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icosANDRiA POLYSYNiA. Potentilla. 
Anserina. 
pensylvanica. 
strigosa. 
opinar 
palustre. 
In bog meadows and on the borders of lakes : Canada and 
on the mountains of New York and New Jersey, fj . 
July, Aug. v. v. This is a low-growing shrub, not 
aboveeighteen inches high. Though it appears to be no 
more than a variety of the preceding, the difference 
of habit is so great, that I was persuaded to propose it 
as a distinct species : both cultivated near one another, 
will decide whether it shall be adopted as such or not. 
15. P. repens j foliis interrupte-pinnatis numerosis inciso- 
serratis sericeis subtus niveo-tomentosis, pedunculis so- 
litariis unifloris. — IVilld. sp. pi. 2 . p. 1095. 
Icon. Engl, hot . 801. 
On the banks of rivers and lakes : Pensylvania, New 
York, and Canada. I/ . May — Sept. v.v. Flowers 
yellow, large. Specimens from Labrador in the Her- 
barium of A. B. Lambert, Esq. seem to differ in the 
form of its petals from the European plant $ they are 
obovate, and longer than the calyx. 
10. P. erecta, mollissime subcandicanti-villosa ; foliis pinna- 
tis, foliolis oblongis obtusis subsemi-pinnatifidis tomen- 
tosis, panicula stricta multiflora, calycis tomentosi la- 
ciniis semiovalibus. Mich.jl. amer . L p. 304. IVilld. 
sp.pl. 2. p. IO 99 . 
Icon. Jacq. hort. t. I 89 . 
/3. P. cano-pubescens ; foliis pectinato-dentatis margine re- 
volutis, floribus corymbosis. 
P. strigosa. Pallas in Herb. Lambert. 
Icon. Gmel. sib. ,3. t. 34. /. 1 . 
In Canada and New England. /3. on the Missouri. 7/. 
June. July. v. v. /3. v. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers 
yellow. The variety (3. appears to be a distinct spe- 
cies. 
17 ' P. procumbens, dichotoma; foliis pinnatis, foliolis ob- 
longis profunde dentatis, pedunculis lateralibus solita- 
riis unifloris patulis.— Willd. sp. pl.2. p. IO 99 . 
Teon Gmel. it. 1. t. 27. f. 2. Pluk.alm. t. WQ.f. 7* 
In overflowed places, on the banks of rivers : Canada 
to Pensylvania, principally in the western parts there- 
of. ©. June— Aug. v.v. Flowers small, yellow. 
420. COMARUM. Gen. pi. 869 . 
i . Comarum. Willd. sp. pi. 2. p. 1 1 19 , 
Icon. FI. dan. 636. Engl. lot. \J2, 
