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ceding. All the teeth of 1. equal. Outer sep. oblong, blunt ; 

 inner twice as broad, ovate, acute. — Mountains. P. VI. Vn. 



E.g. 



6. P. rep' tans (L.) ; st. filifwm prostrate rooting, I. quinate 

 stalked, leaflets obovate bluntly serrate, peduncles solitary, pet. 

 obcordate, carpels asperous. — E. B. 862. — L. on long stalks, often 

 ■with a bunch of small 1. in their axils, sometimes solitary, usu- 

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

 margins. Fl. on long stalks, yellow. — Sometimes the 1. and cal. 

 are covered with long silky hairs on both sides. — Koadsides and 

 banks. P. VI.— IX. E. S. I. 



7. P. Tormentil'la (Nesl.) ; st. procumbent or ascending, 1. 

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

 Its. lanceolate or obovate-cuneate incise-serrate, pet. obcordate, 

 carpels longitudinally wrinkled. — Tormentilla officincdis L. E. B. 

 863. St. 34. 12. — Rootstock large, woody. L. all nearly sessile, 

 except the lowest, which are often ternate ; Its. acute, rather 

 hairy. Stip. deeply cut. Fl. small, yellow, usually with 8 sep. 

 and 4 pet. — P. mixta (Nolte) ; 1. stalked. Its. obovate-oblong 

 acutely serrate, stip. entire. A hybrid between Sp. 6 and 7. — 

 |3. P. procumbens (Sibth.) ; leaflets obovate-cuneate deeply cut, 

 I. 5-nate or 3-nate stalked, stip. entire or trifld. Fl. usually 

 larger. Sg. E. B. 431. T. reptans L. — ^In dry places. ^. Woods 

 and hedgebanks. P. VI.— VIII. E. S. I. 



** Hairs on the receptacle long, cdrpels hairy at the scar or all 

 over. 



8. P. fruticdsa (L.) ; shruhhy, I. pinnate, leaflets mostly 5 ob- 

 long acute entire hairy with revolute margins. — E. B. 88. — St. 

 S— 4 feet high. Fl. large, yellow, terminal. — Teesdale. Wast- 

 dale. Galway. Clare. Sh. VI. VII. E.I. 



9.. P.fragarias'trum (Ehrh.) ; st. procumbent, I. ternate grey- 

 ish green, leaflets roundish obovate serrate sUky on both sides, 

 pet. narrowly obcordate not contiguous, carp, glabrous except 

 at the scar smooth or wrinkled transversely. — E. B. 1786. — 

 Hairs on the upperside of 1. bulbous-based. Fl. small, white. 

 — Woods, banks. P. IV. V. Barren Strawberry. E. S. I. 



[P. Norvegica (L.). Mr. G. S. Gibson found this in BurweU 

 Fen, Cambridgeshire, in 1868 ! J. of B. vi. 302.] 



9. Com'aetjm: Linn. Marsh. Cinque-foil. 



1. C.palu^tre (h.).—E. B. 172.— St. ascending, 1 foot high, 



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