104 26. EosAOB^. 



Tribe III. Dryadeee. 



7. Sibbal'dia. Linn. 



1. S.proeum'bens (L.) ; 1. ternate, leaflets wedgeshaped with 

 3 teeth at the end, fl. oorymhose, pet. lanceolate. — JB. B. 897. 

 St. 17. 6. Pot. Sihhaldii, Hall. — L. pilose on both sides. St. 

 woody, procumbent. Pet. very small, yellow, Pistils and 

 stam. very variable in number. — Dry summits of Scottish 

 mountains. Above Highcup Scar, Teesdale. P. VII. E. S, 



8. Potentil'ia Linn. Cinque-foil. 



* Hairs ore the receptacle shorter than the glabrous carpels. 



t Leaves pinnate. 



1. P. rwpes'tris (U.) ; st. erect dichotomous, leaflets roundish- 

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

 uppermost 3. — E. B. 2058^ — Fl. -shoots annual. Pet. white, 

 much longer than the calyx. Base of 1. wedgeshaped. St. 1 

 — 2 feet high. — On Oraig Breidden, Montgomeryshii'e. P. V. 

 VI. E; 



2. P. anserina (L.) ; St. creeping, 1. interruptedly pinnate, 

 leaflets many oblong acutely serrate silky beneath, peduncles 

 solitary. — E. B. 861. St. 4. 7. — Fl. yellow, large. L. green 

 above, white and silky beneath ; or white and densely silky on 

 both sides.— Roadsides. P. VI. VII. Silver Weed. E. S. I. 



tt' Leaves digitate. 



3. P. argen'tea (L.) ; st. ascending, I. quinate, leaflets obovate- , 

 cuneate inoise-serrate white and downy beneath their margins 

 revolute. — E. B. 89. St. 17. 7.— Fl. yellow, small, in termmal 

 corymbs. — Dry gravelly places. P. VI. VII. E. S. 



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

 lets serrate towards the end bristly on the margin and ribs be- 

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

 E. B. 37. St. 17. 8.— St. woody, about 5 in. long. Fl. yellow, 

 solitary or 2 or 8 together. The terminal tooth of the 1. usually 

 smallest and shortest. — Dry pastures. P. IV. V. E. S. 



5. P. maculdta (Pourr.) ; st. ascending, lower 1. quinate, leaf- 

 lets obovate-cuneate somewhat hairy deeply cut in the upper 

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

 (Haenke). St. 17. 10. Sy. E. B. 429.— Larger than the pre- 



