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60. DRYADEiE. 356. Potentilla. 583 
10. Fotenlilla repians. Creeping cinquefoil. 
Leaves acuminate; leaflets reverse oval, wedgeshape, ser- 
rated ; stipules not cut ; peduncles axillary, 1 -flowered, 
longer than the leaves ; stem sarmentose. 
Pentapbyllum vulgatissimum, Rail Syn. 255, 1 ; Park. 398. 
Quinquefolium vulgare, Ger. em. 987, 1. 
Potentilla reptans, Lin . S. P. 714. 
Five-finger grass. Five-leaved grass. Sinkfeld. 
Fields and pastures; perennial; July and August. 
Stem reddish ; leaves bald above, beneath hairy on the 
ribs ; stipules lanceolate, sometimes slightly toothed ; petals 
reverse heartshape, as long as the calyx ; Iradeae lanceo- 
late, equal to the calyx-lobes. — Root astringent, antiseptic, 
used as a gargle for loose teeth and spongy gums. 
d. Leaves three-leajletted. 
11. Potentilla nemoralis . Grove cinquefoil . 
Leaves three-1 eafletted ; stem-leaves petioled ; leaflets 
wedgeshape, reverse oval, deep toothed ; peduncles solitary, 
long ; flowers 4-petaled ; stem threadlike, procumbent. 
Tormentilla reptans, Lin. S. P. 716. 
Potentilla procumbens, Sibthorp FI. Ox. 162. 
Potentilla nemoralis, Niestler Potentates , 65. 
Plot's tormentil . Trailing tormentil. 
Edges of fields; perennial; June and July. 
Stem slender; stipules lanceolate, generally undivided; 
Iractece linear, lanceolate ; calyx-lobes ovate, equal ; petals 
wedgeshape, reverse heartshape, nearly twice as long as the 
calyx, sometimes 5. 
12. Potentilla officinalis. Shop cinquefoil . 
Leaves 3-leafletted ; stem-leaves sessile ; leaflets rather 
lanceolate, oval, deeply toothed ; peduncles single, from the 
fork or lateral ; flowers 4-petaled ; stem mostly upright, 
forked. 
Tormentilla, Rail Syn. 257 ; Ger. em. 992. 
Tormentilla vulgaris, Park. 394. 
Tormentilla ereeta, Lin. S. P. 716. 
Tormentilla officinalis, Curtis FI. Lond. 
Potentilla Tormentilla, Sibthorp FI. Oxon. 162. 
Common tormentil. Septfoil. 
Barren pastures and meadows ; perennial ; J une and J uly. 
Root woody ; stem upright or procumbent ; leaves nearly 
sessile ; petals and calyx-lobes 4, rarely 3, 5, or many. 
