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* Leaves pinnate. 



1. P. fruticosa, Linn. Shrubby Cinque-foil. Leaves pinnate; 

 leaflets (generally 5), oblongo-lanceolate, entire ; stem shrubby. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 251. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 416. E. Bot. t. 88. 



Rock Forest, County of Clare. Near Headfort, County of Galway ; 

 Mr. Shuttleworth. Fl. June. T? . 



2. P. anserina, Linn. Silver-weed. Leaves interruptedly 

 pinnate, serrated, silky, especially beneath ; peduncles axil- 

 lary, single-flowered ; stem creeping. Br. Fl. 1. p. 251. E. 

 FL v. ii. p. 4 1 7. E. Bot. #.861. 



Moist meadows and road-sides, frequent, FL June, July. 1. 

 Varying much in the degree of silkiness ; sometimes silky and white 

 on both sides. Flowers large, yellow. Leaflets lanceolate. 



s|c j|c Leaves digitate. 



3. P. argentea, Linn. Hoary Cinque-foil. Leaves quinate; 

 leaflets cuneiform, cut, white and downy beneath, their margins 

 revolute; stem decumbent. Br. Fl. \. p. 251. E. FL v. ii. p. 

 418. E. Bot. t. 89. 



Barren gravelly places, but not very common. On Sugar-loaf 

 Mountain, County of Wicklow. Fl. June. 7. Flowers terminal, 

 small, yellow, sub-corymbose. 



4. P. reptans, Linn. Common creeping Cinque-foil.' Stem 

 filiform, creeping ; leaves quinate ; leaflets obovato-cuneiform, 

 serrated ; peduncles axillary, single-flowered, longer than the 

 leaf. Br. Fl. 1. p. 252. E. FL v. ii. p. 423. E. Bot. t. 862. 



Meadows and pastures, and by way-sides. FL June Aug. 1. 

 Stems taking root at the joints. Flowers yellow. 



# # H Leaves ternate. 



5. P. Fragariastrum, Ehrh. Strawberry-leaved Cinque-foil. 

 Leaves ternate ; leaflets obovate, deeply serrated, silky on both 

 sides (especially beneath) ; petals obcordate, as long as the 

 calyx; stems procumbent. Br. FL 1. p. 253. E. FL v. ii.p. 

 425. P. Fragaria, Poir. Fragaria sterilis, Linn. E. Bot. t. 

 1785. 



Woods, banks, and dry pastures, frequent. FL March, April. 1[. 



7. TORMENTILLA. Linn. Tormentil. 



Calyx 8-cleft, segments alternately smaller. Petals 4. Fruit 

 consisting of numerous minute nuts, placed upon a small dry 

 receptacle. Named from tormina, the dysentery, in the cure of 

 which it was employed on account of its astringent qualities. 



Icosandria. Polygynia. 



