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from one point, which are ferrated on the upper 

 part generally with five but fomet'mes Teven pa- 

 rabohc dents, of which the central or exn-f-nie 

 one is the fliorteft : below the middle tliefc FclioU 

 have their edges entire, and are a little hairy on 

 both fides, but more lb on their edges. At the 

 bafe of the footftalks of the radical leaves are 

 two entire, lanceolate, hairy ttipul^. Upon the 

 flower-ftalks are wide, oval, lanceolate BraSiea^ 

 which frequently coalefec at their bafe, and fup- 

 port between them a feffile leaf, divided into 

 three lobes, the central of which ij often triiid: 

 thefe Bratie^ are placed uiuler ihe ramifications 

 of the ftalk ^ for on the peduncles they are op- 

 pofite, fimple, and undivided. The Calyces are 

 hairy, the expanded Corclh a little more than 

 half an inch in diameter, the Petals either uni- 

 formly yellow, or fometimes orange-color'd at 

 the bafe. 



The P. opaca be curea differ fo little from the P. 

 verna^ that Haher feems to think the firll ought 

 not to be diftinguifhed from it, (Hifi. Stirp. HeU 

 vet. n. 1 1 2c) and Scopoli aflirms the fecond to be 

 only a variety of it {Flor. Carniol 77.621.) They 

 differ only o^uoad tnajus ^ minus, but the general 

 habit, foil, figure of the petals, roots and leaves, 

 agree in all. 



POTENTILLA foliis quinatis, caule repente, pe- 

 dunculis unifioris. Sp. pi. 714. {Ger. em. 987. /. 



I. Moris. 



