al leaflets less than 3 times (about 2-1/2) as long as
wide --53.

53a. Leaves nearly glabrous beneath, or with scattered spreading hairs
=Agrimony, Agrimonia gryposepala.=

53b. Leaves softly pubescent beneath --54.

54a. Leaves distinctly glandular beneath
=Agrimony, Agrimonia striata.=

54b. Leaves not glandular beneath =Agrimony, Agrimonia mollis.=

55a. Principal leaves palmately compound with 5-7 leaflets (Cinquefoil)
--56.

55b. Principal stem-leaves with 3 leaflets, or pinnately compound with
several leaflets --58.

56a. Leaves silvery-white beneath, laciniately toothed (1-4 dm.
high; late spring and summer)
=Silvery Cinquefoil, Potentilla argentea.=

56b. Leaves not silvery-white beneath (3-10 dm. high; summer)
--57.

57a. Terminal leaflet more than 3 times as long as wide
=Cinquefoil, Potentilla recta.=

57b. Terminal leaflet less than 3 times as long as wide
=Cinquefoil, Potentilla intermedia=

58a. Flowers about 4 mm. wide (2-6 dm. high; spring)
=Spring Avens, Geum vernum.=

58b. Flowers 6 mm. wide, or wider --59.

59a. Principal leaves with lobed leaflets, of which the terminal is the
largest; leaf-axis bearing also some small leaflets between those
of usual size (4-12 dm. high; late spring and summer) (Avens) --60.

59b. Principal leaves with toothed or pinnately cleft leaflets, the
lateral ones about equaling the terminal one in size, and without
any small scattered leaflets (3-8 dm. tall; summer) (Cinquefoil)
--61.

60a. Terminal leaflet cordate at base =Avens, Geum macrophyllum.=

60b. Terminal leaflet wedge-shape or acute at base
=Avens, Geum strictum.=

61a. Leaflets 3 =Cinquefoil, Potentilla monspeliensis.=

61b. Leaflets 5-15 --62.

62a. Leaflets crenate =Cinquefoil, Potentilla paradoxa.=

62b. Leaflets deeply incised
=Cinquefoil, Potentilla pennsylvanica.=

63a. Leaves all basal, the flowers on leafless stalks --64.

63b. Stem-leaves present --66.

64a. Leaves simple (1-2 dm. high; summer)