ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. Tormentilla. 145 



Per. July. 



Stem-runners reddish, rooting at the joints, wliere also the Is., and 

 ji., come forth. Ls. more silvery beneath, root-ones largest. 

 Fl. large, handsome, yellow. Ckd. intermediate segments gene- 

 rally notched. Pet. roundish, or slightly notched. 



Var. Ls. smooth. 

 An elegant plant. Indicating clay under the surface. Linn. 

 ** Leaves fingered. 



P. argentea. Hoary Cinquefoil. Leaflets five, wedge- 

 shaped, jagged ; downy beneath. Stem ascending. 

 E. B. 89. Quinquefohum Tormentillee facie. G. E. 988. 



Pastures on gravel. Henley Park Hill. Sh. 



Per. June. 



Stems woody, round, half-erect, one f., or more. Ls. alternate, 

 upper sides green ; lowei', snow-white, like the caL, and upper 

 part of the stem. Stem occasionally forked, FL yellow, smajl, 

 panicled, corymbose. 

 In form and habit resembling a Tormentilla. - ■ t 



Discrim. The pure whiteness of its leaves. 



(P. verna, St. Vincenfs Rocks. Gloucestershire. Tut.) 



P. reptans. Common Creeping C. Leaflets five, in- 

 versely egg-shaped, saw-toothed. Stem creeping. 

 Stalks axillary, single-flowered. E. B. 862. C. 1. 

 37. Quinquefohum vulgare. G. E. 987- 



Meadows, pastures, way-sides. 



Per. June, August. 



Stems long, thread-shaped, rooting at the joints, like Pot. anserina. 

 Ls. in pairs from each joint; stalks long, erect; /eajl., dark- 

 green. Fl. large, yellow, rising higher than the Is. Ckd. inter- 

 mediate /*., deeper gi-een. Pet. inversely heart-shaped, broad. 

 * * * Leaves in threes. 



P. Fragariastrum. Sir awberry -leaved C. Leaflets 

 three, roundish-egg-shaped, saw-toothed, hairy. Stems 

 prostrate. Seeds wrinkled, hairy at the soar. Fraga- 

 ria sterihs. E. B. 1785. C. 3. 30. F. minime 

 vesca, sive sterilis. G. E. 998. 



Dry, gravelly pastures. 



Per. April. 



Stems leafy without creeping runners. Ls.-stalks long, hairy : 

 leafl. broad, coarsely saw-toothed, silky. Fl. white. Seeds : 

 receptacle small, and dry. 

 The habit and seeds of this agi-ee with Fragaria : as wanting a 



pulpy fruit, it accords with the Genus Potentilla. 



TORMENTILLA. Tormentil. 

 T. ofkindlis. Common T"., or SeptfoU. Stem ascend- 



