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211. POTENTILLA. 



j8. fflacialis. Cal. Segments somewliat ob- 

 tuse. Seeds somewtat rugose. — DC. 



12. subacaulis. Stems tufted. Pan. 

 few-flowered. Lts. hoary on botli sides with 

 stellate ! pubescence, strongly veined. Pet. 

 shorter than calyx. (Seeds rugose, DC.) p. 

 6 (or 5). High cole, stony. Dau. Prov. 

 Pdm. Trieste. Monte de' Fiori. 



13. minima. Stem (ascending, usually 

 1-flowered, Koch), (diffuse, filiform, DC), 

 (entirely prostrate, Guss.) Lts. hairy on 

 the margin and on the veins beneath, but with- 

 out hairs on the upper sm'face; (ending in 

 about 9 equal teeth, Koch.) p. 7) 8. Very 

 high pastures and rocks. Alps. 



a. Cal. Segments unequal, obtuse. 



j3. hrauniana. Cal. Segments nearly equal, 

 acute. 



14. Tormentilla. Stem procumbent or 

 ascending, dichotomous, not rooting. Stem- 

 leaves nearly sessile. Stip. large, incise, leaf- 

 Kke. Pet. 4. p, 5, 6. Sandy. 



ii. Moot-L. quinato-digitate. Stem-L. ter- 

 nate, few. 



a. Flowers solitary. 



15. procumbens. {Tormentilla reptans) 

 Stems usually flageUifonn, creeping. L. gene- 

 rally solitaiy. Lts. entii-e below the middle. 

 Serratm'es acute. Pet. 4. p. 6, 7. Sandy, occ. 



16. mixta. Stem flagelliform, prostrate, 

 branched towards the top. Lts. serrate below 

 the middle. Serratm-es somewhat obtuse. Pet. 

 generally 4. p. Pastures. Holsace. 



17. reptans. Stems flagelliform, creeping. 

 L. several together. Lts. serrate almost from 

 the base. Serratures somewhat obtuse. Pet. 

 generally 5. p. 6-8. Pastures and uncul- 

 tivated. 



b. Flowers panicled. 



18. cinerea. Hoary, cottony. Pubes- 

 cence partly stellate. Shoots prostrate, often 

 creeping. Flowering-stems ascending. Lts. 

 obovate. Serratures about 9 ; the middle 

 smallest. Lower Stip. with a linear tail. p. 

 Open sandy or rocky, rare. G. Sw. 



19. verna. Shoots prostrate. Plowering- 

 stems ascending, hii-sute. AU the hau-s erecto- 

 patulous. Lts. oblongo-obovate, with spread- 

 ing hairs beneath and on the margin above. 

 Serratures about 9 ; the middle smallest. Lower 

 Stip. with a linear taU. p. 4, 5. Dry open. 

 m. Eur. 



20. Iiindackeri. " Stem filiform, pro- 

 cumbent. Lts. cuneiform, silky beneath. Teeth 

 large, oblong, rounded. Pet. exceeding calyx. 

 Boh." — DC. Not in Koch ; it is probably a 

 var. of v. verna. 



21. aurea. Shoots prostrate, sometimes 

 creeping. Flowering-stem arched. Hairs erect. 

 Lts. oblong, with a silky fringe on the mar- 

 gin and on the veins beneath. Serratm-es 

 about 7, acute ; the middle smallest. Stip. not 

 prolonged, p. 7, 8. Gi-assy mountains. Alps. 

 Silesia. 



22. alpestris. Shoots prostrate, some- 

 times creeping. Stems ascending, downy. Lts. 

 obovato-cuneate, with spreading hairs on the 

 margin and on the veins beneath. Teeth large, 

 porrect, about 7 ; ultimate nearly equal. Stip. 

 not prolonged, p. 6-8. Mountains. Tyrol. 

 Styria. Salzburg. Scotl. Teesdale. Vosges. 



j8. sabauda. Stem firmer. L. rounder, 

 their Teeth broader. 



23. opaca. Shoots prostrate, sometimes 

 creeping. Stems ascending, and, as well as 

 the L. -stalks, covered with long horizontal 

 hairs. Lts, oblongo-cuneate. Serratm'cs large, 

 the middle smallest, p. 5, 6. Hill thickets 

 and rocky places, occ. G. Alps. 



24. ariibigua. Stems ascending, pubes- 

 cent. Lts. somewhat digitato-incise, sillcy on 

 veins beneath. Teeth linear, about 7, nearly 

 equal. Stip. ovate, p. 7- Mountains above 

 Zermatten in the Vallais. 



iii. Stem-L. quinate, numerous. Lts. of 



Root-L. 5, 7. 



a,. Seeds not bordered. 



25. Calabra. "Stems decumbent or as- 

 cending. Lts. cuneate, subrotundo-flabellate, 

 many-cleft, densely tomentose and white be- 

 neath, less so above. Margin revolute. Seg- 

 ments of Cal. obtuse. Pet. obovate, two or 

 three times as long as calyx, p. 5, 6. Cal. 

 Sic."— Bert. 



26. argentea. Stems ascending, tomen- 

 tose, corymbose. Lts. 5, obovate, incise, nar- 

 rowed and entire at base, tomentose beneath. 

 Margin revolute. Fl.-stalks straight after 

 flowering, p. 6, 7. Open gravelly. 



27. collina. Stems decumbent, villoso- 

 tomentose, dift'usely panicled. ,'Eoot-L. form- 

 ing a central tult. Lts. 5, obovato-cuneate, 

 flat on the margin, acute. Stalk reflexed 

 after flowering, p. 5. Bry open hills. Wert- 

 heim (Baden). Boh. Sil. Fery li&eF.ai'genten. 



