2je ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



as growing in the den of Bethaick^ four miles 

 from Ferth^ is now not to be found there -, pof- 

 fibly the POTENTILLA argentea was miftaken 

 for it, 



COMARUM. Gen, pi 638. 



CaL lo-fidus. Petala 5, calyce minora. Receptac, 

 feminum ovatum, fpongiofum, perfiftens. 

 ■palujfre i. COMARUM. Sp. pL 71H. {Ger, em, 987. /. 4. 

 Moris, hift, /. 2. /. 19./. 4. fe' ejus var* Pluke- 

 net. /. 212./. 2. Pet. herb, t, 41./. 2) 



Purple Marfh Cinquefoil. Anglis, 



In peat-bogs and marfhes frequent. %, VII. 



The ftalks are proftrate and creeping : the leaves- 

 arc pinnated with five or feven oval, ferrated Fo* 

 liola^ the odd one at the end being largeft : the 

 flowering ftems are red, and a foot and a half 

 high, bearing feveral flowers towards the top : 

 the Calyces are large, and of a dull purple, or 

 blood color, confifling of ten fegments, alter- 

 nately great and fmall : the Petals are much 

 fmaller than the Calyx,^ of the fame color, and 

 ligidate or tongue -ill ap'd : the Stamina are of the 

 fame color as the Petals : the jlnthera yellow, 

 and the Receptacle of the feeds, when ripe, tu- 

 t mid and flefhy. 



The roots will dye wool of a red color, and have 

 aftringency enough to tan leather. 



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