XXVI. iJOSA CEM : POTENTI LI, A. 



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other Sorts of shrubby Rubuses. R. macro- 

 pctalus Doug. MS. in Hooh. Fl. Bor. Amer. 

 p. 178. t. 59., and our jig. 545., is a native of 

 low woods in the valley of the Columbia, with 

 white flowers, and the general habit of R, 

 spectabilis. 



R. deliciosiis Torrey in Ann. Lye. ii. p. 196. 

 is a native of North America, among the Rocky 

 Mountains ; with purple flowers, succeeded by a 

 very delicious fruit. It is a shrubby bramble, 

 3 or 6 feet high. 



R. uUdceus Smith in Rees's Cycl. vol. xxx. is 

 a native of Upper Nepal, with white flowers, 

 and leaves like those of T'ilia alba. R. cordi- 

 folius D. Pon appears to be the same species, 

 or perhaps a variety. Hort. Soc. in 1834. 



54Si R, macropitalus. 



Genus X. 



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POTENTFLLA L. The Potentilla, or Shrubby Cinquefoil. 



Lin. Syst. Icosandria Polygynia. 



Identification, i^in. Gen., No. 8G5. ; Nestl. Pot. Diss., 4to ; Lehm. Pot. Diss., 4to; Dec. Prod., 2. 



p. 571. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 549. 

 Derivation. P'rom potens, powerful ; in allusion to the supposed medicinal qualities of some 



species. 



Gen. Char. Calyx lO-parted, the 5 outer segments accessory. Petals 5. 

 Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous with lateral styles, seated on a dry 

 permanent, elevated receptacle. (Don^s Mill.) 



Leaves compound, alternate or opposite, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; pin - 

 nately cut. Flowers white or yellow. 



Shrubs low, natives of Europe and America, and of easy culture in a dry 

 soil. They are propagated by seeds or cuttings ; and, except the common 

 species, P. fruticosa, are not much in cultivation. 



ji 1. P. FRUTico^SA L. The shrubby Potentilla, or Cinquefoil. 



[Identification. Lin. Sp., 709. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 579. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 560. ; Nestl. Pot. ; 



'( Pot. ; Smith's Eng. Flora, 2. p. 416. 



'Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 88. ; Nestl. Pot., 30. t. 1. ; and our fig. 546. 



\Spec. Char., 8fc. Stem shrubby. 

 ! Leaves pinnatelycut, hairy ; the 

 'j lobes oblong, lanceolate, entire, 

 j approximate, of nearlythe same 

 ; colour on both surfaces. Sti- 

 pules lanceolate, membraneous, 

 acute. Inflorescence rather co- 

 rymbose. Flowers yellow. Se- 

 pals pilose, lanceolate, acute, 

 , broad at the base. Bracteas 

 j linear-lanceolate, indistinctly pe- 

 I tioled. Corolla longer than the 

 1 calyx. Receptacle very hairy. 

 ' {Dec. Prod.) A roundish bush. 



Lehm. 



346. Potentilla fruticusa. 



Fngland, Germany, the Pyrenees, and other places ; in England, in Middle- 

 ton, Teesdale ; and in Rock Forest, Clare, in Ireland. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. 

 Flowers yellow ; July and August. Fruit brown ; ripe in October. 



