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The Flora of Wiltshire. 



Locality. In cultivated and waste ground, on sand and gravel. 

 A. Fl. May, August. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Distributed throughout 

 all the Districts. 



PoTENTTLLA, (LlNN.) ClNQTIE-FOIL. 



Linn. CI. xii. Ord. iii. 

 Name. From potent (Lat.) powerful, in allusion to the medicinal 

 properties attributed to some of the species. 



1. P. anserina (Linn.) Goose or Silver weed. From anser (Lat.) 

 a goose. Engl. Dot. t. 861. St. 4, 7. 



Locality. Sides of paths and roads, and in low pastures, especially 

 where water has stood during the winter. P. Fl. June, July. 

 Area, 1. 2. 3. 4 .5. In all the Districts. Leaves silvery, and white 

 underneath. Leaflets curiously folding themselves up : sometimes 

 the leaves are smooth and destitute of that silky down which gives 

 them their chief beauty. It is this species which according to 

 Linnaeus indicates clay under the surface, and not P. argentea 

 (Linn.) 



2. P. argentea (Linn.) Hoary or Silver-leaved Cinque -foil. Engl. 

 Dot. t. 89. St. 17, 7. 



Locality. In pastures on a gravelly soil. P. Fl. June, July. 

 Area, 1. * 3. * 5. 



South Division. 



1. South-east District, " Between the windmill and the miller's 

 house, on the common near Waddon," Dr. Maton. 



3. South-west District, Sutton Veny near Heytesbury. 



North Division. 



5. North-east District, "Burbage," Mr. William Bartlett. An 

 unfrequent species in Wilts according to my own observations. 

 The locality on the authority of Dr. Maton requires to be again 

 verified by some trustworthy botanist. 



3. P. reptans (Linn.) Creeping or Trailing Cinque-foil. Engl. 

 Dot. t. 862. 



Locality. In woods, meadows, pastures, on ditch and hedge 

 banks, waste ground, and by waysides abundantly. P. FL June, 

 September. Area, 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Frequent in all the Districts. 



