sibbaldia

(SIBBALD.] Botany: Formerly a genus of Potentillesæ, now reduced to a sub-genus of Potentilla. Calyx in ten alternately large and small segments; petals, five to seven, sometimes wanting; stamens four to ten; achenes four to ten. Potentilla (formerly Sibbaldia ) procumbens is well knowu. It is a small glaucous. hairy plant, with trifoliolate leaves and small yellow flowers, occurring abundantly on the Scottish mountains. see extract.]