If the feeds are intended to be fayed, a fuflicient num- 
ber of the eariieft plants Ihould be left for this pur- 
pofe, drawing out all thole which are weak, or have 
imali leaves, from among them ; and when the feeds 
are ripe, the plants fhould be cut up, and fpread up- 
on cloths in the fun to dry, and then the feeds may- 
be eallly beaten cut and Med, to clear it from the 
leaves and feed- ve Mis. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in moft of the i-iands 
of the Weft Indies , this is annual ; the ftalks are ve- 
ry fuccuient, of a purple colour, and branch out 
greatly ; the lower branches lie near the ground, but 
thole above them are more eredt ; the leaves are nar- 
row, awl-lhaped, and of a lucid greeny they are 
placed alternatelyon the branches. At the joints there 
come our tufts of white hairs, and between thefecome 
out the flowers fitting clofe to the branches ; they are 
of a fine Pink colour, but of fhort duration, feidom 
continuing open longer than five or fix hours ; thefe 
are fucceeded by fliort roundilh capfules, filled with 
Mali black feeds. It flowers from the middle of June 
till autumn. 
The third fort grows naturally at the Cape of Good 
Hope ; this is a perennial plant with a fnrubby ftalk, 
which rifes four or five inches high, garnifhed with 
thick, globular, fuccuient leaves ; at the top of the 
italic comes forth a flender foot-ftalk about two 
■ inches long, fuftaining four or five Rofe-fhaped flow- 
ers of a red colour. Thefe appear in July, but are 
not fucceeded by feeds in England. This plant is 
too tender to live in the open air in winter, fo it mu ft 
be kept in pots, and treated in the fame way as the 
moft fuccuient kinds of Aloes. It is propagated by 
cuttings. 
POTENTILLA. Lin. Gen. Plant. 559. Quin- 
quefolium pentaphylloides. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 296. 
tab. 153, 298. Cinquefoil ; in French, Quint e-feuiile. 
The Characters are, 
The empalement of the fewer is of one leaf. \ which is 
jlightly cut into ten parts ; the ftegments are alternately lefs 
and reftexed. The flower is cotnpofled of five petals , which 
are infer ted into the empalement , and fpread open. It hath 
twenty awl-flhaped ftamina inferted in the empalement , 
terminated by moonfloaped fummits. In the center of the 
flower there are fever al germen collected into one head , 
with very flender flyles inferted in the fide of the germen , 
crowned by obtufls JligmaS. After the flower is pafl , the 
germen becomes a head of roundijh feeds , included in the 
empalement. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the fifth fedtion of 
Linnaeus’s twelfth clafs, which includes thofe plants 
whofe flowers have about twenty ftamina inferted in 
the empalement, and have many germen. 
The Species are, 
1. Potentilla ( Anferina ) foliis pinnatis ferratis, caule 
repente. Flor. Lapp. 210. Potentilla with winged flawed 
leaves, and a creeping ftalk. Pentaphylloides argente- 
mn alatum, feu potentilla. Tourn. Inft. 298. Silver 
Weed, or Wild Tanfly. 
2. Potentilla ( Rupcftris ) foliis pinnatis alternis, fo- 
lioiis quinis ovatis crenatis, caule eredlo. Hort. Cliff. 
193. Potentilla with alternate winged leaves , having 
five oval crenated lobes , and an erect ftalk. Pentaphyl- 
loides erectum-. J. B. 2. p. 398. Upright Cinquefoil. 
n, Potentilla IfFruticofla) foliis pinnatis, caule fruti- 
coib. Hort. Cliff. 193. Potentilla with winged leaves 
and a Jhrub'by ftalk. Pentaphylloides redlum frutico- 
ium Eboracerffe. Mor. Hift. 2. 193. Upright fhrub- 
by Cinquefoil of Torkfloire , commonly called Jhrubby 
Cinquefoil. 
4. Potentilla {Re A a) foliis feptenatis lanceolatis fer- 
ratis utrinque fubpilofis, caule eredlo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
7 1 1 . Potentilla with [even fpear-fhaped, flawed , hairy 
leaves , and an ere A ftalk. Quinquefolium erectum 
luteum. C. B. P. 325. Yellow upright Cinquefoil. 
r. Potentilla {Ar gen tea) foliis quinatis cuneiformibus 
incirs fubtus tomentofis, caule eredlo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 
497. Potentilla with five wedge-Jhaped cut leaves , which 
are woolly on their under fide, and have an ere A ftalk. 
Quinquefolium folio argenteo. C. B. P. 325, Cinque- 
foil with a J livery leaf 
6 . Potentilla ( Cauleftcens ) foliis quinatis apice conni- 
venti-ferratis, caulibus mukifloris eredcis, .receptacu- 
lis hirfiitis~. Hort. Cliff. 194. Potentilla with five leaves 
whofe points arc fa-wed, ere A ftalks with many flowers, 
and hairy receptacles. Quinquefolium album minus 
alterum. C. B. P. 325. Another fmaller white Cinque- 
foil. 
7. Potentilla ( Monfpelwifs ) foliis remaps, caule ra- 
mofo credo, peduncuiis fupra genicula enatis. Hort. 
Upfal. 134. Potentilla with leaves growing by threes , 
an upright branching ftalk, and fooi-ftalks rifling above 
the joints. Fragaria fcerilis Alp in a caulefcens. Boerh. 
Ind. alt. 1. p. 42. Stalky Alpine barren Strawberry . . 
8. Potentilla ( Grandiflora ) foliis ternatis, dentatis 
utrinque fubpilofis, caule decumbente foliis Ion gi ore. 
Lin. Sp. Plant. 715. Potentilla with three hairy leaves , 
and a trailing ftalk longer than the leaves. Fragaria lle- 
rilis ampliffimo folio & flore, petalis cordatis. Vailk 
Parif. 55. tab. 10. 
9. Potentilla {Heptaphylla) foliis feptenis quinatifque, 
foliolis pinnato-incifis pilofls, caule credo ramofo. 
Potentilla with j 'even and five leaves, whofe lobes are 
cut, winged, and hairy, and an upright branching ftalk . 
Quinquefolium quod pentaphylluin feu potius hep- 
taphyllum redum, caule rubro hirfutis. Hort. Cath. 
Cinquefoil or Septfoil, with a red, upright , hairy ftalk. 
There are many more fpecies of this genus, which 
are preferved in botanic gardens for the lake of va- 
riety, but as they are not cultivated in other places 
either for ufe or beauty, I (hall not enumerate them 
here. 
The firft fort here mentioned, grows naturally upon 
cold ftiff land in moft parts of England, and is a fure 
mark of the fterility of the foil. It fpreads its ftalks 
upon the ground, which fend out roots from their 
joints, fallen in g into the ground, and thereby propa- 
gates fo fall, as in a little time to fpread over and fill 
the ground to a great diftance. The leaves are com- 
pofed of feveral lobes (or wings) which are generally 
placed alternately along the midrib, and terminated 
by an odd one-, they are fa wed on their edges, and 
are of a filvery colour* efpecially on their under fide. 
The flowers are produced fingly upon very long foot- 
ftalks, which arife from the root ; they are compofed 
of five yellow petals, which expand in form of a 
Rofe ; thefe have a great number of ftamina which 
are inferted to the petals, and many germen colledted 
in heads, which afterward become many acute- 
pointed feeds wrapped up in the empalement. It 
flowers great part of iummer. The leaves of this 
plant are ufed in medicine, and are accounted re- 
Ilringent and vulnerary. It is rarely cultivated in 
gardens, being a very common weed in England. 
The fecond fort grows naturally on the Alps, arid 
mountains in Germany. This hath a perennial root, 
which lends out feveral heads joined together; from 
thefe arife the foot-ftalks of the leaves, which are 
long, and fuftain three pair of roundifn lobes, ter- 
minated by an odd one ; thefe are crenated on their 
edges, and fit clofe to the midrib. Out of each 
head arifes a hairy ftalk about nine inches high, 
having at each joint one" or two trifoliate leaves, 
' fhaped like thole below, but fmaller ; the upper part 
of the ftalk divides into fmall foot-ftalks, each fuf- 
taining two or three white flowers, very like thofe of 
the Strawberry. Thefe appear in June, and are fuc- 
ceeded by feeds like thofe of the former. It is 
eafily propagated by feeds, or parting of the roots ; 
the bell time of fowing the feeds is in the autumn, 
and that is alfo the feafon for parting and tranfplant* 
ing the roots; it loves a moift foil and a ihadv 
fituation. 
The third fort grows naturally in the northern coun- 
ties of England, and in many of the northern parts 
of Europe. This hath a fnrubby ftalk, which rifes 
about four feet high, dividing into many branches, 
which are garnifhed by winged leaves, compofed of 
two 
