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kflets 1-11 in., thin, bright green on both surfaces, 3-mulHfid ; petiole *-3 in. ; 



atipules silky, acute. Flowers 1-1^ in. diam. ; peduncle i-3 in., naked. Calyx gla- 



Oms; lobes ovate, acute; bracteoles broadly elliptic, sometimes exceeding the calyx- 



wbes. Petals orbicular-obcordate, yellow. Achenes minute, clothed with very lone 

 Seiuous hairs. '' 



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Stamens numerous. Acheries not con- 



Root 



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T Leaver interruptedly pinnate, the alternate one or more pahs much srnaller. 

 (See aha 19 P. leuconota.) 



12. p. IMCoonlana, TFiffht Ic. t. 233 ; hirsute or villous, leaflets very 

 ^y pair elliptic obtuse serrate paler beneath, the smaller orbicular or cuneate, 

 rM ^^ P^^icl^ or corymbose, bracteoles broad toothed, achenes quite smooth, 

 «Jle very short yentral. Zehm. Bevis. Potmtill 64. R. polyphylla and bar- 



ehm, I. c. 63 ; Monogr. Suppl, 1, t, 6. P. sor- 



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Tern 

 Khasu 



A tall 



but W ^/^^'-"^^^ched leafy plant in Ceylon and at the lower elevations of N. India, 

 ^riaW '•^^"^ stunted with almost prostrate flowering-branches at 12,000 ft., very 

 8ilkv ^ ^°, ^'^^^^^ of hairiness, and sometimes having a few of the early leaves, 

 Pinfiat/^ (-P-Jo^^y/^^Wrt) glabrate with appressed hairs. Leaves 6-10 in., narrow, 

 8Djjjj}^^^^|y to the base, the leaflets smaller downwards; larger leaflets, ^1^ in,, 

 ijy. JP 2 '"*j ^11 sessile, membranous, coriaceous at higher elevations, brown when 

 ^iied ] ^^®^*^^^' silky; lower stipules usually membranous, upper leafy and 

 tjtlj I ^J lobed. Inflorescence from an open dichotomously branched lax panicle 

 Ssrwl? l^P^*^^*^^^®>*o a sli^^^'t almost umbellate corymb with stiff stout pedicels (P. 



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*^HUer i>. T^''^ ^-f in. diam. Or^yj: villous, lobes ovate, acute; bracts larger or 

 ^'kicula ^^^^^' ^^'^^® ^^ cuneate, usually 3-toothed or -lobed. Petals obovate- 



Jnjjj \ Achenes on an elevated hairy receptacle, quite without wrinkles. --I can 

 occasio i^^t^rs "P^° ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ definable varieties of thip -i°«* 



plant, which by its 



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leaflet '^Iffena, TF«« MSS. in Hook. Bot. Mag. undei- 1. 2700 ; softly silky, 

 Weatli^^^ ™any pair elliptic oblong or obovate obtuse sharply serrat* clothed 

 fotymKn V silvery hairs, interposed pairs minute, flowers panicled or 

 ''ender "^acteoles quite entire or 2-8-fid, achenes small smooth, style short 

 K t V'^f^^- ■^^^'"- -^^w. Potentill 54. P. splendens, Wall, in Hook. Bot. 

 SielfK,- "^ ; Cat. 1017 ; Don Prodr. 330 : Sweet Bnt. Fl. Gard. t. 191. P. 

 htoirTt' -^«*»»- Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamb. 1820, 8 ; Pugill i. 31. P. lineata, 

 }S^^ ■ »« ^preng. Syat. Veg. ii. 534 ; Reich. Icon E.iot. t. 8. P. Naspata, Ham. 



^«isrAr?'® Himalaya; from Kunawar, alt. 6-7000 ft. toSiKKiM, alt. 7-13,000 ft. 



As i • I'.'^^t. l-.-iOOO ft. 

 %6cted"'^ u *^ ^- ^^'^oiiiuiia, and in a rerv similar manner ; and further almost 

 ^4ini> Z • ^^ ^y '^'^r- intermedia ; but usually more robust, with more copious 

 Hit 8urf^^" "'^ t^he petiole and stem, and with the brilliant silvery clothing of the 



Leaves 



^'O- ■ la»,» 1 ^^^^ stout. (Sterns e-24 in., SIOUC, ascemnuf; ui v.^-, — -J. ^ 



'^^s abn5®' '^*^®*8 i-li in., crowded or not, sometimes with deeply impressed 



i ^Wesand •' ^ ^^^^^^ V^^^^ fiat, teeth very numerous and acute ; petiole rather stout ; 



^inflorescence and petals as in P. Mooniana, but calyx usually very silvery, - 



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