ROSACEyE. XII. POTENTII.LA. 



cal}'x. y. . H. Native of Silesia and Bohemia, in arid places. 

 P. Weimanniana, Gunther. Flowers yellow. 



Gunther's Cinquefoil. Fl.Ju. July. Clt. 1818. PL | to 1 foot. 



59 P. CALA'BKA (Tenor, suppl. 2. p. 67. fl. neap. 1. p. 287. 

 t. 45.) stems prostrate ; leaves quinate, tomentose on both sur- 

 faces, very white beneath ; leaflets cuneiform, multilid ; petals 

 longer than the calyx. I/ . H. Native of Calabria, on the 

 mountains. Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, iaywlila (Wahl. fl. carp. p. 507.) stems ascending, 

 firm ; leaflets pectinately toothed, tomentose on both surfaces. 



Calabrian Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. pros. 



00 P. DECLINA'TA (Horn. hort. hafn. p. 56.) stems prostrate; 

 lower leaves quinate ; leaflets lanceolate, deeply cut ; cauline 

 leaves ternate ; petals shorter than the calyx. ~1 . H. Native 

 country unknown. Flowers small, yellow. 



Decimate Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. pros. 



61 P. PETR A (Schlecht. berol. mag. ann. 7. p. 292. Lflini. 

 pot. 119. t. 11.) stems ascending; leaves quinate; leaflets cu- 

 neiform-rhomboid, deeply serrated at the apex, clothed with 

 hoary silky down on both surfaces ; corollas small ; petals 

 roundish-obcordate, exceeding the calyx. If. . H. Native of 

 France, about Dijon, in rocky stony places. 



Ruck Cinquefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1819. PL | to 1 ft. 



62 P. COLLINA (Wibel. prim. fl. werth. 2. p. 2C7. ex Lehm. 

 pot. 99.) stems ascending; lower leaves quinate, upper ones 

 ternate ; leaflets cuneiform, bluntly toothed at the apex, clothed 

 with canescent tomentum beneath, with flat margins ; petals 

 rather retuse, longer than the calyx. %. H. Native of Wer- 

 theim, in fields. Flowers yellow. 



Hill Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PI. 1 foot. 



63 P. INTERMEDIA (Lin. mant. 76.) stems erect, dichoto- 

 mous ; lower leaves with 7 leaflets, cauline ones quinate or ter- 

 nate ; leaflets obovate-oblong, nearly glabrous ; panicle leafy ; 

 petals obcordate, a little longer than the calyx. If.. H. Native 

 of Switzerland, Dauphiny, and the Pyrenees, Nestl. pot. 49. t. 

 8. Ser. mus. helv. 1. p. 76. P. Nestleriana, Tratt. ros. 4. p. 91. 

 P. alchemilloides, Schlecht. P. varians, Mcench. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Var. ft, macro} etala (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 577.) flowers 

 large ; leaves small ; stipulas ovate. P. intermedia, Thorn, cat. 

 1818. p. 24. 



Vat. /, elongata (Ser. 1. c.) leaflets smaller and narrower ; 

 stem elongated. P. elongata, Goldb. ex Fisch. gor. in litt. 



Intermediate Cinquefoil. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1786. PL 1 

 to U foot. 



64 P. INCI'SA (Desf. cat. hort. par. ex Nestl. pot. 51. t. 4. f. 

 1. but not of Lag.) stems decumbent, dichotomous ; lower leaves 

 qninate, upper ones ternate ; leaflets oblong-cuneiform, deeply 

 cut at the apex, pilose ; petals cuneated, retuse, a little longer 

 than the calyx. l/.H. Native country unknown. Corolla pale 

 yellow. 



Cut-leaved Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. dec. 



65 P. GRA'CILIS (Dougl. mss. Hook. fl. bor. amer. 192.) stems 

 erect, tall, beset with soft hairs, corymbosely panicled at the 

 apex ; leaves quinate, lower ones on long petioles, upper ones 

 almost si ssile ; leaflets lanceolate, deeply and pinnatifidly ser- 

 rated, clothed with white tomentum beneath ; stipulas large, 

 lanceolate, entire ; petals obcordate, longer than the calyx, which 

 is silky. 1. H. Native of North America, on the banks of 

 the Columbia and the plains of the Mulnomak river. Hook, 

 bot. mag. t. 2984. Flowers golden yellow. 



Slender Cinquefoil. Clt. 1826. PL 1 to 2 feet. 



66 P. LODDIGE'SH (Spreng. syst. app. 199.) stems erect, 

 hoary, pilose ; leaves with 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets pinnatifidly ser- 

 rated, hairy above, hoary and pilose beneath ; flowers corym- 

 bose ; petals retuse, exceeding the calyx. If. . H. Native of 



1 



Siberia. P. vinosa, Lodd. bot. cab. with a figure. Flowers 

 yellow. 



Loddlges's Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. PL 1 foot. 



67 P. NORMA V LIS (Bess, ex Spreng. syst. append, p. 199.) 

 stem erect, densely woolly as well as the leaves ; leaves quinate ; 

 leaflets pinnatifid, white beneath ; stipulas oblong, cut ; peduncles 

 corymbose ; petals exceeding the calyx. 1 . H. Native of 

 Podolia, at Tyra. Flowers yellow. 



Normal Cinquefoil. PI. 1 foot. 



68 P. FLABELLIFO'RMIS (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 12.) stem erect, 

 slender ; leaves with 7-9 leaflets ; leaflets deeply pinnatifid, be- 

 set with adpressed pili above, but with white hoary tomentum 

 beneath, with the segments linear, distant, and revolute at the 

 margins ; flowers corymbose ; petals obcordate, exceeding the 

 calyx. I/. H. Native of North America, in the plains of the 

 Saskatchawan. Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 192. t. 64. Corolla 

 golden yellow. 



Fan-formed-\eaved Cinquefoil. PL 1-^ foot. 



69 P. CHRYSA'NTHA (Trev. ind. sem. hort. wratisl. 1828.) 

 stems ascending, beset with spreading pili ; leaves with 5, rarely 

 with 7 leaflets, upper ones ternate, pubescent ; leaflets oblong- 

 cuneated, deeply serrated ; upper stipulas rather cut ; petals ob- 

 cordate, twice the length of the calyx. If.. H. Native of 

 Siberia, in dry grassy places and on the sides of hills ; of North 

 America in moist prairies near the Rocky Mountains, and of 

 Germany. Led. fl. ross. alt. illust. t. 338. P. Thuringiaca, 

 Bernh. ex Link. enum. pi. hort. berol. 2. p. 64. Flowers golden 

 yellow, loosely corymbose. 



Golden -flowered Cinquefoil. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1827. PL 1 ft. 



70 P. DESERTORUM (Bunge, in Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 337. 

 fl. alt. 2. p. 257.) stems erect, clothed with viscid glandular 

 hairs, as well as the leaves ; leaflets obovate, bluntly toothed ; 

 stipulas entire ; panicle dichotomous ; petals obcordate. l/.H. 

 Native of Altaia, on the Arkat mountains in the Soongarian 

 desert. Stems purplish at the base. Corolla yellow. Very like 

 P. geoides. 



Desert Cinquefoil. Fl. July. PL 1 foot. 



71 P. DEALBA'TA (Bunge in Led. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 326. fl. 

 alt. 2. p. 250.) stems ascending, pubescent ; leaves with 5 or 7, 

 rarely with 9 leaflets, upper ones ternate, all smoothish above, 

 but clothed with white tomentum beneath ; leaflets oblong, cu- 

 neated at the base, pectinately pinnatifid, with revolute margins ; 

 stipulas nearly entire ; petals obovate, hardly exceeding the 

 calyx. If. . H. Native of Altaia, at the rivers Irtysch, Bekun, 

 Kurtschum, in meadows, and near Loktewsk. Flowers yellow, 

 panicled. 



Whitened-leaveA Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. PL 1 foot. 



72 P. CONCI'NNA (Richards in Frankl. first journ. ed. 2. app. 

 p. 20.) stem short, few-flowered ; radical leaves with 7 leaflets, 

 and cauline ones ternate ; leaflets obovate-cuneated, serrated at 

 the apex, densely clothed with white tomentum beneath ; petals 

 obcordate, exceeding the calyx. If.H. Native of North Ame- 

 rica, on the plains of the Saskatchawan about Carlton House. 

 Hook. fl. bor. amer. p. 193 t. 67. Petioles and peduncles 

 woolly. Flowers golden yellow. 



Neat Cinquefoil. PL 2 to 3 inches. 



73 P. LEPTOPE'TALA (Lehm. ind. sem. hort. hamb. 1830. 

 p. 8. pug. 3. p. 32.) stems ascending, pilose, nearly leafless ; 

 leaves quinate ; leaflets oval, serrated, densely clothed with 

 white tomentum beneath ; stipulas ovate, entire ; petals obcor- 

 date, veiny, shorter than the calyx. 1. H. Native of moun- 

 tains between the town of Mexico and Tolucco. Root brown, 

 woody. Corolla small, yellow. 



Slender-petalled Cinquefoil. PL \ foot. 



74 P. WALLICHIA'NA (Del. in Wall. cat. no. 1023. Lehm. 

 pug. 3. p. 30.) stems erect, bluntly angled ; leaves quinate, 



