POTKNTILLA. 
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8. PoTEXTiLLA Liiiii. em., Tratt. Cinque-foil. 
* Hairs on the recejitacle shorter than the ylabrous carjieh. 
+ Leaves pinnate. 
1. P. rujies'tris (L.) ; st. erect dichotomous. leaflets roundish- 
ovate unequally cut and serrate 5 — 7 on the lower leaves, on 
the uppermost 3. — E. B. 205S. — Fl.-shoots annual. Pet. irhite, 
much longer than the calyx. Base of 1. wedgeshaped. St. 1 
— 2 feet high. — Craig Breidden. Montgomeryshire. Radnor- 
shire. P. Y. VI. E. 
2. P. Anserl/ia (L.) : st. creeping, 1. interruptedly pinnate, 
leaflets many oblong acutely serrate silky beneath, peduncles 
solitary. — E. B. 861. ^t. 4. 7. — FL yelloir, large. L. green 
above, white and silkv beneath : or white and denselvsilkv on 
both sides.— Roadsides. P. VI. VII. Siher Weed.' E. "S. I. 
+t Leaves digitate. 
3. P. argen'tea (L.) : st. ascending, I. quinate, leaflets obovate- 
cuneate incise-serrate irhite and domvj beneath their margins 
re volute. — E. B. 89. St. 17. 7. — Fl. yellow, small, in terminal 
corymbs. — Drj- gravelly places. P. VI. VII. E. S. 
4. P. ver'na (L. em., Koch) ,; st. prostrate, lower 1. of 5 — 7 
obomte leaflets serrate towards the end bristly on the margin 
and ribs beneath, teeth 2 — 1 on each side, lower stipules 
yiarroicly linear. — E. B. 37. St. 17. 8. — St. woody, about 5 in. 
long. Fl. yellow, solitarj- or 2 or 3 together. The terminal 
tooth of the 1. usually smallest and shortest. — Dry pastures. 
P. IV. V. E. S. 
5. P. Crantz'ii (Beck) ; st. ascending, lower 1. quinate, leaflets 
obovate-cuneate somewhat hairy deeply cut in the upper half, 
teeth about 4 on each side. sti/>. all ovate. — P. maculata ed. 
viii. : Pourr. 1 P. alpestris (Hall.). P. salisbur'/en.^is (Hoppe : 
Haenkel). St. 17. 10. .S>/. E. B. 429.— Larger than the 
E receding. All the teeth of 1. equal. Outer sep. oblong, 
lunt : inner twice as broad ovate, acute, [a weak form with 
short stems and deeply cat Its. has been referred to rar. debilis (Koch).J 
—Mountains. P. VL VH. ■ E. S. 
6. P. rep tans (L.) ; st.nlijorm prostrate rooting. I. qamsXi: 
stalked, leaflets obovate bluntly serrate, peduncles solitary, pet. 
obcordate, carpels asfjerous. — 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 margins. Fl. on long stalks, yellow. — Sometimes the 1. 
and cal. are covered with long silky hairs on both sides. 
[a iicall tafted form is var. microv'nylia (Tratt.).]— RoadsideS and banks. 
P. VI.— IX. " E. S. I. 
