KOSACE^E XII. POTENTILLA. 



pilose on both surfaces ; leaflets stalked, obovate, bluntly ser- 

 rated at the apex ; dowers panicled, crowded ; calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate, outer ones usually bifid ; petals emarginate, a 

 little longer than the calyx. I/.. H. Native of Nipaul. Corolla 

 yellow. 



V'aliich's Cinquefoil. PI. foot. 



75 P. VIRGA'TA (Lehm. pot. 75. no. 27.) stem erect, twiggy; 

 leaves with 7-9 leaflets ; leaflets lanceolate, pinnatifid, glabrous 

 above, and clothed with white tomentum beneath ; stipulas lan- 

 ceolate, entire ; corolla small ; petals obovate, quite entire, twice 

 the length of the calyx. 11 . H. Native country unknown. 

 Flowers yellow, panicled at the tops of the branches. 



Twiggy Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. l foot. 



76 P. CANE'SCENS (Bess. fl. galic. no. 607. 1. p. 330.) stem 

 erect, many-flowered ; leaves quinate ; leaflets oblong-cuneiform, 

 deeply serrated, clothed with adpressed pili above, and canes- 

 cent from tomentum beneath ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, entire 

 or toothed ; petals obcordate, length of calyx. If. . H. Native 

 of Europe, Caucasus, and Siberia. P. Hungarica, Schlecht. 

 P. parviflora, Gaud. P. ornithopoda, Tausch. hort. can. 1. 

 fasc. 1. t. 10. ex Tratt. ros. 4. p. 54. ? Jacq. fl. aust. 4. t. 383. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Var.fi, inclinata (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 578.) stems incli- 

 nate, weak ; leaves clothed with hoary tomentum beneath, 

 smoothish above. If.. H. P. inclinata, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 567. 

 t. 45. Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 477. P. adscendens, Waldst. et 

 Kit. ex Lehm. pot. 92. P. intermedia, Schult. obs. bot. p. 

 95. P. recta, Lapeyr. abr. 288. P. assiirgens, Vill. fl. dauph. 

 3. p. 567. P. hirta, Hsenke. 



Canescent Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 1 to 

 \\ foot. 



77 P. STIPULA'RIS (Lin. spec. 712. but not of Lapeyr.) stems 

 erect, weak ; lower leaves with 7 leaflets, upper ones ternate ; 

 leaflets linear-oblong, tridentate, nearly glabrous ; stipulas large, 

 dilated ; petals obovate, hardly emarginate, longer than the 

 calyx ; receptacle glabrous. Tf. . H. Native of Siberia. 

 Gmel. sib. 3. t. 37. f. 2. Flowers small, yellow, panicled. 



Large-stipuled Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1727. PI. 

 ^ to 1 foot. 



78 P. HI'RTA (Lin. spec. 712. Lehm. pot. t. 8.) stem pilose, 

 erect, few-flowered ; leaves with 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets pilose, 

 cuneiform, cut at the apex ; stipulas lanceolate, entire ; petals 

 obcordate, longer than the calyx. If. . H. Native of the Pyre- 

 nees, south of France, Piedmont, Silesia, Siberia, &c. P. cryso- 

 petala, Bess, in litt. P. angustifolia, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 540. 

 Flowers yellow. 



Var. ft, rubens (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 578.) stem red, de- 

 cumbent, viscid. Tf.. H. P. hirta /8 viscosa, Pers. P. pilosa, 

 Vill. dauph. 3. p. 570. Willd. spec. 2. p. 1100. P. Sibirica, 

 Patrin. 



Hairy Cinquefoil. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1725. PI. ^ to 1 ft. 



79 P. PEDA'TA (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 540. Nestl. pot. 447.) stem 

 ascending, reddish ; leaves pedate, with 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets 

 lanceolate, serrated, pilose on the margins and beneath. If. H. 

 Native of Liguria and Piedmont, on hills. Lodd. bot. cab. 579. 

 P. rubens, All. fl. pedem. 2. no. 1486. but not of Vill. P. 

 pilosa, D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 540. exclusive of the synonymes, 

 Willd. spec. 2. p. 1100. P. hirta a, rubens, Ser. in D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 578. Flowers large, golden yellow. 



Perfafe-leaved Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1819. PI. 

 ascending 1 foot. 



80 P. ASTRACA'NICA (Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 92.) stem ascend- 

 ing, pilose, dichotomous ; radical leaves quinate ; leaflets ob- 

 long, bluntly serrated ; cauline leaves toothless, tripartite, pu- 

 bescently pilose ; stipulas large ; petals obcordate, longer than 

 the calyx. If. . H. Native of Caucasus and about Constan- 



tinople. P. corymbosa, Mccnch. Flowers terminal and ax- 

 illary. 



Astracan Cinquefoil. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1787. PI. 1 to \\ ft. 



81 P. TAU'RICA (Schlecht. in berol. mag. ann. 7. p. 291. 

 Lehm. pot. 90. t. 9.) stem erect, pilose, many-flowered ; leaves 

 quinate ; leaflets obovate, cuneated at the base, serrated in front, 

 clothed with adpressed silky pili ; stipulas lanceolate, entire ; 

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

 of Tauria, on the higher mountains, and at Sarepta in arid 

 places. Flowers large, pale yellow, sub-panicled. 



Taurian Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 



82 P. RE'CTA (Lin. spec. 711.) stem erect, pilose ; leaves with 

 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets oblong, deeply serrated, beset with spread- 

 ing pili ; lower stipulas lanceolate, entire, upper ones broader 

 and jagged; petals obcordate, exceeding the calyx. }/. H. 

 Native of Tauria, Caucasus, Austria, Germany, Italy, Switzer- 

 land, France, and the Pyrenees. Nestl. pot. 42. t. 6. All. fl. 

 pedem. 71. f. 1. Sav. hort. rom. 5. t. 49. Flowers pale yellow, 

 disposed in terminal corymbs. 



Upright Cinquefoil. Fl. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1648. PI. 1 to 1| ft. 



83 P. OBSCU'RA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1100.) stem erect, pilose, 

 reddish; leaves with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets oval-oblong, deeply 

 toothed, beset with adpressed pili ; stipulas ovate-lanceolate, for 

 the most part cut ; petals obcordate, hardly longer than the 

 calyx. If . H. Native of Siberia, Tauria, Caucasus, and Italy. 

 Nocca in Balb. fl. tic. 240. t. 10. P. recta /3 obscura, Poir. 

 suppl. 5. p. 589. P. recta, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 569. Flowers 

 golden yellow, corymbose. 



Obscure Cinquefoil. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1800. PL 1 to 2 ft. 



84 P. LACIMOSA (Waldst. et Kit. in litt. ex Nestl. pot. 45. 

 Lehm. pot. 86. t. 9.) stem pilose, erect, reddish ; leaves with 

 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets oblong, laciniately pinnatifid, pilose ; stipulas 

 deeply jagged ; petals obcordate, much longer than the calyx. 

 If. . H. Native of Hungary. P. cardiopetala, Bess, in litt. 

 Flowers yellow, disposed in corymbose panicles. 



Jagged-leaved Cinquefoil. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1816. PL 

 1 to 1^ foot. 



85 P. DIVARICA'TA (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 540.) stem erect ; leaves 

 with 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets oblong, tapering a long way at the 

 base, deeply serrated, smoothish ; stipulas pinnatifid ; petals ob- 

 cordate, about equal in length to the calyx. Tf,. H. Native of 

 Corsica. D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 541. Stems dichotomously corym- 

 bose at the apex, with the branches divaricate. Corolla yellow. 



Divaricate-branched Cinquefoil. FL Ju. July. PL 1 to 1^ ft. 



86 P. VALDE'RIA (Lin. spec. 714.) stem erect, hoary as well 

 as the whole plant ; leaves with 5-7 leaflets ; leaflets obovate, 

 serrated, clothed with silky tomentum, hoary beneath ; stipulas 

 lanceolate, entire, rarely denticulated ; petals obovate-oblong, 

 hardly emarginate, shorter than the calyx. If. . H. Native of 

 Piedmont, Valder, &c. in stony places. All. pedem. t. 24. f. 1. 

 Flowers pale sulphur-coloured. 



Polder Cinquefoil. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1825. PL to | ft. 



* * Flowers white or red. 



87 P. LUPINOIDES (Willd. spec. 2. p. 1107. Nestl. pot. 60. 

 Lehm. pot. 126.) stem erect, pilose; leaves with 5-7 leaflets; 

 leaflets obovate, roundish, obtuse, connivently serrated at the 

 apex, densely clothed with silky villi ; stipulas large, entire ; 

 petals obcordate, shorter than the calyx. If,. H. Native of 

 the higher alps of Dauphiny and the Pyrenees. Lodd. bot. cab. 

 654. P. nivalis, Lapeyr. abr. p. 290. act. toul. 1. p. 210. t. 16. 

 P. lupinoides ft nivalis, Pers. ench. 2. p. 55. P. Valderia, Vill. 

 dauph. 3. p. 572. P. lanata, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 646. P. inte- 

 grifolia, Lapeyr. abr. 291. Corolla white. Flowers 3-6, ter- 

 minal. 



Lupine-like Cinquefoil. Fl. July. Clt. 1739. PL i to ^ ft. 

 4 B 2 



