580 355. Sibbaldia. 60. DRV'ADE/E. PL ex. cal. 
Pentaphylloides pumila foliis ternis ad extremilate trifid is. Rail Syn. 
256, 6. 
Sibbaldia procumbens, Lin. S. P. 406. 
Scotch cinquefoil. 
Micaceous alpine rocks ; perennial; July. 
Root woody ; leaves stipuled. 
IV. 356. POTENTILLA. Brunsfel. Cinquefoil. 
Calyx-tube concave ; limb 5 rarely 4-cut ; bracteated ; 
petals 5, rarely 4 ; stamens many ; ovaries indefinite, form- 
ing a head, on a prominent receptacle ; styles lateral ; ake- 
nium hardened, kidneyshape ; seeds appended. — Stem her- 
baceous, rarely shrubby. 
a. Leaves pinnate. 
1. Potentilla fructicosa. Shrubby cinquefoil. 
Leaves pinnate, villous ; calyx-leaflets linear, oblong, not 
cut, villous; bractece linear, slenderest below; stem shrubby. 
Pentaphylloides fruticosa. Rail Syn . 256, 4. 
Potentilla fruticosa, Lin. S. P. 709. 
Mountainous woods ; shrubby; June. 
Stem 2 feet high, much branched ; upper leaves ternate ; 
flower solitary, terminal, golden. 
2. Potentilla anserina. Goose cinquefoil. 
Leaves interruptedly pinnate, silky; leaflets acutely ser- 
rate; stem creeping; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered. 
Pentaphylloides Argentina dicta, Raii Syn. 256, 5. 
Argentina, Ger. em. 993, 1. 
Potentilla, Park. 593. 
Potentilla anserina, Lin. 8. P. 7 10. 
Silver weed. Wild tansey. Moors, Yorkshire. Moors corn, Ireland. 
Damp fields and holts; perennial ; June and July. 
Stem prostrate; leaves nearly lyrate; beneath silvery 
white; when young both sides silky; calyx silky; petals 
golden. — Roots eat like parsneps ; leaves mildly astringent, 
used instead of Peruvian bark in agues. 
0. nuda. Leaves not silky. 
3. Potentilla palustre. Marsh cinquefoil. 
Leaves pinnate ; leaflets lanceolate, serrated above ; calyx 
coloured ; petals very small ; stem creeping. 
