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ovate unequally cut and serrate 5 — 7 on the lower leaves, on the 

 uppermost 3. — PI. white, large. Pet: much longer than the 

 calyx. Base of 1. wedgeBhaped. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — On Craig 

 Breidden, Montgomeryshh'e. P. V. VI. E. 



2. P. ansenna (L.) ; st. creepinff,\. interruptedly pinnate, leaf- 

 lets many oblong acutely serrate silky beneath, peduncles soli- 

 tary. — St. 4. 7. — Fl. yeUouj, large. L. green above, white and 

 silky beneath ; or white and densely sillqr on both sides. — Road- 

 P. VI. Vn. Silver Weed. E. S. I. 



tt Leaves digitate. 



3. P. argeritea (L.) ; st. ascending, I. quiiiate, leaflets obovate- 

 cuneate_ incise-serrate white and downy beneath their margins 

 revolute. — St. 17. 7.— Fl. veUow, small, in; terminal corymbs. — 

 Dry gravelly places. P. VI VU. E. S. 



[P. intermedia (Nesl.) ; st. ascending, I. of 7 hairy Ihxear- 

 cuneate Us. deeply serrate throughout green on both sides, st.-l. 

 ternate, teeth 5 or morfe on each sidej of a leaflet. — P. opaca Sni., 

 £. B. 2449. — Fl. on long simple solitary axillary or panicled 

 stalks, yellow. Not native.^Clova and Balquidder. Don. 

 P. VI.] 



4. P. ver'na (L.) ; st. prostrate, lower 1. of 5 — 7 ohouat^ leaf- 

 kts serrate towards the end.bristly on the margin and ribs l>e- 

 neath, teeth 2 — 4 on each side, lowest stipules, narrowly linear. — 

 St. 17. "8. — St. woody, about 5 in. long. Fl. yellow, solitary or 

 2 or 3 together. The terminal tooth of the I. usually smallest 

 and shortest.— Dry pastua-es. P. IV. V. E. S. 



5. p. maeiddta (Poun.) ; st. ascending, lower 1. quinate, leaf- 

 lets obovate-cuneate somewhat hairy deeply cut iu the upper 

 half, teeth about 4 on each side, stip. all ovate. — P. salisburgerisis 

 (Haenke). St. 17. lOi^Larger than the preceding. All the 

 teeth of 1. equal. Outer sep. obloi^, blunt; inner twice as broad, 

 ovate, acute. — Mountains. P. ^T VII. E. S. 



6. P. rep' tans (L.); si. fliform prostrate rooting, I. quinate 

 ttalhed, leaflets obovate blunfly serrate, peduncles solitary, ppt. 

 obcordate, carpels asperom.-r-h. on long stalks, often wili a 

 bunch of small 1. in theif axils, sometimes solitary, usually in 

 pairs. Leaflets blunt, rough or hairy on their ribs and margins. 

 Fl. on long stalks, yellow.-— Sometimes tlie, L and cal. are covered 

 with long sUky hairs on both sides. — Roadsides and banks. P. 



VI.— rs! E. S. L 



7. P. Tormentilla (Nesl.) ; st. procumbent or ascending, 1. 

 ternate sessile or shortly stalked, lower 1. quinate on long stalks, 



