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6. P. verna. Spring Cinque/oil. Root-leaves of five or seven 

 wedge-shaped, partly serrated leaflets, bristly at the margins and 

 on the ribs beneath ; upper stipules dilated, hairy ; stems procum- 

 bent. Roots woody, creeping : stems spreading on the ground, 



hairy: root-leaves on longish hairy-stalks : calyx very hairy : petals 

 somewhat heart-shaped, bright-yellow. Perennial : flowers in 

 April and May : grows in elevated dry pastures : not common. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 37. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 421. 781. 



7. P. opdca. Saw-leaved Hairy Cinquef oil. Root-leaves of seven 

 hairy, narrow, wedge-shaped leaflets, deeply serrate throughout ; 

 stem-leaves ternate ; petals heart-shaped ; stems slender, decum- 

 bent. Roots woody: stems hairy: root-leaves on long hairy 



stalks : calyx hairy : petals about the length of the calyx, bright- 

 yellow, orange at the base. Perennial : flowers in June : found by 

 Mr. G. Don on the Clova mountains and in Perthshire ; but has 

 been gathered there by no living botanist. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxv. 

 pi. 2449. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 422. 782. 



8. P. reptans. Common Creeping Cinquef oil. Leaflets five, in- 

 versely egg-shaped, serrate ; stem creeping ; stalks axillar, one- 

 flowered Root tapering : stems long, prostrate, rooting : leaves 



opposite, on longish, hairy stalks: calyx hairy: petals bright-yellow. 

 Perennial : flowers from June to September : grows by road-sides, 

 and in pastures : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 862. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 424. 783. 



*** Leaves ternate. 



9. P. tridentdta. Three-toothed Cinquefoil. Leaves ternate, leaf- 

 lets wedge-shaped, with three terminal teeth, smooth above, hairy 



beneath ; stem panicled, erect. Root woody, creeping : stems 



three or four inches high, round, hairy : leaves all ternate : petals 

 inversely egg-shaped, white. Perennial : flowers in June : found 

 by Mr. G. Don on Werron Hill, Clova, Forfarshire. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xxxiv. pi. 2389. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 425. 784. 



10. P. Fragdriastrum. Barren Strawberry. Leaves ternate, 

 leaflets inversely egg-shaped, deeply serrate, silky on both sides ; 



stems prostrate. Root woody : the whole plant is hairy : and 



presents nearly all the characters of the strawberry, excepting in 

 the fruit, which is small, dry, and hairy: petals inversely heart- 

 shaped, white. Perennial : flowers in March and April : grows in 

 woods and on dry banks : common. Eng. Bot. vol. xxv. pi. 1785 : 

 Fragaria sterilis. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 426. Brit. Fl. p. 252. 785. 



9. TORMENTI'LLA. TORMENTIL. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, the limb divided into eight deep 

 segments, four alternate ones of whiclTare external and nar- 

 rower. Petals four, inversely heart-shaped. Filaments awl- 

 shaped, erect, not half so long as the corolla ; anthers roundish, 

 erect, two-celled. Germens superior, about eight, roundish, 

 small, collected into a round head. Styles thread -shaped, erect, 

 short, one to each germen, lateral ; stigmas obtuse. Seeds egg- 

 shaped, smooth. Receptacle small, depressed, hairy. Named 

 from tormina, dysentery, from its efficacy in that complaint. 



254. 



1. T. officindlis. Common Tormentil Septfoil. Stem ascending, 

 branched, leaves nearly sessile. Root woody, large : stems slender, 



