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SIBBA'LDIA* * 
Linnean Class and Order Penta'ndria f, Pentauy'nia. 
Natural Order. Rosa'ce.e*, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 334. — Sm. Gram- 
of Bot. p. 171. — Lindl. Syn. p. 88. ; Introd. to Nat. Syst. of Bot. 
p. 81. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 528. — Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 512.; 
Arbor, et Frutic. Brit. v. ii. p. 670. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and 
Bot. v. ii. p. 523. — Mack. FI. Hiber. p. 85. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) 
p 404. — Rosales; sect. Rosin.e ; subsect. Rosian.e ; type, Ro- 
sacea; ; subtype, Fragarioa: ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. ii. pp. 614, 
683, 699, & 700. — Senticos.e, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, in 10 alter- 
nately large and small segments, permanent. Corolla (see fig. 2.) 
of 5, inversely egg-shaped petals (see fig. 3.), tapering at the base, 
inserted into the rim of the calyx, shorter than its smaller segments, 
to which they are opposite. Filaments 5, awl-shaped, shorter than 
the petals, inserted into the rim of the calyx between them. Anthers 
(fig. 4.) roundish, incumbent. Germens (see figs. 5 & 7.) 5, occa- 
sionally 10, egg-shaped, compressed, very short. Styles lateral, 
from about the middle of the germen (see fig. 5.), as long as the 
stamens. Stigmas blunt. Capsules ( seeds of Sm.,/ (see figs. 9 & 10.) 
5, indehiscent, in the bottom of the enlarged, somewhat hardened, 
converging calyx, 1-seeded. 
The calyx in 10 alternately large and small segments; the 
corolla of 5 petals, inserted on the calyx ; and the 5 indehiscent, 
1-seeded capsules ; will distinguish this from other genera in the 
same class and order. 
One species British. 
SIBBA'LDIA PROCU'MBENS. Procumbent Sibbaldia. Scotch 
Cinquefoil. 
Spec. Char. Leaves trifoliate ; leaflets equal, wedge-shaped, 
with three terminal teeth. 
Engl. Bot. t. 897.— FI. Dan. t. 32.— Linn. Sp. PI. p. 406.; FI. Suec. p. 101 . ; 
FI. Lapp. (2nd ed. ) p. 82. — Iluds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 136. — Willd. Sp. PI. v. i. 
pt. II. p. 1567. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 315. ; Engl. FI, v. ii. p. 120. — With. (7th ed. ) 
v. ii. p. 409. — Gray's Nat. Arr. v. ij. p. 579. — Lindl. Syn. p. 98. — Hook. Brit. FI. 
p. 148. — Macr. Mau. Brit. Bot. p. 69. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot, v. ii. 
p. 562. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 175. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 97. — Irv. Lond. FI. p. 
237. — Torrey and Gray’s FI. of N. Amer. v. i. p. 433. — Fragarice sylvestri affinis 
planta flore luteo, Sibb. Scot. pt. ii. p. 25. t. 6. f. 1. — Pentaphylloides pumila. 
foliis ternis ad extremitates trifidis, Ray’s Syn. p. 256. — Scotch Cinquefoil, 
Pet. H. Brit. t. 41. f. 7. 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. A separate Flower. — Fig. 3. A Petal. — Fig. 4. A Sta- 
men. — Fig. 5. Germen, Style, & Stigma. — Fig. 6. Matured Calyx. — Fig. 7. Calyx, 
with the 5 capsules. — Fig. 8. Veitical Section of the same. — Figs. 9 & 10. Seeds. — 
Fig. 11. Transverse section of a Seed. — Fig. 12. The 2 Cotyledons. 
* So named by Linnaeus in memory of Sir Robert Sibbald, who in 1684 pub- 
lished a learned work, entitled “ Scotia lllustrata sive Prodromus Histori® Natu- 
ralis,” etc. ; the work of twenty years, in which this plant was figured and 
described. He was the first Medical Professor instituted at Edinburgh, about the 
year 1685; he greatly advanced the indigenous Botany of Scotland, and became 
Physician and Geographer Royal to King Charles 11. —Withering. 
•f See fol. 48, note f. 4 See fol. 313, a. 
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