112 ilK. C. B. CLABKE's BOTA.KIC NOTES 



Fragaria vesca, L, / 000-9000 ped. alt. 



Common. 



Agrimonia eupatorium, L. 7000-8000 ped. alt. 

 Frequent. 



Potentilla NEPALENSIS, Hook. 700O-90O0 ped. alt. 



Frequent. 



P. LEUCONOTA, Don. 



Abundant in Darjeeling station and up to 8000 ped. alt. (Don's 

 name has been superseded by one of Wallich's ; but I forget 

 which.) 



Potentilla, sp. Plant erect, 1 foot high, branched with yellow 

 flowers. Root-leaves long, deeply pinnatifid, with 10-20 pairs of 

 segments; stem-leaves ternate or pinnate, with 2-4 pairs of segments. 

 Leaves green on both sides, but with many lax white hairs. Sepals 

 10, subquadrate, striate, deeply 3-5-toothed. 



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Plentiful on Tonglo top at 10,000 feet, where Dr. Hooker 

 mentions Potcntilla as absent. 



Rosa sericea, Lindl. On Tonglo top at 10,000 ped. alt. 

 Pyrus (Aria) lanata ? Don. Tonglo, 9000-10,000 ped. alt. 



Frequent. This is the tree 30-40 feet high, with a large dense 

 head, mentioned by Hooker. 



P. (Sorbus)? indica, Wallich. Tonglo, 10,000 ped. alt. 



SAXIFRAGACEJ3. 



Astilbe rivularis, Don. 7000-9000 ped. alt. 



Very common. (Stamens five here, never ten, as described.) 



Saxifraga. 



None. They are plentiful at higher levels ; but Tonglo, 

 10,000 feet, is too low for a single species. The same applies to 



Parnassia. 



Hydrangea robusta, Hook.f. et Th. 7000-8000 ped. ait. 



Common. Flowers in August and September. 



H. vestita, Wallich. "9000-10,000 ped. alt. 



A tree, generally with a definite trunk. Flowers in July and 

 August. 



7000-8000 ped 



Abundant. 





