. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. ROSA CEJE : POTENTI LLA. 319 Other Sorts of shrubby Rubuses.—R. macro- pctalus Doug. MS. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. p. 178. t. 59., and our fig. 545., is a native of low woods in the valley of the Columbia, with white flowers, and the general habit of R. spectabilis. R. deliriosus Tor
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. XXVI. ROSA CEJE : POTENTI LLA. 319 Other Sorts of shrubby Rubuses.—R. macro- pctalus Doug. MS. in Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. p. 178. t. 59., and our fig. 545., is a native of low woods in the valley of the Columbia, with white flowers, and the general habit of R. spectabilis. R. deliriosus Torrej- in Ann. Lye. ii. p. 196. is a native of North America, among the Rocky Mountains ; with purple flowers, succeeded by a very delicious fruit. It is a shrubby bramble, 5 or 6 feet high. R. tilidceus Smith in Rees's Cycl. vol. xxx. is a native of Upper Nepal, with white flowers, and leaves like those of T^lia alba. R. cordi- folius D. Pan appears to be the same species, or perhaps a variety. Hort. Soc. in 545. R. Riaciop^talus. Genus X. iL POTENTI'LLA L. The Potentilla, or Shrubby Cinquefoil. Lin. Syst. Icosandria Polygynia. Idenlificalion. L,in. Gen., No. 865.; Nestl. Pot. Diss., 4to j Lehm. Pot. Diss., 4to j Dec. Prod., 2. p. 571.; Don's Mill., 2. p. 549. Derivation. From potens, powerful; in allusion to the supposed medicinal qualities of some species. Gen. Char. Calyx lO-parted, the 5 outer segments accessory. Petals 5. Stamens numerous. Carpels numerous with lateral styles, seated on a dry permanent, elevated receptacle. (Don's Mill.) Leaves compound, alternate or opposite, stipulate, siib-evergreen; pin- nately cut. Flowers white or yellow. Shrubs low, natives of Europe and America, and of easy culture in a dry soil. They are propagated by seeds or cuttings ; and, except the common species, P. fruticosa, are not much in cultivation. ]. P. FRUTICO^SA L. The shrubby Potentilla, or Cinquefoil. Don's Mill., 2. p. 560.; Nestl. Pot.; Leliny. Ideniijication. Lin. Sp.,
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