94 26. ROSACES. 



862. L. on long stalks, often with a bunch of small 1. in their 

 axils, sometimes solitary, usually in pairs. Leaflets blunt, rough 

 or hairy on their ribs and margins. Fl. on long stalks, yellow. 

 Sometimes the 1. and cal. are covered with long silky hairs on 

 both sides. Road-sides and banks. P. VI. IX. 



8. P. Tormentilla (Nesl.) ; st. procumbent or ascending, 1. ter- 

 nate sessile or shortly stalked, lower 1. quinate on long stalks, 

 leaflets lanceolate incise-serrate or obovate-cuneate, pet. obcor- 

 date their claw very short, carpels longitudinally wrinkled. Tor- 

 mentilla qfficinalis (L.) E. B. 863. St. 34. 12. Leaflets acute, 

 somewhat hairy. L. all nearly sessile except the lowest which 

 often have long stalks. Stip. deeply cut. Fl. small, yellow, 

 usually with 8 sep. and 4 pet. P. mixta (Nolte) ; 1. stalked, Its. 

 obovate-oblong acutely serrate, stip. entire. A hybrid between 

 No. 7 and 8. ft. P. procumbens (Sibth.); leaflets obovate-cuneate 

 deeply cut, 1. 5-nate subpedate or 3-nate stalked, stip. entire or 

 trifid. Fl. usually larger. T. reptans L., E. B. 864. In dry 

 places. /3. Woods and hedge-banks. P. VI. VIII. 



** Hairs on the receptacle long, carpels hairy at the scar or 

 all over. 



9. P.fruticosa(L.}; shrubby, L pinnate, leaflets mostly 5 ob- 

 long acute entire hairy with revolute margins. E. B. 88. St. 

 3 4 feet high. Fl. large, yellow, terminal, somewhat aggregated. 

 Teesdale. Wastdale. Galway. Clare. Sh.VI.VII. E.I. 



[10. P. alba(L.}', st. weak ascending, I. quinate, leaflets elliptic- 

 oblong narrowed below silky beneath tipped with converging ser- 

 ratures, filaments and carpels glabrous except at the scar of the 

 latter. E. B. 1384. St. 4. 2. Fl white. Stem-1. ternate. 

 Said to have been found in Wales: Huds. P. VI.] E. ? 



11. P. tridentata (Sol.); st. woody creeping at the base, /. 

 ternate, leaflets oblong-cuneate with 3 teeth at the end glabrous 

 above hairy beneath, filaments glabrous, carpels downy. E. B. 

 2389. St. prostrate. Fl. white." Werron Hill, and East rocks 

 Loch Brandy," Clova. Mr. G. Don. P. VI. S. 



12. P. fragariastrum (Ehrh.) ; st. procumbent, 1. ternate 

 greyish green, leaflets roundish obovate serrate silky on both sides, 

 pet. narrowly obcordate not contiguous, carp, glabrous except at 

 the scar smooth or wrinkled transversely. E. B. 1785. Fl. 

 small, white. Woods, banks. P. IV. V. Barren Strawberry. 



9. COM ARUM Linn. Marsh Cinque-foil. 



1. C.palustre (L.}.E. B. 172. St. ascending, 1 foot high, 

 reddish. L. pinnate. Leaflets 5 7, elliptic-oblong, acute, 

 sharply serrate. Fl. several, dark purple; cal. purple within; 



