WILD FLOWERS YELLOW AND ORANGE 
it prospers in dry, sandy soils, and in the Sierra Neva- 
das to California. Also in northern Europe and Asia. 
FIVE-FINGER. WILD STRAWBERRY 
Potentilla canadénsis. Rose Family. 
This common Cinquefoil is very frequently mis- 
taken for a yellow-flowered Wild Strawberry, owing 
to a fancied resemblance of its leaves and flowers. 
It is well to remember, however, that the Cinquefoil 
has a five-parted leaf, while the Strawberry leaf is three 
parted. The leaf stems of the former are very smooth, 
and those of the latter are hairy. It spreads its numer- 
ous long, slender runners, which often root at the tip, 
over the ground in every direction from a leafy tuft. 
There are several medical qualities attributed to 
this species. The pretty decorative leaf has five thin, 
coarsely toothed, strongly: veined leaflets. They are 
oblong in shape, and narrowed toward the base. The 
leaves are of a lighter shade on the under side, and are 
set on long, smooth stems rising from the root or in 
little shorter-stemmed groups along the runners, at 
some little distance apart. The slender-stemmed, 
solitary flower has five broad-oval, yellow petals and 
numerous stamens. The petdls are notched at the 
apex, and the hairy green calyx is exposed between 
them. ‘The many green pistils form a dense little 
head in the centre. The five-parted calyx is closely 
supported with five similar and alternating leafy parts 
that give. it a ten-parted appearance. This plant is 
exceedingly abundant in dry fields, hillsides, and 
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