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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



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Siberia, on shady alpine rocks. With us it has only been found 

 in Wales, on the sides of Craig Wreidhin mountain in Montgo- 

 meryshire. It requires a moist soil and a shady situation. 



7. Potentilla Bifurca; Bifid-leaved Cinquefoil. Leaves 

 pinnate, almost equal; leaflets oblong', subbifid, the outmost 

 confluent; root fusiform. Native of Siberia and Silesia. 



8. Potentilla Pimpinelloides ; Burnet-leaved Cinquefoil. 

 Leaves pinnate; leaflets roundish, toothed, equal; stem erect. 

 It flowers from June to August. Found in Armenia among 

 rocks, by Tournefort. 



9. Potentilla Pennsylvania; Agrimony-leaved Cinquefoil. 

 Lower leaves pinnate, upper ternate ; leaflets gash-serrate ; 

 stem erect, pubescent. It flowers from June to August. 

 Native of North America, and Siberia. 



10. Potentilla Supina; Trailing Cinquefoil. Leaves pin- 

 nate; stem dichotomous, decumbent. Root small, white 

 within, covered on the outside with brown scales. It flowers 

 in July. Native of Germany, Austria, and Siberia. 



11. Potentilla Floributida. Shrub erect, very branchy, 

 and rough ; stipules ovate, entire ; leaves quinate-pinnate ; 

 folioles linear-oblong, revolute at the margin; petioles short; 

 corymbs terminal, dichotomous, multiflorous ; segments of 

 the calix subequal ; petals subrotund, of the length of the 

 calix. Grows in bog-meadows, and on the borders of lakes 

 in Canada, and on the mountains of New York and New 

 Jersey; and flowers in July and August. 



** With digitate Leaves. 



12. Potentilla Recta; Upright Cinquefoil. Leaves five to 

 seven, lanceolate, serrate, somewhat hairy on both sides ; 

 stem erect, corymbose, forked, many-flowered. Blossoms 

 copious, yellow. It flowers in June and July. Native of 

 Germany, and the south of Europe. A hardy perennial. 



13. Potentilla Argentea; Hoary Cinquefoil. Leaves in 

 fives, wedge-shaped, gashed, tomentose underneath ; stems 

 erect. The flowers appear in succession, and are numerous; 

 the calix downy, as long as the corolla; the petals small, 

 bright yellow, or golden-coloured, and soon shedding. No 

 other species can be confounded with this. The pure white- 

 ness of its leaves, like those of the White Poplar, render this 

 plant conspicuous whenever it is agitated by the wind. It is 

 said to indicate clay underneath the surface. Native of 

 Europe, and most parts of England. It is found among 

 furze near Heldersham, Gamlingay, and White Wood, in 

 Cambridgeshire ; on Henley Park Hill, in Oxfordshire ; at 

 Ampthill, Aspley, and Rowney warren, in Bedfordshire; 

 near Harefield in Middlesex; on Blackheath in Kent; at 

 Holt Castle, in Worcestershire; among furze, on the heaths, 

 and also on the walls at Purbeck, Dorsetshire ; plentifully 

 about Harrowgate, in Yorkshire ; near Snenton in Notting- 

 hamshire; and in the den of Bethaick, near Perth in Scotland. 

 It flowers from June to September. 



14. Potentilla Intermedia. Root-leaves in fives ; stem- 

 leaves in threes; stem almost upright, very much branched. 

 Native of Switzerland and Dauphiny. 



15. Potentilla Hirta; Hairy Cinquefoil. Leaves septe- 

 nate and quinate, wedge-shaped, gashed, hairy; stem erect, 

 rouu;h-haired. It flowers from May to September. Native 

 of the south of France, the Pyrenees, and Silesia. 



16. Potentilla Stipularis ; Stipnlar Cinquefoil. Leaves in 

 sevens, sessile, placed on the dilated stipules. Native of 

 Siberia. 



17. Potentilla Opaca ; Opaque Cinquffoil. Root-leaves 

 in fives, wedge-shaped, serrate; stem-leaves subopposite ; 

 branches filiform, decumbent. Native of Germany, and some 

 parts of the south of Europe. 



18. Potentilla Aurea; Gulden Cinquefoil. Root-leaves in 



fives, obovate, gash-serrate, hairy, submembranaceous; stem- 

 leaves in threes ; stem almost upright. Native of the moun- 

 tains of Scotland, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Silesia, 

 and Dauphiny. It flowers in July. 



19. Potentilla Verna ; Spring Cinquefoil. Root-leaves 

 in fives, wedge-shaped, serrate, marked with lines, ciliate, 

 subcoriaceous ; stem-leaves in threes; stem declined. The 

 whole plant is beset with soft shining silky hairs. The stems 

 spread very widely in a circular direction among the grass. 

 As the season advances, both they and the leaves turn red, 

 which colour, intermixed with the bright yellow of the flowers, 

 makes a striking contrast. Native of the dry elevated pas- 

 tures in most parts of Europe: it has been long found near 

 Pontefract, and in other parts of Yorkshire; near Preston, 

 Giggleswick, and Carr End, Wensley Dale, in Lancashire ; 

 many years ago at Bury in Suffolk; on Gogmagog hills, near 

 Cambridge; in Glogaeth, Caernarvonshire, North Wales; 

 and in Scotland, near Arthur's seat, in the king's park, Edin- 

 burgh, as well as on Braid Hills, Craig Lochart, and other 

 mountainous elevations. -There are so many varieties which 

 approach so closely to many other species, that Haller 

 observes, its character and synonyms are very difficult to 

 make out. 



20. Potentilla Astracanica; Astrachan Cinquefoil. Root- 

 leaves and lowest stem-leaves quinate; stems villose, decum- 

 bent at the base, dichotomous. Native of Asia, received by 

 Jacqtiin from Astracan. 



21. Potentilla Canadensis; Canadian Cinquefoil. Leaves 

 quinate, villose; stem ascending, hirsute. Native of Canada. 



22. Potentilla Alba; White Cinquefoil. Leaves quinate, 

 silky underneath, converging, serrate at the tip; stems fili- 

 form, procumbent ; receptacles very hirsute. Native of the 

 south of France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Carniola, 

 and Hungary. 



23. Potentilla Caulescens ; Alpine Cinquefoil. Leaves 

 quinate, converging, serrate at the tips ; stems many-flow- 

 ered, decumbent; receptacles hirsute; petals oblong. Native 

 of Austria, Switzerland, Silesia, Dauphiny, and Piedmont. 

 It may be increased by runners, like Strawberries, in autumn, 

 in a cool soil and shady situation. 



24. Potentilla Clusiana ; Clusius's Cinquefoil. Leaves 

 quinate, converging, serrate at the tip; stems many-flowered, 

 decumbent; receptacles hirsute; petals roundish. This is 

 an elegant species, growing among the Alpine rocks. Native 

 of Austria. 



25. Potentilla Nitida; Shining Cinquefoil. Leaves sub- 

 ternate, tomentose, converging, three-toothed ; stems one- 

 flowered; receptacles woolly. Native of Monte Baldo, Dau- 

 phiny, and Austria. 



25. Potentilla Valderia. Leaves septenate, obovate, ser- 

 rate, tomentose ; stem erect; petals shorter than the calix ; 

 receptacles woolly. The whole plant is silky hoary, with 

 the stems and petioles evidently subhirsute. Native of the 

 mountains of Piedmont and Dauphiny. 



27. Potentilla Reptans ; Common Creeping Cinquefoil, or 

 Five-leaved Grass. Leaves in fives, obovate, serrate ; stem creep- 

 ing; peduncles one-flowered. Root fusiform, with few fibres, 

 penetrating deep, the size of the little finger, when old outwardly 

 of a dark chestnut colour; the stems are long and trailing; 

 the leaves are upright, green, and rather hairy; and the flowers 

 large, and yellow, whose stalks are taller than the foliage. 

 Flowering from June to September. Native of Europe, 

 generally found in meadows and by way-sides. The roots 

 have a bitterish styptic taste. They were used by Hippocrates 

 and Dioscorides, and by the former particularly recommended 

 for the cure of intermittents. The medicinal quality is con- 



