XXVI. ROSACEE! POTENTI’LLA. 319 
Other Sorts of shrubby Rubuses—R. macroe 
pétalus Doug. MS. in Hook, Fl. Bor. Amer. 
p. 178. t.59., and our fig. 545., is a native of 
low woods in the valley of the Columbia, with 
white flowers, and the general habit of R. 
spectabilis. 
R. delicidsus Torrey in Ann. Lye. ii. p. 196. 
is a native of North America, among the Rocky 
Mountains ; with purple flowers, succeeded by a 
very delicious fruit. It is a shrubby bramble, 
5 or 6 feet high. 
R. tilidceus Smith in Rees’s Cycl. vol. xxx. is 
a native of Upper Nepal, with white flowers, 
and leaves like those of Tilia alba. R. cordi- 
folius D. Pon appears to be the same species, 
or perhaps a variety. Hort. Soc. in 1834, 545. _R, macropétalus. 
= Genus X. 
La 
POTENTYLLA L. Tue Porenritua, or SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL. 
Lin, Syst. Icosandria Polygynia. 
Identification. in. Gen., No. 865. ; Nestl. Pot. Diss., 4to; Lehm. Pot. Diss., 4to; Dec. Prod., 2. 
p. 571.3 Don’s Mill., 2. p. 549. 
Derivation. From potens, powerful; in allusion to the supposed medicinal qualities of some 
species. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 10-parted, the 5 outer segments accessory. Petals 5. 
Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous with lateral styles, seated on a dry 
permanent, elevated receptacle. (Don’s Mill.) =. 
Leaves compound, alternate or opposite, stipulate, sub-evergreen ; pin- 
nately cut. Flowers white or yellow. 
Shrubs low, natives of Europe and America, and of easy culture in a dry 
soil. They are propagated by seeds or cuttings ; and, except the common 
species, P. fruticosa, are not much in cultivation. 
« 1. P. rrurico'’sa Z. The shrubby Potentilla, or Cinquefoil. 
Identification. Lin. Sp.,709.; Dec. Prod., 2. p, 579. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 560. ; Nestl. Pot.; Lehm. 
Pot. ; Smith’s Eng. Flora, 2. p. 416. * 
Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 88.; Nestl. Pot., 30. t. 1.; and our fig. 546. 
Spec. Char., &c. Stem shrubby. : 
Leaves pinnately cut, hairy ; the 
lobes oblong, lanceolate, entire, 
approximate, of nearlythe same 
colour on both surfaces. Sti- 
pules lanceolate, membraneous, 
acute. Inflorescence rather co- 
rymbose. Flowers yellow. Se- 
pals pilose, lanceolate, acute, 
broad at the base. Bracteas 
linear-lanceolate, indistinctly pe- 
tioled. Corolla longer than the t 
calyx. Receptacle very hairy. 546. Potentilla fruticbsa. 
(Dec, Prod.) A roundish bush. 
England, Germany, the Pyrenees, and other places ; in England, in Middle- 
ton, Teesdale ; and in Rock Forest, Clare, in Ireland. Height 2 ft. to 4 ft. 
Flowers yellow; July and August. Fruit brown; ripe in October. 
