DESCRIPTION OF A NEW POTENTILLA. 41? 



that can be added to our stock of information on 

 these subjects, it is presumed will not be unworthy 

 of public attention : and it is under this impression 

 that I have drawn up the following short paper, 

 which, I am well aware, derives a value it would 

 not otherwise possess, from the figure and descrip- 

 tion of the interesting little plant* so recently dis- 

 covered by Mr Jameson, 



PotentilIa foliis ternatis, apice incisis, utrinque 

 sericeis ; caule simplici, erectiusculo, sub-bifloro ; 

 calycis segmentis inaequalibus. 



Potentilla Jamesoniana. Leaves ternate, gashed 

 at the apices, silky on each side. Stem simple, 

 nearly erect, scarcely two-flowered ; segments of 

 the calyx unequal. 



Class and Order, Icosandria Polygyria, 



Nat. ord. Rosacea, Juss. Decand. 



See Plate XX. 



Description* 

 Moot. 1 have not seen; 



Stem about four inches, simple, rough at the bottom, 

 with the remains of old stipules, which form a 

 series of hard reddish scales, that increase in 

 number with the age of the plant ; and, together 

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