POTENTILLLA GRACILIS Dougl.; Hook. Bot. Mag. pl. 298,/. 1829.
The true P. gracilis is a very rare plant and confined to the northern Pacific Coast. What has gone under this name is either the preceding or the next following species. It differs from both in the narrow leaflets, which are oblanceolate, acute, and coarsely toothed with triangular teeth of the same form as in P. recta. The leaves are only slightly silky above and finely tomentose beneath, and the branches of the cyme are very slender and erect. The
following specimens have been examined : Oregon : Douglas; Tolmie, 1851 ; E. Hall, no. 136, 1871. Washington : Dr. Ruhn ; Wilke's Expedition, no. 141. Vaneouret Island: John Macoun, no. 182, 1893. Kodiak Island : (Collector not given).