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5. P. verna (L.); $t. prostrate, lower 1. of 5 — 7 obovate leaf- 
lets serrated towards the end bristly on the margin and ribs be- 
neath : teeth 2 — 4 on each side, lowest stijndcs narrowly linear. — 
E. B. 37. St. 17- 8. — St. woody, about 5 in. long. Fl. yellow, 
solitary or 2 or 3 together. The terminal tooth of the 1. usually 
smallest and shortest. — Dry pastures. P. IV. V. E. S. 
6. P. alpesfris (Hall.) ; st. ascending, lower 1. quinate, leaflets 
obovate-cuueate somewhat hairy deeply cut in the upper half: 
teeth about 4 on each side, stip. all ovate. — E. B. 561. P. salis- 
buryensis (Haenke) St. 17- 10., Koch. — Larger than the preceding. 
—Mountains. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
7. P. reptans (L.) ; st. filiform procumbent creeping, I. quinate 
stalked, leaflets obovate serrated, peduncles solitary, carpels gra- 
nulate -scabrous. — E. B. 862. — L. on long stalks, often with a 
bunch of small 1. in their axils, sometimes solitary, usually in 
pairs. Leaflets blunt, rough or hairy on their ribs and mar- 
gins. Fl. on long stalks yellow. — ft. sericea ; 1. and cal. covered 
with long silky hairs on both sides. — y. acutifolia ; leaflets lan- 
ceolate acute deeply toothed covered with silky hairs on both sides, 
calyx-segments elongated acute silky. — Road-sides and banks. 
ft. Usan, Forfarshire. Mr. Lindsay Carnegie, y. Milton, North- 
amptonshire. Rev. M. J. Berkeley. P. VI. — IX. 
8. P. Tormentilla (Nesl.) ; st. procumbent or ascending, 1. ter- 
nate sessile or shortly stalked, lower 1. quinate on long stalks, 
leaflets lanceolate inciso-serrate, carpels longitudinally wrinkled. 
— Tormentilla officinalis (L.) E. B. 863. St. 34. 12. — Leaflets 
acute, somewhat hairy. L. all nearly sessile except the lowest 
which often have long stalks. Stip. deeply cut. Fl. small, yel- 
low, usually with 8 sep. and 4 pet. but varying greatly in that 
respect. (See Mag. Nat. Hist. vi. 248.) — ft. nemoralis (Ser.) ; 
leaflets obovate-cuneate deeply cut, 1. all shortly stalked, stip. 
entire or trifid. Fl. twice as large. T. reptans (L.) E. B. 864. 
— In dry places, ft. Woods and hedge-banks. P. VI. — VIII. 
** Hairs on the receptacle elongated, carpels hairy at the scar 
or all over. 
9. P. frulicosa (L.) ; shrubby, I. pinnate, leaflets mostly 5 ob- 
long acute entire hairy with revolute margins. — E. B. 88. — St. 
3 — 4 feet high. Fl. large, yellow, terminal, somewhat aggregated. 
— Teesdale. Galway. Clare. Sh. VI. VII. E.I. 
[10. P. alba (L.) ; st. weak ascending, I. quinate, leaflets elliptic- 
oblong narrowed below silky beneath tipped with converging ser- 
ratures, filaments and carpels glabrous except at the scar of the 
latter.— E. B. 1384. St. 4. 2.— Fl. white. Stem 1. ternate. — 
Said to have been found in Wales. Huds. P. VI.] E.? 
11. P. tridentata (Sol.) ; st. woody creeping at the base, 
