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Mr. Ï. Kawakami tells me that tlie fruit of this Fragaria is 

 very delicious. 



Potentilla Linx. 



Potentilla gelida C. A. Mey. ; Ledeb. Fl. Koss. IT. p. 59 ; Hook. f. 

 Fl. Brit. Ind. n. p. 357 ; Diels, Fl. Tin ling slian, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 

 XXXVI. Beibl. p. 56 ; Hayata, in Tokyo Bot. Mag. XX. p. 73. 



Potentilla grandiflora Linn. ; Wagnee, Dent. Fl. ed-3, p. 359 ; Thome, 

 Fl. Deut. Ost. u. Schw. m. p. 70. 



Hab. in monte Morrison, ad 13094 ped. alt., leg. S. Xagasawa, 

 Nov. 1905, (No. 683). 



DiSTEiB. Extends to Europe, North India, central China, Japan, 

 East Siberia, and the Kurile and iVleutian islands. 



The species seems to vary over a very wide range, and 

 especially so in the size of flowers. 



Potentilla leuconota Don, " Prodr. p. 230 " ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 

 Ind. II. p. 352; Diels, Fl. Centr. Cliin. p. 403. 



var. morrisonicola Hayata, n. v. (PI. Y). 



Potentilla hucoitota Hayata, in Tokyo Bofc. Mag. XX. p. 74. 



Caulis sericeo-pilosus erectus circ. 15 cm. longus. Folia sub- 

 radicalia pinnata in ambitu oblanceolata obtusa 10 cm. longa circ. 

 19-foliolata, foliolis sessilibus obovatis obtusis 1 cm. longis argute 

 dentatis supra pilosiusculis subtus sericeo-pilosis, petiolis appresse 

 pilosis, stipulis majusculis scariosis circ. 3 cm. longis ad basin 

 petiolorum adnatis integri^. Folia caulina radicali conformia sed 

 multo minora, pauca ssepe ad medium caulis 1-2. Flores ad apicem 

 caulis 9-8 fasciculati subumbeUati 1-2-bracteati, pedicellis 1 cm. 

 longis. Flores patentes 8 mm. in diametro sequantes, bracteolis 

 angustis integris. Calycis lobi ovati acuti sericei. Petala late ob- 



