The BRITISH HERBAL. 
The flowers are very beautiful, moderately 
J;irge, and of a gold yellow, with a tuft of threads 
in the centre. 
The feeds fland in a little clufter. 
It is a fcarce plant. 1 have feen it in Charlton 
foreft in Sufiex, where it flowers in September. 
Plukenet dcfcribes this, Aim. p. 2S5. 
5. Siiky Cinquefoil. 
Peniapbylhm pumlim foUis fericeis. 
The root is oblong, fmali, brown, woody, and 
edged With fibres. 
The leaves rifing from it are fmall, and (land 
upon very flender footftalks. They are irregu- 
larly divided into five parts; three principal, 
which are forward, and two lefler toward the 
llalk. Thefe lall are always fmall, and often 
wanting ; and they, as well as the others, are 
notched at the tops. Their colour is a whitifii 
green, and they feel filky. 
The ftalks are numerous, fhort, and fpread 
upon the ground. The leaves on them are like 
thofe from the root, but ufually they have only 
the three divifions. 
The flowers are fmall and yellow. 
The feeds ftand in a little naked head. 
It is not common in England, but frequent in 
the hilly parts of Scotland. 
Sibbald calls it FragarLe fyhejlri affinis -planta 
flare lutea. Plukenet, Pentaphyllum frutuo[um 
minimum frociimbcns fiore luteo fgliis fericeis fraga- 
rue teriiis. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
I. Upright Cinqut-roi]. 
Pentiiplyllum return majm. 
The root is long and thick, of a redifli 
brown on the outfide, paler within, and edged 
with fibres. 
The leaves which rife from it are placed on 
Ibort footftalks, and deeply divided into five 
parts i fometimes into more, often into lefs ; 
and frequently the firft leaves are fcarce divided 
at all. Thefe divifions or feparate leaves are ob- 
long, narrow, and deeply indented. 
The ftalk is two or three feet high, firm, hard, 
round, redifli, and a little hairy, with leaves ir- 
regularly placed, refembling the other, but with 
fewer divifions. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches, 
into which the upper part of the ftalk divides ; 
and are large, of a fine gold yellow, and fwcet 
fcented. 
The feeds ftand naked in a little clufter, de- 
fended by the cup. 
It is a native of Italy and the fouth of France, 
and flowers in June. 
The flowers arc fometimes white. 
C. Bauhine calls it SiuinquefoUum re&iim lu- 
2. White flowered Cinquefoil. 
PentaphyUum jiiajus fioi-e alba. 
' The root is long, flender, brown, and fur- 
niflied with fibres: 
The footftalks of the leaves are two or three 
inches long, flender, weak, and hairy. Five 
leaves ftand on each ; and they are oblong, broad, 
pointed at the ends, and hollowed. They are of 
a deep green, and fmooth on the upper fide, and 
hairy and white underneath. 
The ftalks are fix or eight inches high, but 
weak and flender. They have numerous leaves 
ftanding irregularly on them, and divide toward 
the top into branches. 
The flowers ftand on footftalks fingly towards 
their tops, and are large and white, with yellow 
threads in the centre. They much rtfemble thofe 
of the ftrawberry. 
The feeds are fmall, and ftand in a clufter. 
It is a native of Hungary, and many other 
parts of Europe, and flowers in June. 
J. Bauhine calls this Fenlapbyllim alhm. C: 
Bauhine l-^in^uefolium album majus, 
3. Yellow alpine Cinquefoil, 
Pcntaphyllutn minus mreum. 
The root is long and flender, of a dufl^y 
brown, and furniflied with fibres. 
The leaves that rife immediately from it 
ftand on long flender pedicles, five on each ; and 
they are oblong, broad, ferrated, and pointed at' 
the ends; They are of a lliining green, but have 
a few fcattered hairs upon them . 
The ftalks are weak, and hardly ftand upright. 
They have feveral leaves on them, placed irre- 
gularly i and thofe toward the upper part are 
divided into three, rather than five fegments. 
The flowers ftand on long footftalks ; and are 
large, of a bright yellow, with a great tuft of 
deeper yellow threads in the midft. 
When thefe are fallen, the feed appears in fmall 
clufters naked. 
It is a native of Italy and Germany, and flowers 
in June. The virtues have not been tried. 
C. Bauhine calls this Sumquefolium minus repens 
alpimm aureum. 
GENUS III. 
BASTARD CIN QJJ E F O I L; 
P ENTJP HTLLOIDES. 
TH E flowers and feeds of this are like thofe of cinquefoil ; but the leaves are more numerous; 
and ftand in two rows, with an odd one at the end. Linnsus places this among his icofandria 
the threads rifing from the cup or petals, and the rudiments of the feeds being numerous. 
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