ROSACES. XII. POTENTILLA. 



553 



Carolina. Nestl. pot. p. 58. t. 10. f. 1. P. pumila, Lam. P. 

 sarmentosa, Muhl. Flowers yellow. Pedicels axillary, solitary, 

 1-flowered, filiform, elongated. Flowers yellow. 



Canadian Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PI. | ft. 



45 P. DISSE'CTA (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 355.) plant erect, 

 branched, smoothish ; leaflets 5, pinnatifid, with the segments 

 entire and acute ; flowers terminal, subcorymbose. If. . H. Na- 

 tive near Hudson's Bay. Flowers yellow. 



Dissected Cinquefoil. PI. 1 foot. 



46 P. VE'RNA (Lin. spec." 712.) stems declinate; lower leaves 

 quinate ; leaflets obovate-cuneiform, deeply serrated at the apex, 

 pilose on the nerves, with the teeth blunt ; flowers subpani- 

 cled ; petals obcordate, longer than the calyx. l/.H. Native 

 of Europe and the north of Asia, in dry places. In Britain 

 in elevated pastures and barren hilly ground, near Kippax, York- 

 shire ; about Bury, Suffolk ; Cambridgeshire; on St. Vincent's 

 Rocks, Bristol ; and in the King's Park, Edinburgh. Smith, 

 eng. bot. t. 37. Sturm, deutsch. fl. fasc. 17. with a figure. 

 P. debilis, Schleich. cat. 1815. Flowers yellow. There are 

 several slight varieties of this plant. 



Spring Cinquefoil. Fl. April, May. Britain. PI. declinate. 



47 P. PA'TULA (Waldst. etKit.pl. hung. 2. p. 218. t. 199.) 

 stems tufted, rather declinate, beset with adpressed pili ; radical 

 leaves with 7-9 leaflets ; leaflets cuneiform, deeply toothed at the 

 apex, naked above, but pilose beneath ; petals retuse, longer 

 than the calyx. If . H. Native of the Carpathian mountains. 

 Nestl. pot. 56. Flowers yellow. 



Spreading Cinquefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1818. PI. tufted. 



48 P. OPA'CA (Lin. spec. 713.) stems decumbent, filiform ; 

 leaflets 5-7 on the lower leaves, lanceolate-cuneiform, deeply 

 serrated, pilose on both surfaces ; petals obcordate, about equal 

 in length to the calyx or a little longer ; stipulas entire, bifid or 

 trifid. 7f . H. Native throughout Europe, Siberia, and of 

 Labrador. In Scotland on the hills of Clova, Angusshire, as 

 also in Perthshire. Jacq. icon. rar. t. 91. Smith, engl. bot. 

 2449. P. dubia, Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 308. P. Galiciana, Pohl. 

 et Bess. Flowers yellow, disposed in a leafy corymb ; pedicels 

 filiform ; stems purplish. 



Opaque Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Britain. PI. ascend- 

 ing ^ foot. 



49 P. AU'REA (Lin. spec. 712.) stems ascending ; radical leaves 

 quinate ; leaflets oblong-cuneiform, middle one stalked, serrate- 

 toothed at the apex, rather silky, with silky ciliated margins ; 

 petals obcordate, nearly twice the length of the calyx. If. H. 

 Native of the Alps of Europe. P. Halleri, Ser. mus. helv. 1. 

 p. 75. P. maculata, Gilb. Hall. enum. t. 6. f. 4. hist. no. 

 1122. t. 21. f. 6. Flowers yellow. 



GWffen-flowered Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Scotland. PI. 

 declinate ^ foot. 



50 P. ALPE'STRIS (Hall. fil. in Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 53. 

 Smith, engl. fl. 2. p. 419.) stems ascending; radical leaves of 5, 

 rarely of 7 wedge-shaped, rather hairy leaflets, deeply cut in 

 their upper half; upper stipulas ovate ; pedicels axillary and ter- 

 minal, long ; petals heart-shaped , calycine segments acute. If. . 

 H. Native of Switzerland, Denmark, and Lapland. In England 

 in the county of Durham, and on rough stony ground at Hafod, 

 Cardiganshire. In Scotland on Ben Lawers, and other moun- 

 tains of Breadalbane. R. Salisburgensis, Haenke in Jacq. coll. 

 vol. 2. p. 68. icon. rar. t. 490. P. aiirea, Smith, fl. brit. 549. 

 engl. bot. 561. Fl. dan. 114. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 72. t. 8. P. 

 verna ft, Wahl. fl. lapp. 1 46. P. verna y, Nestl. pot. 52. Corolla 

 of an orange or tawny yellow-colour. 



Alp Cinquefoil. Fl. July. Britain. PI. 1 to 1 foot. 



51 P. CROCEA (Hall. fil. 'in Schleich. cat. 1807. p. 20.) stems 

 ascending ; lower leaves quinate ; leaflets oblong-cuneated, 

 bluntly rounded at the apex, rather hairy, deeply serrated at the 



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top ; the teeth obtuse ; petals obcordate, twice the length of the 

 calyx. I/ . H. Native of the Alps of Switzerland and Salis- 

 burg. P. filiformis, D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 542. P. Pyrenaica, Poir. 

 suppl. 4. p. 539. P. heterophylla, Nestl. pot. 56. P. verna, 

 Wahl. P. adscendens, Lapeyr. P. rotundifolia, Vill. P. Sabauda, 

 D. C. fl. fr. 4 and 5. no. 3738. P. rubens, Horn. hort. hafn. 



2. p. 447. Corolla large, copper- coloured. 

 Co/)per-coloured-flowered Cinquefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt. 



1816. PI. ascending \ foot. 



52 P. GERANIOIDES (Willd. spec. 1101.) stem decumbent; 

 lower leaves with 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets cuneiform, somewhat pal- 

 mately pinnatifid, pilose, with the segments linear ; petals ob- 

 cordate, a little longer than the calyx. If.. H. Native of Ar- 

 menia and Syria. Nest. pot. 47. t. 5. f. 1. Corolla yellow. 



Geranium-like Cinquefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 

 decumbent. 



53 P. LINDACKE V RI (Tauch. ex Spreng. syst. 2. p. 538.) 

 leaves quinate, silky beneath ; leaflets cuneiform, deeply toothed, 

 the teeth oblong and roundish ; stems filiform, procumbent ; 

 petals exceeding the calyx. I/ . H. Native of Bohemia. 



Lindacker's Cinquefoil. PI. proc. 



54 P. RANUNCULOIDES (Humb. et Bonpl. in Nestl. pot. 56. t. 



3. f. 1. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 216.) stems erect, 

 few-flowered ; radical leaves with 5-7 obovate, roundish, bluntly 

 toothed, nearly glabrous leaflets ; petals obcordate, a little longer 

 than the calyx. If. . F. Native of Mexico, at the bottoms of 

 the mountains called Cerro de las Cruces. P. macrorhiza, 

 Schlecht. consp. pot. in berol. mag. 7. p. 292. Lehm. pot. 114. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Ranunculus- like Cinquefoil. PI. -| foot. 



55 P. HYEMA'LIS (Schlecht. et Cham, in Linnaea. 5. p. 572.) 

 root thick ; radical leaves quinate ; leaflets ovate, obtuse, cre- 

 nate-toothed, green and pilose above, but clothed with white 

 tomentum beneath ; stems ascending, corymbose at the apex, 

 7-15-flowered, very hairy, as well as the calyxes ; calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate, acute ; receptacle villous. y. . G. Native of 

 Mexico, at Cruz Blanca. Flowers yellow, about the size of 

 those of P. alba. 



Winter Cinquefoil. Fl. Nov. PI. | foot. 



56 P. THOMA'SII (Tenore, prod. 2. suppl. 1. p. 61. fl. neap. 

 1. p. 285. t. 44.) stem erectish, corymbiferous ; radical leaves 

 with 5, rarely with 7 leaflets ; leaflets obovate, coarsely toothed, 

 clothed on both surfaces with silky villi, greenish above, but 

 hoary beneath ; petals obcordate. If, . H. Native of Italy. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Thomas's Cinquefoil. PI. 1 foot. 



57 P. AROE'NTEA (Lin. spec. 712.) stems ascending; leaves 

 quinate ; leaflets cuneiform, deeply cut at the top, clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath, the margins revolute ; petals retuse, 

 longer than the calyx. If.. H. Native of Europe ; plentiful in 

 Britain, and of Canada. Smith, engl. bot. t. 89. Fl. dan. t. 

 8G5. Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, dentata (Wallr. sched. 237.) leaflets almost entire, 

 only with 2 or 3 teeth at the apex, tomentose beneath. I/ . H. 

 Native of Germany and America. P. cinerea, Rafin. in litt. 



Var. y, dissecta (Wallr. sched. 237.) leaflets more or less 

 deeply divided into linear segments, tomentose beneath. I/. H. 

 Native of Germany and France. 



Var. I, minuta (Ser. mss. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 577.) stems few- 

 flowered, and are, as well as the leaves, very small, tomentose 

 beneath. If. . H. Native about Geneva. 



Silvery Cinquefoil. Fl. June, Aug. Britain. PI. 1 foot. 



58 P. GUNTHE'RI (Pohl. tent. 2. p. 185. Lehm. pot. 97. t. 

 10.) stems weak, diffuse; lower leaves quinate, upper ones ter- 

 nate ; leaflets cuneated, acutely serrated at the top, canescent 

 beneatli, with flat margins ; petals retuse, a little longer than the 



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