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with long alternate spreading branches, which are often again 
subdivided ; the ft. in small nearly simple distant corymbs, upon 
longer stalks, and more silky. This plant has now retained its 
characters for many years in gardens. — Clova Mountains. Mr. 
G. Don! " Gatesgarth Pass, Cumberland." Mess. Dovaston and 
Bowman. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
4. A. arvensis (L.) ; I. palmate 3-fid wedgeshaped below hairy : 
lobes with 3 — 6 teeth at the end, fl. sessile axillary. — Aphanes 
(L.) E. B. 1011.— St. prostrate, 4—5 in. long. Fl. very small, 
greenish, in small hairy inconspicuous tufts. — Dry fields on sand 
and gravel. A. V. — VIII. Parsley Piert. 
9. Sibbaldia Linn. 
1. S. procumbens (L.) ; 1. ternate, leaflets wedgeshaped with 
3 teeth at the end, fl. corymbose, pet. lanceolate. — E. B. 897. 
St. 17. 5. — L. pilose on both sides. St. woody, procumbent. 
Pet. very small. " Pistils and stain, very variable in number. I 
am disposed to consider it as a Potentilla." W. Wilson. — Dry 
summits of Scottish mountains. P. VII. S. 
10. Potentilla Linn. 
* Hairs on the receptacle shorter than the glabrous carpels. 
•J" Leaves pinnate. 
L. P. rupestris (L.) ; st. erect dichotomous, leaflets roundish- 
ovate unequally cut and serrate 5 — 7 on the lower leaves, on the 
uppermost 3. — E. B. 2058. — Fl. white, large. Pet. much longer 
than the calyx. St. 1 — 2 feet high. — On Craig Breiddin, Mont- 
gomeryshire. P. V. VI. E. 
2. P. anserina (L.) ; st. creeping, 1. interruptedly pinnate, leaf- 
lets numerous oblong acutely serrate silky beneath, peduncles 
solitary. — E. B. 861. St. 4. 7- — Fl. yellow, large. L. green 
above, white and silky beneath. — /3. sericea (Koch) ; white and 
densely silky on both sides. — Road-sides. /3. Cambridge. P. 
VI. VII. Silver Weed. 
ff Leaves digitate. 
3. P. argentea (L.) ; st. decumbent or ascending, I. quinate, 
leaflets obovate-cuneate inciso-serrate downy beneath : margins 
revolute. — E. B. 89. St. 17- 7- — Fl. yellow, small, in terminal 
corymbs. — Dry gravelly places. P. VI. VII. 
4. P. opaca (L.) ; st. ascending, I. of 7 hairy Zmear-cuneate 
leaflets deeply serrated throughout green above and below, stem 
1. ternate, teeth 5 or more on each side of a leaflet. — E. B. 2449. 
— Fl. on long simple solitary axillary or panicled stalks, yellow. 
Serratures large distant, extending almost to the base of the leaf- 
let. I have not seen specimens. — Clova and Balquidder, Scot- 
land. P. VI. S. 
