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LI. ROSACEA. (J, D. Hooker.) 



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Stamens about 20, dark purple. 



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Western and Central Himalaya, from Kashmir, a.lt. 8-13,000 ft. toNiPAL. 



Bootstockvery QU^nt\ stem 2-3 ft., finely pubescent. Leaflets :i-3 in., sessile or 

 petiolulate, green, glabrous or finely silky above, dirty white beneath ; nerves not very 

 prominent, teeth acute; petiole 3-6 in.; caul ine stipules ovate-oblong, acute. Flowers 

 4-1^ in. diam. ; pedicels sometimes 2 in.» and very slender. Calyx silky, lobes acu- 

 minate ; bracteoles elliptic-oblong, obtuse acute or acuminate. Petals obcordate-cuneate, 

 y^rjing from red-purple to almost brown-purple. 

 Achenes very numerous ; styles long. 



Except in the colour of the petals I can find no difference between P. atrosav guinea 

 and P. a^gyrophylla, and I am hence compelled to unite them ; in so doing I retain 

 tne name oi argf/rophylla from its representing a character known to both forms. 

 _ VAR.ar^yro/jAyZ/a /proper ; flowers yellow. P. argyrophylla, Wall.; Lehm. Monogr, 

 mentill SuppL t. 9 ; Rcvis. Potentill. 151. P. Jacquemontiana, Canhess. inJacq. Voy, 

 :^ot 51, t. 63. P. insignis, Eoyle MSS, ; Lindley in Bot. Reg,, 1841, t. 37-— I have 

 ot ^en the quinate leaflets which according to Lindley occasionally occur, nor the 

 broad 2-3-fid bracteoles mentioned by Lehman. 



Va^, atrosanguinea ; flowers red or purple. P. atrosanguinea, Lodd, Bot. Cab, viii. 

 ^ 786; Don Prodr. 232; Lehm. Beris, PotenHU, 150; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2689; 

 ^et, BrU. FL Gard. t. 124. P. Wallicliiana, Govanin Wall. Cat. 1013. 

 ^^i^. leucochroa ] much smaller, leaflets sometimes ^ in. densely silky often on 

 botn surfaces, flowering stems 1-few-flowered, flowers yellow or red. P. leucochroa, 

 ^indl in Wall. Cat. 1019. P. CauMevana, Royle III. 207, t. 40, f. 1. P. catiiclines, 



X)L i. t. 10 ; Revis. Potentill. loO. P. vestita, 



--. ..„ Kashmir to Nipal,alt 10-15,000 ft.— Leh- 



,.^ (Kevis. 171) includes Lindley's leucochroa under the American P. villosa, which 

 fliers totally in the short style and glabrous receptacle. 



i ?-' ^' ff^llda, a A. Meyer ; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. li. 59 ; sparsely pubes- 

 ^nt or silky or glandular, leaflets 3 small obovate or cuneate deeply crenate, 

 ^uline few much reduced with broad-ovate large entire stipules, flowering stems 

 ^jender ascending, flowers on slender pedicels yellow, calyx-lobes acute longer 

 an the oblong obtuse bracteoles, achenes smooth, stj^les subterminal, X^Am. 

 J^J«. Potentill 164. P. grandiflora and P. alpestris, Herb. Ind. Or. Kook.f. 



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Western 



Kashmir to Ktjnawtr 



-DisTRiB. N. Asia from the Caucasus to Dahuria. 



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JSKT, alt 13-17,000 ft. ...... ... ^... ^««^... 



'^ D ^' covered with soft spreading hairs, sometimes glandular, rarely somewhat 

 ■ectl f^^^^^^^ rarely large. Leaflets ^-l in. long, sessile or petiolulate, usually 

 5 ^^^{i'^ ^^^ i upwards from the base, crenatures very large, sometimes only 4 or 

 MM 1 ^^^« *^be very end of the leaflet, rather membranous, flat, nerves indistmct ; 

 ^ ^o/e i-1, rarely 2 in. ; stipules of cauline leaves |-^ in. long, hoary. Fiower» 

 «>rdat' usually 1-4 on slender pedicels. Calvx pubescent or silky. Petals ob- 



^^^ ' Achenes many on an elevated villous receptjicle.— A very variable plant. 

 tjT ^^™ens of Mr. Clarkes from Karakoram, alt. 14,500 ft. are upwards of 2 feet 

 «iiti^^t- ^^ from Kumaon are not as many inches and are quite glutinous. The broad 

 W V • ^^ ^nd almost naked flowering stems are its best character. I do not see 

 /w%L W^ ^® distinguished from the European P. grandiflora and Siberian P.fragi- 

 «• VVilld. (exclusive of the Japan plant i 



Japan plant so called by A. Gay). 



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^« doubjouneana, Crt»i5. inJacq. Voy. Bot. 50, t. 61 ; sparsely 



toothed, 

 ^tipules, flowering stems ascendiug slender leafy, calyx-lobes acute 

 ZeAm B *^® obcuneate 3-lid bracteoles, achenes smooth, style subterminal. 

 '"^.Rem. Potentill. 157. 



Livf*?" ' leaflets 3 obovate-cuneate deeply toothed, cauline with obcuneate 



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^^^^}\Ax.. ^-lOfiQO ^,, Jacquemonf, Thomson. 

 ^ similar to P. gdida, but distinguished by the more leafy flowering stems, 





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