. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FIG. XLL—TALL AND ROUGH CINQUEFOIL. FIG. —SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL. five (Fig. XL., 1), hence the common names , nnqueiuil and five-finger. The flowers, ' wliich occur either singly or in small clus- t ters, look like yellow strawberry blossoms. : Thieseials (Figs. XL., 2;XLI., 4) are unite-l I at the base and have between them small | bracts (Figs. XL., 3; XLI., 5), causing the i calyx to appear ten-lobed. The five petals ' and numerous stamens are united to j calyx-tube; but tne pistil is free
. Flowers of the field and forest [microform]. Fleurs sauvages; Botany; Botanique; Wild flowers. FIG. XLL—TALL AND ROUGH CINQUEFOIL. FIG. —SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL. five (Fig. XL., 1), hence the common names , nnqueiuil and five-finger. The flowers, ' wliich occur either singly or in small clus- t ters, look like yellow strawberry blossoms. : Thieseials (Figs. XL., 2;XLI., 4) are unite-l I at the base and have between them small | bracts (Figs. XL., 3; XLI., 5), causing the i calyx to appear ten-lobed. The five petals ' and numerous stamens are united to j calyx-tube; but tne pistil is free and com- i poaed of several separate carpels which j ripen into a head of small one-seeded fruits. I The marsh five-finger, Potentilla palustris, , has the same range as the shrubby cinque- foil, but makes its home in bogs and ; mai-ahes. Its leaflets are toothed instead of : entire, and the calyx is an inch in breadth I and dark purpde within. Although it ia found i high, it bears cloee clusters of large white flowerw (Fi«. XLL, 2), The basal leaver are composed of from seven to eleven leaflt-ts (Fig. XLI., 1), but the upper leaves hm-a few divisions. Another common species is the rongh cinquefoil, Potentilla norvegica, which frequents cultivated grounds, river banks, and lake-shorea east of the Rocky Mountains. It seldom exceeds lwo feet in height and is often much lower. Each of its leaves is divided into three leaflets (Fig. XLL, 3), and its yellow flow«rs (Fig. XM., 4) are grouped in a dooe, leafy bunch. The name of the genus is derived from the Latin potens, powerful, and was originally given to the silver-weed, Potentilla anserina ecause of its supposed medicinal virtues. Tlie silver-weed is a low-spreading plant, covered with whitish, silky hairs. Carpeting cool sandy woods, the dwarf cornel or Dunch-berry, Cornus canadensis, is a worthy successor of earlier sylvan beautiea. It is found from the extreme east to the west of the continent and van- ishes in the nort
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