PoTENTILLA REPTANS. COMMON OnQUEFOIL or 



FIVE LEAVED URASS 



POTENTILLA Llnncel Gen. PI. Icosandria Polygynia: 



Rali Gen. 15. Herbje semine nudo polyspermy. 

 POTENTILLA reptans foliis quinatis, caule repente, pedunculis unifloris. Lin: SyJ. Vegetal, p. 398. PL 



Suecic. p. 178. 



PR AG ARIA foliis quinatis ferratis, petiolis unifloris, caule reptante. Haller hlfi. v. z. p. 47. 

 QUINQUEFOLIUM majus repens. Bauhln pin. p. 325. Gerard emac. 087. 

 PENTAPHYLLUM vulgatimmum Parklnfon 398. Rail Syn. p. 255. 

 POTENTILLA reptans. Hud/on. FL Angl. p. 197. ScopoliPl. Carnlol p. 361 



RADIX perennis, fufiformis, paucis fibrillis inftructa, | ROOT perennial, tapering, furnifhed with few fibres, 



intra terram profunde penetrans, craffitie digiti | penetrating deeply into the earth, the fize of 



minimi aut pollicis etiam in annofis, externe t the little finger, or even of the thumb when 



fordide caftanea. J old, externally of a dark chefnut colour. 



CAULES numerofi, teretes, glabri, repentes, purpurei. f STALKS numerous, round, fmooth, and creeping. 



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 FOLIA quinata, etiam feptena occurrunt, ferrata, venofa, ' $ LEAYES quinate, or growing five together, fometimes 



inaequalia, parum hirfuta, petiolis longis infi- * even feven, ferrated, veiny, unequal in their 



dentia, per paria e geniculis caulium ad magna * fize, flightly hairy, fitting on long footftalks, 



intervalla prodeuntia. f which proceed in pairs from the joints of the 



I ftalks at confiderable diftances. 



STIPUL./E geminae, trifoliate, foliolis ovatis. | STlPULvE growing in pairs, compofed of three oval- 



* ihaped. leaves. 



I 

 PETIOLI uniflori, longi, fuberecti. f FOOT-STALKS of the flowers uniflorous, long, and 



I nearly upright. 



CALYX: pERiANTHiuMmonophyllum, planiufculum, | CALYX: a Peri an thium of one leaf, flattifh, divided 

 decemfidum, laciniis alternis minoribus, faepe ^ into ten fegments, the fegments alternately 



' reflexis, fig, 3, 4, 5. | fmaller and frequently turned back, fig. 3.4.5. 



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COROLLA : Petala quinque, fubrotundo-cordata, % COROLLA: five Petals of a roundifh heart-fhaped 



flava, unguibus calyci inferta, jig.. 6. | figure, and yellow colour, inferted into the Ca- 



% lyx by their Ungues or claws, fig. 6. 

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STAMINA: Filament A viginti, fubulata, Corolla bre- | STAMINA twenty Filaments tapering: lhorter than 



viora, margini interiori glandulofae calycis in- i the Corolla, inferted into the inner edge of the 



ferta, in duas feries diftributa ; Anthers | Calyx, which puts on a glandular appearance, 



oblongas, compreflae, flavae, biloculares, loculae ^ and placed in two rows; Antherje oblong, 



membrana divifae, infidentes, fig. 7, 8. & flat, bilocular, the bags or cavities divided by 



I a membrane, fitting on the filaments, j£g\ 7, 8. 



PISTILLUM: Germina numerofa, in capitulum col- $ PISTILLUM : the Germina numerous, collected into 



lecfa ; Styli filiformes filamentis breviores, la- | a little head ; the Styles filiform, lhorter than 



teri Germinis inferti, perfiftentes ; Stigmata | the filaments, inferted into the fide of the Ger- 



minima, obtufa, jig. 9, 10. t men and continuing; the Stigmata very 



I fmall and blunt, fig. 9, 10. 



SEMINA numerofa, parva, fufca, ffylo perfiftente ter- ^ SEEDS numerous, fmall, brown and terminated by the 



minata, jg\ 11, 12. | Style, fig. 11, 12. 



The R.oots of Cinqiiejoll and many other plants of the Clafs Icofiandrla, poflefs confiderable virtues as aftringent 

 medicines, and may be ufed in the fame Cafes in which Bjftort is recommended. 



It has like wife been ufed in fome places for the purpofe of tanning Leather where better materials for that 

 pur pole are with difficulty acquired. 



A Tea or infufion of the leaves is in ufe among the Country People as a drink in Fevers. 



Mod forts of Cattle are fond of the leaves, but it does not appear to be a plant worth cultivating on that account. 



The Larva or Caterpillar of the PhaUnaRubi, vld, Roefiel, Suppl. tab. 69, Alb'miab. 81, feeds on the leaves 

 in Autumn, although a plant to which that InfecT: is by no means confined. 



It grows very common in meadows and on banks by the road fides, and flowers in July, Auguft, and September. 



•It affords the botanic Student a very good example of the Caulk repens or Creeping Stalk. 



