POTENTÍLLA Russelliàna.
Russell’s hybrid Cinquefoil.
Naturai Order. RosACE®. Juss. gen. 334.
Tribus II. DRYADEM. Calyx 5-fidus (rarius 4-fidus aut plun-
divisus ) per sestivationem valvatus, saspè extùs bracteolas lolulosve
S r i o r e r i o b i s alternos gerens. Petala tot quot eal lobi ver. et is
alterna Stamina numerosa, rariùs 5 et tunc lobis calycis opposita,
apice tiibi calycini expansi inserta. Carpella numerosa rariùs panca
coL e sta, toro inserta", inter se et à calyce libera, et latere prope api-
cem stvlifera. Styli introrsùm sulco-notati in stigma obliquum expansi
Akenia uniovulata omninò libera, exsucca aut b^.cata. Semen soli-
tn'rium erectum aut inversum, exalbummosum. Embryo rectus, co-
Ì;ièdonibus p lan in scn lis -H erb a e aut frútices ; J h i s c o n fisitis
; stipulis 2 lateraliter petiolo adnatis. DC. prodr. 2. p. 549.
p ’o T E N T IL L A . Supra fol. 124.
Miofis ovatis obovatisve obtusis inciso-serratis penninerviis snb-
Ìus subsericeis, stipulis adnatis ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis, laci-
niis calycinis lanceolatis acutis, petalis obcordatis.
Root n e r e L i á L lL b ¡ ¡ ¡L s . Stems spreading, much
branched thickly clothed with long shaggy hairs, from a
fo o u o 18 inches^ in length. Leaves very vanable petio-
j , e ; the lower
o thih white silky tomentum underneath, the teetn ter
red w th short tufts of woolly hairs. Peñoles slightly
e g s f i prren Tnd of the same substance as the leaves. Flow f i
r i ¿
TU JieMSZS.