. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. Bushy Cinquefoil. Fig. 2231. p. paradOA-a Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i; 437. 1840. Potentilla supina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i ; 304. 1803. Not L. 1753. Softly pubescent, annual or biennial, decumbent, ascending or nearly erect, rather stout, bushy, i°-2° high. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, mainly entire; leaves all but the uppermost
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Potentilla paradoxa Nutt. Bushy Cinquefoil. Fig. 2231. p. paradOA-a Nutt.; T. & G. Fl. N. A. i; 437. 1840. Potentilla supina Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. i ; 304. 1803. Not L. 1753. Softly pubescent, annual or biennial, decumbent, ascending or nearly erect, rather stout, bushy, i°-2° high. Stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, mainly entire; leaves all but the uppermost petioled, pinnately 7-11- f oliolate; leaflets obovate or oval, obtuse, 6"-i2" long, sparingly pubescent, narrowed or rounded at the base, crenate, the upper ones commonly confluent or decurrent on the rachis; flowers terminal, loosely cymose, leafy-bracted, yellow, 3"-S" broad; petals obovate, cuneate, about equalling the ovate calyx- lobes and lanceolate bractlets; stamens about 20; style thickened below; achenes glabrous, strongly gibbous. Shores of the Great Lakes from New York, Ontario and Pennsylvania to Minnesota, south in the Mississippi Valley to Missouri, west to Washington, Oregon and New Mexico. Also in Mexico and Mantchuria. June- Sept. 6. Potentilla Nicolletii (S. Wats.) Sheldon. Nicollet's Cinquefoil. Fig. 2232. Potentilla supinaw^r. Nicolletii Proc. Am. Acad. 8: 553. 1873. Potentilla Nicolletii Sheldon, Bull. Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn. 9 : 16. 1894. Similar to P. paradoxa, but more spreading and more branched; lower leaves only pinnate, with several leaflets; upper leaves 3-foliolate; teeth of the leaflets acute; inflorescence elongated, falsely racemose; flowers about 22" broad; calyx-tube spar- ingly hirsute, short and broad; bractlets and calyx- lobes ovate-oblong, mucronate, li" long, petals obo- vate-cuneate, about as long as the calyx-lobes; stamens 10-15; style fusiform; achenes corky- gibbous. In sandy soil, Nor
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