ICOSANDRIA, PENTAGYNI A. 
£35 
£. G. pubescent; radical leaves pinnate, stem- album, 
leaves ternate, upper ones simple and trifid, 
lower stipules incised, flowers erect, petals 
length of the calix. — -Willd. ennm, and Fursh. 
G. Canadense, Jacq. 
G. Carolinianum, Walt. 
TFhite Bennet 
Same size as No. 1, which it resembles. Grows in similar 
places; also common. Perennial. July, August. 
3. G. very hirsute; leaves all pinnate, folioles a^nmonoi- 
subequal, cut-dentate, stipules ovate, subentire ; 
flowers erect, calicine segments subeqiial ; pe- 
tals oval, the length of the C2ilix.—Purslu 
G. agrimonoides, Pursh. 
G. hirsutum, MuhL? 
G. laciniatum, Murr. in Com. G(Ptt. ? 
1 have found a large species of Geum on the banks of the 
Delaware, Jersey side, about three miles below Philadelphia, 
which appears to fit the above description. It is very hirsute, 
but the flowers are yellow.. For the present I have referred 
it as above. Perennial. July. 
235. POTENTILLA. Gen.pl. 866. {Rosacece.) 
Calix 10-cleft, inferior, spreading, 5 of the 
segments alternately smaller. Petals 5. 
Seeds mostly rugose, roundish, naked, 
attached to a small juiceless receptacle. — 
1. P. erect, branched, pubescent; stipules oval- Norwegica. 
dentate ; leaves ternate, rhombic-lanceolate, cut- 
dentate ; branches dichotomous, pedicels short, 
axillary, solitary ; petals shorter than the calix. 
Willd. and Fursh. 
Icon. FI. Dan. 171. 
