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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
§ 1 .—Petals 5, obtuse. * Leaves pinnate. 
1.—THE SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL. (Potentilla fruticosa, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 88 ; 2nd cd., t. 729 ; and our fig. 2, in PI. 33. 
Specific Character. —Leaves pinnate, entire, hairy. Stem shrubby. (Smith.) 
Description, &c. —This very handsome species of Potentilla grows wild in some parts of Yorkshire and in 
Ireland. It is very commonly cultivated in gardens, where it grows three or four feet high. The flowers are 
produced singly at the points of the branches, and are of a bright yellow. They appear in June and July. 
2.— THE WILD TANSY. (Potentilla anserina, Lin.) 
Synonymes. —Silver-tveed ; Goose-weed ; Maskorn. Specific Character. —Leaves interruptedly pinnate, serrated, silky. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 861; 2nd ed., t. 730 ; and our fig. 3, Stem creeping. Stalks axillary, solitary, single-flowered. (Smith.) 
in PI. 33. 
Description, &c.— This beautiful little plant is one of the most common British weeds ; as it is found in all 
situations where water has lain through the winter, or where there is a natural moistness in the soil. It is 
exceedingly beautiful, both from its bright yellow flowers, and its light green and silvery foliage. It has 
creeping runners like the Strawberry, which enable it to spread rapidly when it has once taken root. The 
leaves very much resemble those of the Tansy, but it has not the strong smell of that plant. Silver-weed 
alludes to the silky down which covers the leaves, sometimes on both sides. The plant is a perennial, and its 
flowers appear in June and July. 
THE STRAWBERRY-FLOWERED CINQUEFOIL. (P. rupestris, Lin.) 
This plant has only been found in Montgomeryshire. The flowers are of a pure white, and bear so striking 
a resemblance to those of the Strawberry as only to be distinguished on a close examination. The plant is a 
perennial, and it flowers in June. 
* * Leaves digitate. 
3.—THE ALPINE CINQUEFOIL. 
Synonymes. —P. salisburgensis, ILznke; P. aurea, Smith; P. 
verna fi. IVahlenb.; P. verna y. Nestler. 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 561 ; 2nd ed., t. 734. 
(Potentilla alpestris, Ilaller.) 
Specific Character. —Leaflets 5, wedge-shaped, hairy, deeply cut 
in the upper half. Upper stipules ovate. Petals heart-shaped. Stems 
ascending. (Smith.) 
Description, &c.— This species is very common on the mountains of the north of England, Wales, and 
Scotland, where its flowers, which are of a brilliant orange, are produced in June and July. It is, botanically, 
very nearly allied to P. verna , but they are very distinct in appearance. The plant is a perennial. 
4-—THE COMMON CREEPING CINQUEFOIL. (Potentilla reptans, Lin.) 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 862; 2nd ed., t. 737 ; and our fig.i, | Specific Character. —Leaflets 5, obovate, serrated. Stem creep- 
in PI. 33. | i n g. Stalks axillary, single-flowered. (Smith.) 
Description, &c. —This species is very common, particularly on the banks of hedges, and by road-sides. 
It is also found in many other situations ; and, as its wiry stems spread rapidly and produce abundance of 
shoots at every joint, it very soon forms a splendid mass of bright yellow flowers. This plant was formerly in 
great repute, both in cases of fever, and as an antiseptic. Culpeper also recommends it for the ague, and it 
is droll, in these days of general education, to see what strange notions were entertained by even well educated 
people a century and a half ago. Culpeper says, “ Some hold that one leaf cures a quotidian, three a tertian, 
