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lateral ones, which makes the leaflet less truncate. PL 
--always without stolons. The base of the inside of the 
cal. deep red.—As the last; G. T. Y. S. 4 micrantha Ram. 702. 
6 (3). Stas glabr. Stem not very leafy, scape-like, bearing 
1—5 fls.—Wood-clearings, rare; GL T. Y. Z. S. 4 
alba L. 703. 
— Stas rough. Stem bearing several Is, several- or many-fld 7 
7. Leaflets almost sessile, oblong-lanceolate, silky-ciliate. 
— Sunny calc, rocks, especially in the subalp. (want¬ 
ing in 0. B. L. S.)< 6 . . caulescens L. 704. 
— Leaflets stalked, obovate-oblong; hairs looser, less silken, 
mixed with glands.—As the last; Saleve near Geneva. 7 
* petiolulata Gaud. 705. 
8 (1). PL dying after the fr. matures. Pets shorter than the 
cal.—Yillage-roads; Bale (Neudorf and Bartenlieim). 6 
* supina L. 706. 
— Perenn. pis. Pets as long as, or (gen.) longer than, the 
calyx ......... .9 
9. Ls interruptedly pinnatisect, white-silky underneath 
(more rarely on both sides); larger segments about 12 
to 24. Stem prostrate and rooting.—Way-side ditches; 
everywhere. 6 .... Anserina L. 707. 
— Ls multifid-laciniate, tomentose underneath; lobes 
linear.—Alp.; W.; (Zermatt). 7 . multifida L. 708. 
— Ls digitate, with 3—5—9 leaflets . . . .10 
10. Stems prostrate and rooting (stolon-like), or ascending 
and not rooting, but in this case the fls are, at least 
partly, 4-merous ....... 11 
— Stems ascending or erect, the lateral ones sometimes 
also rooting at the base. Fls 5-merous . . 13 
11. Stems ascending, not rooting. Caul, ls sessile. Stipules 
large, leaf-like, deeply 3—5-fid. Bt-stock thick, knotty. 
Fls small, gen. 4-merous. Tormentilla erocta L.—Woods, 
pasturages; distrib. 5 . . Tormentilla Scop. 709. 
— Stems prostrate and (at least in autumn) often rooting. 
Caul, ls petioled. Stipules gen. small, undiv., or 2 —3-fid 12 
12. Stems simple or not much branched, creeping. Leaf¬ 
lets quinato, oblong-obovate with coarse, rather obtuse 
teeth almost from the base upwards.—Fls large, penta- 
merous, gen. solitary.—Roads and ditches; everywhere. 6 
reptans L. 710. 
— Stems at first simple or not much branched, ascending, 
later decumbent and branchy. Leaflets ternate or quinate, 
elliptic, cuneiform and with edges entire at the base 
and inciso-dentate towards the top, with acute teeth. 
Fls 4-merous or 5*merous, smaller and more numerous 
than in the last, but larger than in 709. P. nemoralis 
Restl.? P. procumbens and mixta auct. lielv. P. Gremlii 
