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128 P. LEUCONOTA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 230.) stems 

 erect, almost simple ; leaves pinnate, with many pairs of leaflets ; 

 leaflets oblong, obtuse, deeply serrated, green above, but clothed 

 with silvery white clown beneath ; stipulas ovate, deeply ser- 

 rated ; flowers small, sub-umbellate, involucrated ; calycine seg- 

 ments nearly equal ; petals obovate, quite entire, exceeding the 

 calyx. l/.H. Native of Gosaingsthan. Corolla yellow. 



JVhite-backed-leaved Cinquefoil. PI. ^ foot. 



129 P. POLYPHV'LLA (Wall. cat. no. 1026. Lehm. pug. 2. 

 p. 14.) stem erect; leaves interruptedly pinnate, with many 

 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets quite glabrous, lined with veins, the 

 large ones oblong and bluntly crenate-toothed ; stipulas sheath- 

 ing, oval, crenate-toothed ; outer calycine segments large, 3- 

 lobed, with the lateral lobes small ; petals obovate-orbicular, 

 longer than the calyx. %. H. Native of Gosaingsthan. Panicle 

 terminal, corymbose. Corolla golden yellow. 



far. ft, barbata (Wall. cat. 1030.) stem very pilose ; calyxes 

 more foliaceous. 



Manti-leajtetted Cinquefoil. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



130 P. PEDUNCULA'RIS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 230.) stem 

 slender, erect, simple, few-flowered, leafless at the apex ; leaves 

 radical, pinnate, length of stem ; leaflets oblong, contiguous, 

 sharply and deeply serrated, rather silky above and silvery be- 

 neath ; outer calycine segments longest, usually 2-3-cleft; petals 

 nearly orbicular, entire, twice the length of the calyx, if. . H. 

 Native of Gosaingsthan. P. velutina, Wall. cat. 1016. but not 

 of Lehm. Corolla yellow. Habit of P. anserlna. 



Peduncular Cinquefoil. PL |. foot. 



131 P. COMMUTA'TA (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 16.) stems ascending, 

 1-2-flowered, almost leafless; leaves pinnate, with many pairs 

 of leaflets, green above, but clothed with silky villi beneath ; 

 leaflets oblong, deeply serrated or somewhat pinnatifid ; flowers 

 small, outer calycine segments oblong, obtuse, the rest ovate, 

 acute. l/.H. Native of Kamaon. P. microphylla S, latifo- 

 lia, Wall. cat. no. 1010. Corolla small, yellow. 



Changed Cinquefoil. PI. -^ to g foot. 



132 P. MICROPHY'LLA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 231. Wall, 

 cat. no. 1010. Lehm. pug. 2. p. 17.) plant humble, tufted, 

 clothed with silky villi ; stems erect, 1 -flowered, almost leafless, 

 peduncle-formed, length of leaves ; leaves pinnate, with many 

 pairs of leaflets ; leaflets crowded, deeply and digitately pinna- 

 tifid ; segments linear, bluntish ; petals obovate, quite entire, 

 twice the length of the calyx. 2/ . H. Native of Gosaingsthan. 

 Flowers golden yellow. 



Var. ft, glabriuscula (Wall. 1. c.) plant a little larger, and less 

 silky, villous. 



Var. y, depressa (Wall. I.e.) plant more densely tufted ; stems 

 shorter. 



Small-leaved Cinquefoil. PL 2 to 3 inches. 



133 P. CHINE'NSIS (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 581.) canescent; 

 stem erect, paniculately corymbose at the apex, many-flowered ; 

 leaves interruptedly pinnate, larger leaflets oblong, pectinately- 

 pinnatifid, glabrous above, and clothed with hoary tomentum 

 beneath, with the nerves rather prominent ; segments parallel, 

 spreading, linear, with revolute edges ; stipulas ovate, upper 

 ones cut ; flowers small ; outer calycine segments minute. I/ . H. 

 Native of China, in the province of Pichiley. Corolla yellow. 



China Cinquefoil. PI. 1^ foot. 



134 P. GERARDIA'NA (Lindl.in Wall. cat. no. 1023. Lehm. 

 pug. 2. p. 23.) plant woolly ; stem erect, slender ; leaves 

 pinnate ; leaflets 5-7, green above, and densely clothed with 

 villi beneath, outer ones much the largest, obovate, bluntly ser- 

 rate-toothed ; stipulas broad, lanceolate, quite entire ; flowers 

 terminal, sub-corymbose ; petals obovate-cuneiform, somewhat 

 2-lobed, longer than the calyx. %. H. Native of Sirmore. 

 Corolla yellow. 



Gerard's Cinquefoil. PL ^ to 1 foot. 



135 P. NIVA'LIS (Torrey, ann. lye. 2. p. 32. t. 3. f. 1.) plant 

 nearly glabrous ; stems erect, leafless, 1 -flowered; leaves pin- 

 nate, with numerous, contiguous, somewhat imbricated, ovate, 

 rather ciliated 2-3-lobed leaflets, upper ones confluent ; lobes 

 acute, spreading ; petals nearly orbicular, quite entire, a little 

 longer than the calyx. I/. H. Native of North America, 

 among the Rocky Mountains. Corolla yellow. 



Snow Cinquefoil. PL -j foot. 



136 P. MOORCROFTII (Wall. cat. 1014. Lehm. pug. 3. p.29.) 

 stem erect, simple, few-flowered ; leaves pinnate, with 3-4 pairs 

 of leaflets, pilose above, and glabrous beneath ; leaflets obovate- 

 oblong, almost quite entire, terminal one trifid ; stipulas ovate- 

 lanceolate, quite entire, ciliated ; inner calycine segments ovate- 

 roundish, obtuse ; petals obovate, quite entire, longer than the 

 calyx. 2/.H. Native of Ladak. Corolla yellow. 



Moorcroft's Cinquefoil. PL to -| foot. 



137 P. ANSERINA (Lin. spec. 710.) roots and stems creeping ; 

 leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets oval, sharply serrated, 

 silky ; pedicels axillary, solitary, length of leaves ; stipulas mul- 

 tifkl ; petals obovate, longer than the calyx. 2/.H. Native 

 of Europe, Siberia, and America, in meadows and by road sides ; 

 plentiful in Britain. Smith, engl. bot. 861. Sturm, deutsch. fl. 

 with a figure. Fl. dan. t. 544. Curt. lond. t. 31. Corolla large, 

 yellow. The roots are astringent, with a sweetish taste, and 

 were formerly used for. tanning leather. 



Var. ft, geminijlura (Ser. in D. C. prod. 2. p. 582.) flowers 

 twin. Moris, hist. sect. 2. t. 20. f. 4. P. anserina /3, Nestl. 

 pot. 35. Lehm. pot. 72. 



Var. y, concolor (Ser. 1. c.) leaves silky on both surfaces. 



far. , Grcenldndica (Tratt. ros. 4. p. 13.) leaves smaller, 

 with fewer pairs of leaflets ; leaflets ovate-roundish, pinnatilidly 

 serrated, glabrous above ; stolons very long. I/ . H. Native 

 of Greenland. 



Goose Cinquefoil, Silver-weed, or Goose Tansey. Fl. May, 

 Sept. Britain. PL creeping. 



138 P. SIEMERSIA'NA (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1821. p. 8. 

 pug. 2. p. 51.) stems erect; leaves interruptedly pinnate, with 

 many pairs of silky-silvery leaflets ; larger leaflets obovate, 

 sharply serrated, lined above, and nerved beneath ; stipulas 

 deeply toothed ; petals obovate, a little longer than the calyx, 

 i;. H. Native of Nipaul. P. splendens, Wall. mss. D. Don, 

 prod. fl. nep. p. 230. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 191. P. fulgens, Wall, 

 mss. P. lineata, Trev. Reichb. hort. bot. 1. p. 7. t. 8. P. nas- 

 pata, Hamilt. mss. Flowers yellow, disposed in dichotomous 

 corymbs. 



Siemers's Cinquefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1822. PL 1 foot. 



139 P. CA'NDICANS (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Nestl. pot. p. 34. t. 

 3. f. 2. and H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 216.) stems 

 ascending, few-flowered ; leaves interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets 

 unequal, profoundly pinnatiiid, clothed with white silky down 

 on both surfaces ; stipulas cut and entire ; petals spatulate, ob- 

 cordate, a little longer than the calyx. 1. H. Native of 

 Mexico, on the mountains. Flowers yellow, 2-4 at the tops of 

 the stems, and lateral near the tops of the stems, on long pedi- 

 cels. Receptacle villous. 



Var. ft, nana (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Nestl. pot. t. 34. f. 2.) P. 

 Humboldtittna, Tratt. ros. 4. p. 41. Stem and leaves smaller. 

 Lehm. pot. 67. 



White-leaved Cinquefoil. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. PL i 

 to 1 foot. 



140 P. VERTICILLA'TA (Steph. in Willd. spec. 2. p. 1096.) 

 stems ascending ; leaves pinnate ; leaflets narrow-linear, clothed 

 with white tomentum beneath, with revolute margins ; lateral 

 ones distant, opposite, twin, subverticillate, terminal one trifid ; 

 stipulas cut ; petals obovate, entire, a little longer than the 



