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in tlie upper half, upper stipules ovate, petals heart-shaped stem 

 ascending." E. FL v. ii. ji. 418 — P. aurea, E. Bof. t. 561 

 {iiot Linn.) — P. Salisburgensis, Jacq. Ic. Rur. t. 490. — P. verna, 

 var. Wahl. 



Mountains of the nortli of Endand ; Wales. Breadalbane and Clova 

 mountains of Scotland. FL June, July. If. — With this I am very 

 familiar, having gathered it for a succession of years on the Scottish 

 mountains, and 1 have endeavoured to find some solid character by 

 which it might be distinguished from P. verna, but in vain. The extreme 

 vars., it is true, do appear distinct, but they insensibly pass into each 

 other ; an opinion in which 1 am happy to be supported by s>.ch autho- 

 rity as Mr W. Wilson, who finds at Llandudno, a little above high- 

 water mark, specimens of verna, which cannot be distinguished from 

 alpesin's. If retained as a species, surely the name Salishurt/ensis 

 should be preferred to the much more recent one of the younger Haller. 



7. P. optica, \j. (^Saiv-leaved hairy Cinque-foil); radical leaves 

 of seven hairy linear wedge-shaped leaflets deeply serrated 

 throughout, stem-leaves ternate mostly opposite, stems recum- 

 bent. E. Bot. t. 2449. — P. intermedia, Nestl Pot. t. 8. 



Hills of Clova and Braes of Balquiddcr, Scotland, G. Don. FL Jime. 

 If. — I am indebted for the only specimen I have ever seen of this to the 

 kindness of jNIr D. Don. The leaflets are coarsely serrated to the base, 

 and in this respect, as well as in its stouter habit, it differs from the two 

 preceding species. Mr Borrer has pointed out to me the synonym of 

 Dr Nestler. 



8. P.*dlba, L. (white Cinque-foil); stems filiform procumbent, 

 root-leaves quinate, upper ones ternate, leaflets oblong with 

 converging serratures silky beneath. E. Bot. t. iJlS-t. 



Wales (?) Mr Haviland ; {in Hiids.) FL June, July. If. — Flowers 

 white. 



9. P.repfans, L. (common creeping Cinqiie-foil); stem filiform 

 creeping, leaves quinate, leaflets obovato-cuneiform serrated, 

 peduncles axillary single-flowered longer tiian the leaf. E. 

 Bot. t. 862. 



Meadows, pastures, and way-sides. FL June — Aug. If — Sterns 

 taking root at the joints. Floiiers yellow. 



*** Leaves ternate. 



10. v. tridenidta, Soland. (three-toothed Cinque- foil); leaves 

 ternate, leaflets oblongo-cuneiform three-toothed at the extre- 

 mity, glabrous above hairy beneath, petals oval longer than the 

 calyx, stem ascending. E. Bot. t. 2389. 



On Werron hill, Clova. G. Don. FL May, June. If. — Flowers 

 white. 



1 1. P. Fragaridstriim, Ehrh. (Strawherry-leaved Cinque-foit); 

 leaves ternate, leaflets obovate deeply serrated silky on both 

 sides (especially beneath), petals obeordate as long as the calyx, 



stems procumbent. — P. Fragaria, Poir Fragaria sterilis, //. 



~E. Bot. L 1785. 



