EOSACEAE. — POTENTILLA 301 



Western Hupeh : Hsing-shan Hsien, open country, not common, 

 alt. 600-1200 m., May 7, June 8 and October 1907 (No. 3345; bush 

 1-1.25 m. tall, flowers white, fruits black). 



KERRIA DC. 



Kerria japonica De Candolle in Trans. Linn. Soc. XII. 157 (1817); 

 Prodr. II. 541 (1825). — Lindley in Bot Reg. XXII. t. 1873 (1836). — 

 Siebold & Zuccarini, Fl Jap. 1. 183, t. 98, 99, fig. 11, iii (1841). — Maxi- 

 mowicz in Ad. HorL Petrop. VI. 242 (1879). — Hemsley in Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. XXIII. 229 (1887). — Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 390 

 (1900). — Schneider, III. Handb. Lauhholzk. I. 501, fig. 305 (1905). 

 Pavolini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XV. 413 (1908). — Pampanini 

 in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital n. ser, XVII. 290 (1910). 



Euhus japonicus Linnaeus, Mant. I. 145 (1767). 



C or chorus japonicus Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 227 (1784). — Andrews, Bot. Rep. 



IX. t. 587 (1809). — Sims, Bot. Mag. XXXII. t. 1296 (1810). 

 Spiraea japonica Desvaux in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris^ I. 25 (non Linnaeus f.) 



(1822). — Cambassedea in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1. 389 (1824). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, common, alt. 300-1000 m., April and 

 July 1907 (No. 112, in part; shrub 1-1.25 m., the double form culti- 

 vated). " Kao-kien-scian," alt. 800 m.. May- June 1907, C. Silvestri 

 (No. 928). Western Szech'uan: Ching-chi Hsien, alt. 900-1200 

 m., May 1908 (No. 112, in part; bush 1-1.5 m., flowers golden). 

 Northern Shensi; "Lao-y-san, presso Zu-lu," May 4 and Septem- 

 ber 6, 1897, G. Giraldi. 



POTENTILLA L. 



Potentilla fruticosa Linnaeus, Spec. 495 (1753). — Nestler, Monog. 

 Potent. 30 (1816). — Lehmann, Monog. Potent. 31 (1820). — Bret- 

 schneider. Early Eur. Research. Fl. Chin. 149 (1881). — Franchet in 

 Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, s^r. 2, V. 262 (PL David. I. 110) (1883); 

 PL Delavay. 210 (1890). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 243 

 (1887), — Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 402 (1900). — Wolf in BibL 

 Bot. XVI. 54 (Monog. Potent.) (1908). — Tornblom in Svensk. Bot. 

 Tidskr. V. 91, figs. 1-8 (1911). — Diels in Not. Bot. Card. Edinburgh, 

 VII. 120 (PL Chin. Forrest.) (1912). 



Potentilla davurica Hance in Jour. Linn. Soc. XIII. 79 (non Nestler) (1873). 

 Dasiphora fruticosa Rydberg in Mem. Bot. Columb. Univ. II. 1S8 (1898). 



