300 ROSACE.E. PoreNTIAA. 
$1. Flowers white ; receptacles eatable.—V ragaria, Sm. 
* 923. (1) F. elatior (Ehrh.:) leaflets somewhat coriaceous: hairs on the 
petioles, peduncles, pedicels and calyx widely spreading: calyx in fruit re- 
flexed: bracteoles similar to the calycine segments.—DC. prod. 2. p. 570; 
Spr. syst. 2. p. 533 ; Wight ! cat. n. 1005? Neelgherries. 
Our character is taken from British specimens ; the Indian ones are much . 
too imperfect to permit of our ascertaining their identity with sufficient ac- 
curacy ; we are not aware that it is cultivated in the district. 
$ 2. Flowers yellow : receptacles insipid, not eatable.—Duchesnea, Sm. 
924. (2) F. Indica (Andr.:) leaflets obovate ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 
1-flowered: bracteoles patulous, cuneate, much larger and broader than the 
entire calycine segments, deeply 3-5-toothed at the apex.—Andr. bot. rep. 
t. 475 ; DC. prod. 2. p. 571; Spr. syst. 2. p. 533; Wall. L.n. 1236; Wight! 
eat. n. 1006.—F. Malayana, Rowb. Jl. Ind, 2. p..520.—Duchesnea fragarioides, 
Sm.—D. fragiformis, Don.—Potentilla Wallichiana, Ser. in DC. prod. 2. p.514. 
Neeleherries. 
We hesitate to quote here F, Indica, Roxb. (although Wallich and Lind- 
ley appear to consider it the same), the bracteoles being described and figured 
(in E. I. C. mus. tab. 1445) very differently. It belongs, however, to this 
section, and so does also, we believe, F. Sundaiuca of Blume, although in 
this last the bracteoles are entire as in the eatable species of the genus : both 
F. Sundaiaca and F. Indica, Roxb. (F. Rowburyhii, W. & A.), have occa- 
sionally the leaves 5-foliolate. 
IH. POTENTILLA. Linn. 
.. Calyx concave at the bottom, 4—5-cleft, with 4—5-bracteoles. Petals 4-5. 
Stamens numerous. Achenia numerous, collected into a head on the flattish 
~ persistent dry receptacle. Style lateral. Seeds suspended.—Herbaceous or 
suffrutescent plants. Leaves compound. Stipules adnate to the petiole. — 
Flowers white or yellow, rarely red. Arn 
925. (1) P. Kleiniana (W. & A.:) stems declinate, and petioles and pe- 
duncles hirsute: leaves palmately 5-foliolate ; leaflets cuneate-oblong, round- 
ed at the apex, crenate-toothed (the uppermost tooth equal to the others), 
nearly glabrous, except the nerves beneath which are clothed with silky - 
hairs: stipules lanceolate, slightly acute, entire: flowers few, pedicellate, in 
: hec. IT ne afterwards becoming elongated: out m 
egments oblong, a little obtuse : : ia rugose.— e o 
cat. n. 1007.— Neelgherries, ey lee - verna, cm 
Very closely allied indeed, both in appearance and character, to P. due. 
opaca, and alpestris, of Europe. a x 
926. (2) P. supina (Linn.:) stem herbaceous, decumbent, dichotomous, 
slightly villous: leaves pinnated ; leaflets oblong, very slightly hairy, more OF — : i 
less incise-toothed: stipules lanceolate, eise; pedicels axillary; "solitary :- : 
calycine segments and bracteoles lanceolate : petals (yellow) obovate, obtuse; — 
not so long as the calyx: carpels rugose.— Linn. 8p. p. 7 
p. 580 ; Spr. syst. 2. p. 535; Wight! cat. n. 1008.—P. Heynei, Roth, nov. 3P. — — 
P: 235 ; DC. prod. 5. p. 580; Spr. syst. 2. p. 534; Wall. L. n. 1024—Neel — 
gherries. 
1; DC. prod. 2 
We have no doubt that ours is the same as Roth’s plant, and on the other : . 2 
hand we cannot find any constant character to separate it from P. supina, O° 
which we possess vesc foin from the Caspian vimm and Astrachan, = 
well as from Europe. It is also found in North America. Ax o 
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