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T. rep'tans. Stem prostrate, scarcely branched: leaves stalked. 
(E. Bot. 864. E.)— Wale. — Plot Ox. 9. 5. atp.146— Pet. 41. 10. 
( Stems two feet long-, not radicating. All the leaves on leaf-stalks. Leafits 
ternate, wedge-shaped, generally on short leaf-stalks, serrated upwards, 
entire at the base; the upper frequently three-cleft. Stipules spear- 
shaped, entire, with two or three clefts. (Stem undivided. Segments 
of the calyx egg-spear-shaped, unequal, hairy. Petals roundish, heart- 
shaped, yellow. Flowers much larger than those of the preceding. E.) 
In a garden sometimes producing five petals, and ten clefts in the calyx, 
which confirms the opinion of those who maintain that Potentilla and 
Tormentilla are not distinct genera: (and hence Scopoli, on abolishing 
the latter genus, acutely queries, ff Monoculum hominem ab humano 
genere quis separabit?” E.) But independent of the generic character, 
this species, as Dr. Afzelius remarked to me, differs from P. reptans, 
in having a trailing stem which does not strike root at the joints, whilst 
that has a creeping stem which takes root at every joint. 
(Trailing Tormentil. Welsh: Tresgl ymlusgaidd. E.) Woods and 
sandy barren pastures. About Manchester. Mr. Caley. Lakenham, 
near Norwich. Mr. Crowe. Berkhamstead, Herts. Mr. Woodward. 
(At Bootle Land-mark, near Liverpool. Dr. Bostock. Near the boat¬ 
house, Sandgate East, Kent. Mr. G. E. Smith. On Holyhead mountain, 
and banks near Llysdulas, Anglesey. Welsh Bot. Road-side between 
Hamilton and Cambuslang. Mr. Murray. Near Kirkcaldy. Mr. Stewart. 
Hook. Scot. E.) P. June—July. 
GE'UM.* * Cal. ten-cleft: Petals five: Styles terminal: Seed 
with a jointed awn : Receptacle columnar. 
G. ueba'num. Flowers upright: awns hooked, bare: root-leaves 
lyre-shaped: stem-leaves ternate. 
(E. Bot. 1400. E.) — Ludw. 36 — Curt. 113 — Kniph. 9 — Blackw. 253 — Wale. 
— FI. Dan. 672— j Fuchs. 384 — Woodv. 259 — Pet. 40. 1 — Ger. 842. 1— 
Matth. 984— Clus. ii. 202. 2 —Dod. 137. 1— Lob. Ic. 693. 2; Ohs. 396. 2 
— Ger. Em. 994. 1 — Park. 136. 1 — H. Ox. iv. 26, row 2. 1 and 2. 
Stem somewhat angular, (about two feet high, hairy, upright, branched 
towards the top, leafy. E.) Leaves winged, hairy, with two pair of 
leafits ; the lower pair circular, jagged and toothed, unequal; the upper 
pair egg-spear-shaped, jagged and toothed; and a terminal one larger 
than the rest, frequently cloven into three segments. The first pair Lin¬ 
naeus considers as stipulae. Petals yellow, small. Germens hairy. Styles 
smooth, purple, with a double flexure towards the end. 
Common Avens. Herb Bennet. Irish: Macul. Welsh: Mahgoll ; 
Llys Bened. E.) Woods and hedges. P. June—Aug.t 
* (From ysuw, to give out a flavour ; from the agreeable aromatic quality of the roots. E.) 
*j* The roots, gathered in spring, before the stem grows up, and put into ale, give it a 
pleasant flavour, and prevent its turning sour. Infused in wine they are a good sto¬ 
machic. Their taste is mildly austere and aromatic, especially when growing in warm dry 
situations; but, in shady and moist places, they have little virtue. Cows, goats, sheep, 
and swine eat it. Horses are not fond of it. (Dr. Swediaur strongly recommends the 
root of this plant gathered early in the spring from a dry soil, as an excellent substitute for 
the Peruvian Bark, in intermittent fevers. Mat. Med. p. 99- As a febrifuge it was known 
to Ray, and has beeu recently brought into notice by Buckhave. Half a drachm or a 
drachm of the powdered root may be given four times a day. As an indigenous astringent 
it deserves notice, says the author of Edin. Dispens. E.) 
