ICOSANDRIA. POLYGYNIA. Potentilla. 633 
dale, Yorkshire. Ray. Mr. Robson assures me that it still grows in 
great abundance upon these spots. (At Wince Bridge, Durham. Mr. 
Winch. E.) S. June.* 
P. anseri'na. Leaves interruptedly winged, serrated, silky: stem 
creeping: fruit-stalks single-flowered. 
Curt. 203— (E. Bot. 861. E.)— FI. Ban. M—Matth. 1016— Bod. 600. 1— 
Lob. Ic. i. 693. 1, Obs. 395. 1— Ger. Em. 993— Park. 593 — Ger. 841— 
Pet. 41. 11— Fuchs. 619— J. B. ii. 398. h .— H. Ox. ii. 20. row 2. 4 — Trag. 
480— Lonic. i. 240. 2 — Blackw. 6. 
(Stems procumbent, occasionally reddish, radicating and producing leaves 
and flowers from the joints. E.) With long creeping runners. Leaves 
silvery and white underneath, (three to six inches long. E.) Leajits 
curiously plicate, lanceolate. Receptacle hairy. Blossom large, yellow. 
(Sometimes the leaves are nearly destitute of that silky down which gives 
them their chief beauty. 
Silver-weed. Wild T ansy. (The old name Argentine, from the silvery 
hue of the foliage, is almost equally applicable to P. argentea. E.) 
(Moor Grass, in Scotland. Irish: Brisclan. Welsh: Tinllwyd ; 
Gwyn y merched. Gaelic: Bar-a-bhrisgein. E.) Sides of paths and 
roads, and in low pastures, especially where water has remained stag¬ 
nant during winter. P. June—July.'f 
P. rupes'tris. (Stem erect, without runners: leaves lyro-pinnate, 
in sevens, fives, and threes: leafits ovate, serrated, hairy. E.) 
Jacq. Austr. 114 — (E. Bot. 2058. E.)— Clus. ii. 107. 1— Ger. Em. 991— 
Park. 397. 7—Pet. 41. 6—J. B. ii. 598. d. 2 —H. Ox. ii. 20. row 1. 1— 
Kniph. 11. very luxuriant. 
Whole plant hairy. Stem forked upwards, a foot high, striated, reddish, 
many-flowered. Leaves, serratures, and segments of the cup, tipped with 
scarlet or purple. ( Petals inversely heart-shaped, white. Styles red¬ 
dish. Seeds smooth, not furrowed; in this and other appearances, some¬ 
what resembling a Fragaria. E.) 
Strawberry-flowered Cinquefoil. On the sides of Craig Wreiden, 
(or Breddin,) Montgomeryshire. Ray. (Gathered there in 1817, by Mr. 
J. E. Bowman. Eng. FI. E.) P. July. 
(P. triden'tata. Leaves ternate, wedge-shaped, smooth on the 
upper surface, hairy beneath; trifid at the end. 
E. Bot. 2389—Ait. If. Kew. v. 2. t. 9. 
At least equalling any of its genus in beauty. ( Root reddish brown. Stems 
panicled, erect, three or four inches high, reddish, hairy. Seeds smooth, 
with a tuft of hairs about the top. Each leafit an inch long. Cal. pur¬ 
plish. Radical-leaves on channelled footstalks, exceeding their own 
length. Sm. E.) Flowers white, three or four on each stem. 
* (The beautiful appearance of its numerous flowers has gained it admittance into 
gardens. Besoms are made of it. Cows, horses, goats, and sheep it. Swine refuse it. 
j* The leaves are mildly astringent. Dried and powdered they have been given with 
success in agues. The usual dose is a table spoonful of the powder every three hours 
between the fits. The roots in the winter time eat like parsnips. Swine are fond of 
them. (Lightfoot states that in the islands of Tiras and Col, the inhabitants have been 
occasionally relieved from famine by the use of these roots, which abound in their poor 
pasture grounds. Cows, horses, goats, and swine eat the plant. Sheep refuse it. E.) 
