206 ICOSANDRIA — POLYGYNIA. IPotentilla. 



2. F.^eldtior, Ehrli. (ITaulboi/ Strawberry); calyx of tlie 

 fruit reflexed, hairs of tlie poiliincles and pedicels widely spread- 

 ing-, somewiiat deflexed. Sm. E. Bot. t. 2197. — F. moschata, 

 Duchesne. — Lindl. 



Groves and hedges, in several places. FL June — Sept. 1^.. 



10. CoMARUM. Linn. Marsh Cinque-foil. 



1. C. paluslre, L. (purple Marsh Cinque-foil). E. Bot. t. 172. 



Marshes and peat-bogrs, frequent. Ft. July. 1^. — .S^ewis ascending-. 

 Leaves petioled, with 7 lanceolate, dee|)ly serrated leaflets, upper ones 

 quinate or ternate, sessile with a pair oF ovate stipules. Flower-stalk 

 branched. Flowers of a deep dingy purple. 



11. PoTENTiLLAr Linn. Cinque-foil. 

 * Leaves pinnate. 



1. V. fruticosa, L. (shruhhi/ Cinque-foil); leaves pinnate, leaf- 

 lets (generally 5) oblongo-lanceolate entire, stem shrubby. £". 

 Bot. t. 8S. 



Rare : rocky and bushy places, in Middleton-Teesdale, Yorkshire. 

 Rock-forest, Clare, Ireland. FL June. 'Vi . 



2. P. avserina, L. (Silver-weed); leaves interruptedly pinnate 

 serrated silky especially beneath, peduncles axillary single- 

 flowered, stem creeping. E. Bot. t. 861. 



Moist meadows and road-sides, frequent. FL June, Jidy. If. — 

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

 both sides. Flowers large, yellow. Leaflets lanceolate. 



3. P. rupestris, L. (Slraichemj-jioioered Cinque-foil); stem 

 erect dichotomous, leaves pinnate, leaflets cuneato-ovate ser- 

 rated hairy, of the root-leaves about 5, of the cauline 3. E, 

 BoL t. -JOjS. 



Very rare, on Craig Breidhin, Montgomeryshire. FL June. 'If. — 

 Flowers large, white. 



** Leaves digitate. 



4. P. argentea, L. (hoary Cinque-foil); leaves quinate, leaflets 

 cuneiform cut white and downy beneath, their margins revolute, 

 «4:em decumbent. E. Bot. t. 89. 



Pastures and road-sides, especially in a gravelly soil. FL June. If. 

 — Flowers terminal, small, yellow, subcorymbose. 



.5. P. verna, L. (Spring Cinque-foil); root- leaves quinate, 

 leaflets obovate (green on both sides) sharply serrated upwards, 

 hairy beneath and at the edge, petals obcordate longer than the 

 calyx, stem decumbent. E. Bot. t. 37. 



Dry pastures, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, near Bristol, and in the north 

 of England ; Wales, and Scotland, es|)ecially ahouL Edinburgh. Brcad- 

 albane mountains. FL May, June. If. — A small, woody, i)rocumbent 

 plant, 3 — 5 inches in length. Flowers at the end of weak leafy branches. 



6. P. alpestris, Hal. fil. (orange alpine Cinque-foil); " radical 

 leaves of five wedge-shaped somewhat hairy leaflets deeply cut 



