Cinquefoil, or Potentilla or Pot comprising five species, of which only are indigenous; the principal of these are: 1. The frulicosa, or shrubby cinquefoil, which is set with fine silvery hairs, has reddish stems. and yellow blossoms, that month of June: the flowers are conspicuous for their number and beauty.

This plant has been usefully employed on the Continent, in tan-ning calf-skins; and it is alos eaten it is also sheep;

2. The anerina, or wild tansey, loose-grass. See SILVER-WEED.

3. The or hoary cinque which grows on meadows and pastrues, in a gravelly soil, and in June. - The whole may used for tanning, and dyeing it is not touched by castel (Bechstein). The reptans, ox common cinquefoil, which grows in a moist, clayey soil of meadows, pastures, and by road-sides. It is perennial, and flowers from June to August - A fine-grained calf-r has, likewise, been prepar-ed from this plant, on the Continent. - The red cortical part of the root is mildly astringent, and antiseptic : a decoction of it has been found an excellent gargle for loose teeth, and spongy gums.