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346 LI. ROSACEA. (J. D. Hooker.) [Potentilla. 



166. P. Sibbaldia, Gnesselich Stafhtik d. Flor. Badem. 239. Sibbaldia pro- 

 cumbens, Linn. S. parviflora, Willd. ; Boisa. Fl. Orient, ii. 727. S. cuneata, 

 Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx, 44. S. cuneata, Kunze in Linnaa, xx. 59. ;' 



Alpine Himalaya and Western Tibet, alt. 12-15,000 ft.— Disthib. Lofty 

 mountains of the N. tomp, zone ; Arctic regions. ; 



Covered with rather stiff silky hairs ; rootstock woody, depressed, branched. . 

 i^a res chiefly radical ; petiole ^ in., slender; leaflets ^-^ in., rounded at the base, lobes _ 

 short broad subacute, nerves obscure; stipules large, membranous. Flowering stemn 

 ^6 in. ; cymes leafy and silky. Flowers pedicelled. Calyx \ in. ; lobes triangl^^ 

 lanceolate, erect in fruit ; bracteoles linear. Petals narrowly obovate, hardly exceeding 

 the calyx. Stamens 5-10 (Edgew.) short. Achenes ovoid, smooth, obtuse, receptacle 

 flat hairy.— I can detect no difference whatever between the Sibbaldia parviflora 

 Willd. and S, procumbens, L., which latter varies greatly in size and hairiness and size 

 of petals. J. Gray (in Herb. Hook.) failed to distinguish them. 



Var. micrantha ; more densely tufted and smaller in all its parts, flowers sometimes 

 solitary and alternate sessile amongst the leaves, calyx ^^ in. long. Western libet, 

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3. P. perpusUla, Hooh. /. ; very small, silky, leaflets 3 ol)Ovate-jCuneate 

 truncate 3-fid, flowers in very short cymes 4-merous, achenes smooth, style 

 short ventral. 



Alpine Himalaya, from Champura, Jacquemont, to Kumaon, alt. 12,000 ft. otrac . 

 # Winterh, (with Potentilla 26), and the Tibetan region of Sikkim, alt. 16,000 tt., 



A much smaller plant than P. Sibbaldi in all its parts, and always ^-"^fr^' 

 Leaflets ^-\ in. Flowers ^ in. diam. Petals narrowly obovate, Stamens 4. Achm^ 

 10-12. 



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dioecious, silky, shininff , leaflets 3 obovate-cuneate 3-fid, flowers yellow solitary 



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Western Tibet, alt. 14-18,000 ft.. Falconer, Thomson, and Tibetan region of Stf- 

 KiM,alt. 15-16,000 ft., J: Z>. 27.— Distuib. Altai Mts. 



Forming dense moss-like patches covered with stout silky hairs. ^^^^, !«/. 

 leafy, 1-2 in. Petiole ^-^ in. ; leaflets about as long. Flowers rarely ^».^^^^^^^; 

 duncles, usually sessile amongst the leaves, ^ in. diam. Calyx-lobes tci^'^k^^' 

 bracteoles linear. Petals obovate, much larger than the calyx, golden J 

 Stamens 4, very short. Achenes glabrous, smooth, 



5. P. axUliflora, Hook./,; sparsely silky, stems prostrate very Jog 

 and slender leafy throughout, leaflets 3 obovate acutely toothed, stipules ^^^^ 

 ovate acute, flowers all axillary small on capillary pedicels, petals ^^J^^oa'sin 

 mens 5, carpels many, styles sub-basal. Fragaria indica, WalL Cat. U j 

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Western Himalaya, Kumaon, Herh, Wallich. ff eO-l*^'* 



Rootstock as big as a walnut, apparently Tery short and broad, sending o ^^^^^ 

 very weak almost filiform stems 1-2 ft. long, which trail on the ground. »°*^/jjj^ ges- 

 and flower-bearing along their length. Z^flw^^ chiefly cauline; leaflets ^-4 -'^^^^ 

 sile, membranous, base cuneate entire ; petiole f-f in.; stipules small, broa, ^^^^ 

 branous, toothed. Flowers \ in. diam.; pedicels ^-| in. Calyx haij^» ^^. 

 triangular-ovate ; bracteoles linear-oblong. Petals very small, oblong, yeuow^.. 



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