122 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
Obs. The root of the Water Avens is tonic and Pct rfully astrin- 
gent, and is used as a popular remedy in diarrhoea, dyspepsia, &c. A 
decoction is made and taken with sugar and milk in ‘the same manne Fags 
coffee. 
6. POTENTIL’LA, £: Crxqueror.. 
[Latin, potens, powerful ; in reference to supposed medical properties. 3 
Calyz 5-cleft, with an fen A + pod rd = cleft, ee appearing 10- 
cleft. Petals mos tly 5. Sta 2 oy ral or terminal, 
deciduous. Akenes numerous, 5 anes re ose, estate =! dry persistent 
villous receptacle. Seed suspended ; andicta always” superok Herbace- 
ous or suffruticose. Leaves pinnately or palmately compoun 
LP. tt igh re gica, L. Hirsute ; stem erect, dichotomous lb leayi 
liolate, the eau leaflet obovate 
ahlese, ~ uppermost Tanovolate, coarsely and incisely ok: 
cles cymose at summit and leafy ; petals shorter than the 
: akenes yagcaey " dpbed or ittinte. 
Norweeian Porentitia. 
Stem 1-2 feet high, rather stout. Leaflets 1-3 inches long ; common 
petioles A Zin eches long ; stipules large (often an inch or — in length). Flowers _— 
numerous, in leafy cy mes at superna and on oe solitary peduncles below—the low 
ye 
Pastures and r idee: ga States. Native of Lapland, Norway, and Northern 
America. Fl. July=August. Fr. September. 
. This is said to be a native in the Northern States, and British 
p tr 
oa I know, acquired a common name. 
P. C: vied loss i Stone procumbent and ascending ¢ 
leaves platy 2 the eate-obovate, i pepe Phe 
dentate near ; pedune nan deiflary ary, es aut elongated ali 
longer than the aes ’ akenes somewhat ru 
Canapian Porentinia. Cinquefoil. Fiveinger: 
Root perennial. —. a or 3-12 and 18 inches long, slender, somewhat branched, often 
several from the sa ot. “Hadical leaves on petioles 2-— 6 or 8 inches long ; stem leaves 
nearly sessile : laps halt an inch to1—2 inches long, Peduncles about as long as the 
sepa es. Petals y' 
nw Ol neglected elas borders of woodlands, &c. Canada to Georgia. Fl. April-June. 
June - August. 
Obs. The P. simplex, of authors, is no doubt properly regarded as only 
a variety of this. Both varieties are rather harmless, though worthless ; 
and are merely et el a poor soil, or a thri iftless farmer. Some 
lands, oe kep seem to hay incurable 
re fie ve an almost in 
to Tose the Fitaable Gehsile and to become speedily 
