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Show The 4 BRIT Sif moderately The flowers are very beautiful, of threads ge, and of a gold yellow, with a tuft in the centre. The feeds ftand in little clufter. in Charlton It is a fcarce plant. J have feen it in September. foreft in Suffex, where it flowers Plukenet defcribes this, Alm. p. 285. g. Silky Cinquefoil. Pentaphyllum pumilum folits fericeis. The root is oblong, fmall, brown, woody, and edged withfibres. ftand The leaves rifing from it are fmall, and upon very flender footftalks. ‘They are irregu- larly divided into five parts; three principal, the which are forward, and twolefler toward -i: DELVES ON ftalk. ‘Thefe laft are always fmall, and often wanting 3 and they, as well as the others, are notched at the tops. Their colour is a whitifh green, and they feel filky. The ftalks are numerous, fhort, and fpread upon the ground. The leaves on them arelike thofé from the root, but ufually they have only the three divifions. The flowers are {mall and yellow. The feeds ftand in alittle naked head. It is not common in England, but frequent in the hilly parts of Scotland. Sibbald calls it Fragarie fyluefri affinis planta 1. Upright Cinquefoil. The root is long and thick, of .a redifh brown on the outfide, paler within, and edged with fibres. The leaves which rife from it are placed on fhort footftalks, and deeply divided into five parts ; fometimes into more, often into lefs ; and frequently the firft leaves are fearce divided at all. Thefe divifions or feparate leaves are oblong,- narrow, and deeply indented. The ftalk is two or three feet high, firm, hard, round, redifh, anda little hairy, with leaves ir- fcented. The feeds ftand naked ina little clufter, de- fended by the cup. It is a native of Italy and the fouth of France, and flowers in June. The flowers are fometimes white. C. Bauhine calls ic Quinquefolium recium lu- seu. 2. White flowered Cinquefoil. Peéntaphyllum majus flore albo. The root is long, flender, brown, and furnifhed with fibres: The footftalks of the leaves are two or three inches long, flender, weak, and hairy. Five leaves ftand on each ; andthey are oblong, broad, pointed at the ends, and hollowed. They are of a deep green, and fmoothon the upper fide, and hairy and white underneath. N Pentap lum fruticofum minimum procumbens flore lutea foliis fericeis fragarié terns. SPECIES. The ftalks are fix or eight inches high, but weak and flender. They have numerous leaves ftanding irregularly on them, and divide toward the top into branches. The flowers ftand on footftalks fingly towards their tops, and are large and white, with yellow threads in the centre. They much refemble thofe of the ftrawberry. The feeds are fmall, and ftandin a clutter. It is a native of Hungary, and many other parts of Europe, and flowers in June. J. Bauhine calls this Pentaphyllum album. Bauhine Quinguefolium albummajus. regularly placed, refembling the other, but with fewer divifions. The flowers ftand at the tops of the branches, into which the upper part of the ftalk divides s and are large, of a fine gold yellow, and fweet Geon Plukenet, flore luteo. FiO REIGN. Penttaphyllum refium majus. Se ALCDM ne HERB AL. C. 3. Yellowalpine Cinquefoil, Tie, BRET AS DaWer's HONG: Gy H}'HERBAL. B Rofl I'S Ho x. Strawberry Cinquefoil. Pentaphylloides frag is The root is large, redifh, and woody, It a divided at the top into feveral heads, and has few fibres. The footftalks of the leaves are four inches long, tender, and hairy.. The leaves on each are five or feven. Three larger ftand at the extremity, and are broad, oblong, hairy, ferrated, thofe offtrawberry, but lefs. Beandnot unlike are two or four fmaller; fo that lowthefe the whole leaf fs of the winged kind, not fingered as in the right cinguefoils. The ftalk is round, firm, ereét, and two fed and ahalf high. Ie is hairy, and divided at th topintp branc hes. slaced irreg8¥ ‘The leaves on this are few, a ¢ larly. They confift ifually of five leaves on under part, and onlythree thinglike this 1s feen alfo in the in which, though the radical leaves | five, thefe have in fome fpecies only three|vifions. Thefe leaves are of the fhape of}¢ others, but fmaller. The flowers are numerous, large, and we. Theyftand at the tops of the branches, ft ded each by a heador cluft fome degree refemblinga ftr rows wild in Wales, a in Britain. It flowers in Iv Pentaphyllum minus aureum. The root is long and flender, of a dufky brown, andfurnifhed with fibres. 18 Por Ciulabes: ve been fet in one of the bogs on Hampftead ath; but they do not thrive. It flowers in June. C. Bauhine calls it Qui J. Bauhine, Penta regularity. ftalk, with an odd one at the « two pairs, and not unfrequ ar the place where th Thefe footftal h more though in thefe it r Pein are low, w (iar bad fhort, round; the bottom. 5 is in an unce The flowers {te which being fmall an fupport them. They e, with a clufter of The feeds ripenaft It iscommon in Ireland, ut Carlifle, Yorkfhire. It flowers in July. Plukenet calls it Pente The leaves that ‘rife immediately from it ftand on long flenderfedicles, five on ech 3 and they are oblong, broad, ferrated, and pyinted at the ends: They are of 2 fhining green, .ut have a fewfcattered hairs upon them. Theftalks are weak, ard hardly ftand upright. They have feveral leaves on them, placed irregularly ; and thofe toward the upper, pirt are divided into three, rather than five fegmen's. The flowers ftand on long footftalks; and are large, of a bright yellow, with a great tuk of deeper yellow threads in the midft. ‘When thefe are fallen, the feed appears in fal} clufters naked. It is a native of Italy and Germany, end flowers in June. The virtues have notbeen tied. C. Bauhine calls this Quinquefolinm mnus repes alpinum aureum. US Til. BPASHARD CINQUEFOIL, PENTAPHYLLOIDES. LE flowers and feeds of this are like thofe of cingquefoil; but the leaves are more numenus, and ftand in two rows, with an odd one at the end. Linnzeus places this among his icofanlria polygynia; the threads rifing from the cup or petals, and the rudiments of the feeds being numerais. Di Vi- The aif fpreads a great way underthe ground, white oedifh. out many large fibres, which are four Thefootftalks of the leaves are threef or feydeaves inches long. Oneach ftand five an odd ojat the in two or three pairs, with Thefe are oblong, narrow, andharply end. greepn the ferrated. Their colour is-a bluifh upperfide, and whitifh underneath. foot anda half long, t weak, They are oft!redifh, J and not v ofabbards andare in part covered with a kind from the leaves. The leaves ftand alternately on th: they 4 an odd ufually have only twopairs of wings, and colourlike? others. ; and are in ft Theflowers ftand at the tops of thiranches, and are large and beautiful, but of finguThere are five, lad, and ited fegments of the cup, whiclye purple In rble a wer. in, and themfelves re thefe there ftand five proper pet of the but flower, which are alfo of a deep jple; fmall, and the leaves of | cup are are they In the ce there is a clufter of purple th . ¢ comes a fallen When the flower is button or head offeeds, in form fmbling a fmall ftrawberry. ows in muddy places in the th of Eng;, Some pts of this large number‘of thick ; The ftalk is round Nn, upri yoody and of a brown aotont: aad nae ee divides into feveral branches. 3 The leaves ftand on fhort footftalks, rifinealtert y fromdifferent f the They are oblong, and of z ‘ per-fide, and fmooth; on the u ate whitifh and woolly. Seven rally ftand on each footftalk, vic d é there are onlyfive. Theflowers grow on the tops of th of the ftal and they are large and yellow. Theyconfift h of five leaves, with a ‘tuft of threads in thet ; They quickly fall off, and the feeds followin a {mall button; but nature haslefs regard to the ripening of thefe, | e the plant well propagated by theroot. The ftalk of this plant throwsoff its bark frequently, fo that it is commonly ragged. It is a native of the northern parts of England, and flowers in June and July. About Thorpe and eftone abbey in Yorkshire it is common. Ray calls it Pentaphylloides fruticofum Cc DIVI- |
