, cauline ones ternate ; leaflets 

 roundish-cuneated, deeply toothed at the apex, pubescent on 

 both surfaces ; flowers solitary, supra-axillary, on long pedicels ; 

 petals 3 times the length of the calyx. 1 . H. Native of 

 Austria. 



Neumayer's Cinquefoil. PL decumbent. 



44 P. CANADE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 713.) stem ascending, weak ; 

 radical leaves quinate ; leaflets sessile, obovate-cuneiform, acutely 

 serrated above, clothed with silky white down ; petals orbicular, 

 almost entire, length of calyx. If.. H. Native of Canada and 





