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from one point, which are ferrated on the upper 

 part generally with five but foinet'.mes fevcn pa- 

 rabolic dents, of which the central or extreme 

 one is the fliorteil : below the middle thefe Foliola 

 have their edges entire, and are a little hairy on 

 both fides, but more lb on their edges. At the 

 bafe of the footftalks of the radical leaves are 

 two entire, lanceolate, hairy StipiiU. Upon the 

 flower-ftalks are wide, oval, lanceolate BraSle^^ 

 which frequemly coalefec at their bafe, and fup- 

 port between them a fefllle leaf, divided into 

 three lobes, the central of which is often trihd : 

 thefe Bra5ie£ are placed under the ramifications 

 of the ftaik \ for on the peduncles they are op- 

 pofite, fimple, and undivided. The Calyces are 

 hairy, the expanded Corclh a little more than 

 half an inch in diameter, the Petals either uni- 

 formly yellow, or fometimes orange-color'd at 

 the bafe. 



The P. opaca Sc aurea differ fo little from the P* 

 verna^ that Halter feems to think the firli: ou^ht 

 not to be diftinguifhed from it, [Hift, Stirp. He!- 

 vet. n, 1 120) and Scopoli affirms the fecond to be 

 only a variety of it. {Flor. Carniol n. 621.) 7'hey 

 differ only quoad majus ^ minus^ but the general 

 habit, foil, figure of the petals, roots and leaves, 

 .agree in all, 



; 4. POTENTILLA foliis quinatis, caule repente, pe- 

 dunculis unifloris. Sp. pi. 714. {Ger. em. 987. /. 



I, Moris, 



