102 26. ROSACEA. 



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

 leaflets many oblong acutely serrate silky beneath, peduncles 

 solitary.—^. S. 861. St. 4. 7. — Fl. yellow, large. L.^ gi-een 

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

 both sides.— Roadsides, P. VI. VII. Silver Weed. E. S. 1. 



tt Leaves digitate. 



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

 cuneate incise-serrate white and dmmiy beneath their margins 

 revolute.— -B. B. 89. St. 17. 7.— Fl. yellow, small, in terminal 

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



[P. intermedia (NesL), P. opaca Sm., E. B. 2449, is not 

 known as a native.] 



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

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

 neath, teeth 2 — 4 on each side, lowest stipides jiarrowlg linear. — 

 K B. 37. St. 17. 8.— St. woody, about 5 in. long. El. yellow, 

 solitary or 2 or 3 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. Ruinate, leaf- 

 lets obovate-cuneate somewhat hairy deeply cut m the upper 

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

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

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

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



E. S. 



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

 dallied, leaflets obovate bhmtly 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. — Roadsides 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-cimeate incise-serrate, pet. obcordate, 

 rarpels loiigiitidinnlh/ wrinkled. — Tonnentilla officinalis L. E. B. 

 H(i3. St. 34. 12. — Rcotstock large, wood}'. L. all nearly sessile, 

 except the lowest, which are oflen teinate ; 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. — 



