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Title: An illustrated guide to the flowering plants of the middle Atlantic and New England states (excepting the grasses and sedges) the descriptive text written in familiar language
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Stevens, George T. (George Thomas), 1832-1921
Subjects: Plants
Publisher: New York, Dodd, Mead and company
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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aretrifoliate; stipules conspicuous, egg-shaped or oval. Flowers scattered,terminal to the branches or bianchlets, yellow, J to i in. broad. NewYork, shores of fireat Lakes and soutliward. June-Sept. 8. P. pennsylvanica, L. (Fig. 8, pi. 64.) Coast Cinquefoil. (P.littoralis, Kydberg.) Stems erect or prostrate, * to 2 ft. high, slightlyhairy or smooth. Leaflets 5, sometimes 7, feather-form, incised to themid-rib. Flowers small, about ^ in. broad, in terminal clusters. Coastof Maine and New Hampshire. June-July. n. P. fruticosa, L. (Fig. 3, pi. 65.) Shrubby CiNQtiEroiL. Low,much branched shrubs growing in tufted groups. Stems ^ to 4 ft. high,with shreddy bark. Leaflets 5 (or 7), narrow oblong, without serrationsat borders, silky, the margins rolling. Flowers yellow, about an inchbroad, terminal. In moist pastures, Maine to New Jersey. June-Sept. 10. P. tridentata, Soland. (Fig. 2, pi. 65.) Three-toothed Cin-quefoil. btcma 1 to 10 in. high, woody at base. Plants growing in ROSE FAMILY 317
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Plate G51 Potentilla canadonsis. 2. P. tridentata. 3. P. fruticosa. 4. P. argeu-tea. 5. P. monspeliensis. Var. norwegica. G. P. Anserina. 318 ROSACE AE tufts. Leaflets 3, oblonf^, broad at apex and terminated by 3 conspicuousteeth. Flowers white, about 1/3 in. broad, few, in terminal cluster.Rocky places, especially on high mountains. June-Aug. 11. P. Anserina, L. (Fig. 6, pi. 65.) Silver Weed. Goose Grass.Stem slender, trailing, rooting at nodes. Leaflets many, silky. Flowersyellow, about 1 in. broad, solitary. Moist places, throughout our area.June-Sept. 12. P. canadensis, L. (Fig. 1, pi. fi5.) Five-finger. CommonCiXQUEFOiL. Stems slender, running on ground and spreading by run-ners whioh are from a few inches to 2 ft. long. Leaflets 5 from a com-mon center, toothed at borders. Common in fields and road-sides. April-August. 10. COMARUM, L. A stout herb, nearly smooth, with purple flowers. General appearancethat of a Potentilla (P. palustris of Gray). Stamens and pistils numer-ous. C

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