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12. WALDSTEINIA, Willd. DRY STRAWBERRY. Cal. 5-cleft, with 

 5 alternate, sometimes minute and deciduous bractlels. Pet. 5 or more, 

 sessile, deciduous. Sta. GO. Sty. 26. Ack. few, dry, on a dry receptacle. 

 U Acaulescent, with lobed or divided leaves, and yellow flowers. 



1 \f. fragarioides Traut. L vs. trifoliate ; Ifts. broad-cuneiform, incisely dentate- 



crenate, ciliate ; scapos hracteate, many-flowered. Hilly woods. 8'. Jnne. 



2 W. lobata T. & G. Lvs. simple, roundish, cordate, 3-5-lobed, incisely crenate; 



scapes filiform, bracted, 3-7-flowered. Hills, South. 6'. May, June. 



13. POTENTILLA, L. CINQUEFOIL. Calyx concave, deeply 5-cleft, 

 with 5 bractlcts added. Pet, 5, roundish. Sta. oo, slender. Ovaries col- 

 lected into a head on a small, dry, hairy torus. Sty. terminal and lateral, 

 deciduous. Achenia GO. Kb Leaves compound. Flowers solitary 

 or cymous, mostly yellow. Figs. 365-6. 



SIBBALDIA. Stamens 5. Achenia 510, styles lateral. Low herbs. Mts No. 1 



C6MARUM. Sta. GO. Flowers brown-purple. Torus in fruit ovoid, spongy No. 2 

 POTENTILLA proper. Sta. GO. Flowers yellow to white. Torus not enlarged . . (a) 



a Leaves palmately 3-foliate Nos. 3,4, 5 



a Leaves palmately 5-foliate. Flowers yellow Nos. 6, 7 



a Leaves pinnate. & Shrubs, with the flowers axillary above No. 8 



b Herbs, with the flowers axillary, solitary Nos. 9. 10 



6 Herbs, with the flowers in terminal cymes Nos. 11, 12 



Exotic species, with fls. roseate and purple.. Nos. 13, 14 



1 P. prociimbens Clairv. Lfts. 3, obovate, 3-toothed at apex, hairy beneath ; fl*. 



corymbed. White Mts. ? (Pursh), and N. (Sibbaldia L.) 



2 P. palustris Scop. Lvs. pinnate; Ifts. 37, lance-obiong, obtuse, sharply serrate, 



hoary beneath ; sep. much longer than the purple petals ; torus persistent, large, 

 tasteless, n Swamps, N. 1 2f. June. (Comarum L.) 



3 P. Norvegica L. Hirsute ; st. erect, dichotomous above ; Ifts. 3, elliptical or obo- 



vate, dentate-serrate, petiolulate ; cymes leafy ; cal. exceeding the emarginatc pale- 

 yellow petals ; sty. terminal. Old fields, thickets, Can. to Car. 1 4f. July Sept, 



4 P. trideututa Ait. Smooth; st. ascending, woody and creeping at base; Ifts. 3- 



obovate-cuneate, evergreen, entire, with 3 large teeth at the apex; cymes nearly 

 naked ; petals white, obovate. y. High Mts. N. Eng. 612'. June. 



5 P. minima Haller? St. pubescent, ascending, mostly 1-flowered; Ifts. 3, obovate, 



obtuse, incisely serrate with 59 teeth above ; petals yellow, longer than the sepals. 

 n White Mountains. 13', tufted. June, July. 



6 P. Caiiadeiisis L. Villous-pubescent, procumbent, producing runners: Ifts. 5, 



obovate, cut-toothed above; pedicels axillary, solitary, 1-flowered. 

 a. pumila. Small and delicate, flowering in Apr. May, everywhere. 

 ft. simplex. Sub?imple, ascending. 814', smoothish ; fls. June Aug. Common, 



7 P. argeiitea L. St. ascending, tomentous ; Ifts. 5, oblong-cuneiform, with a few, 



large, incised teeth, smooth above, silvery canescent beneath, sessile ; flowers in a 

 cymous corymb, small (3"). V- Rocky hills, N. G 10'. June Sept. 



8 P. frutlcosa L. St. fruticous, very branching, hirsute, erect; Ifts. 57, linear- 



oblong, all sessile, margin entire and revolutc ; petals large, much longer than the 

 calyx. A low, bushy shrub, N. States. 1 2f. Flowers 1'. June Aug. 



9 P. anserSiia L. Silver-weed. Goose-grass. St. slender, prostrate, rooting; Ivs. 



interruptedly pinnate ; Ifts. many pairs, oblong, deeply serrate, canescent beneath ; 

 peduncle solitary, 1-flowered, very long. 2{ Wet, N. Eng. N. and W. 1 2f. Jn. Sent. 



10 P. paradoxa N. Decumbent at base, pubescent; Ivs. pinnate ; Ifts. 7 9, ovate- 

 obi, incised, upper ones confluent ; ped. solitary, recurved in fruit ; ach. 2-lobed. 

 Shores of Sod us* Bay (Hankcnson), W. to Orcg. If. June July. 



