ROSE FAMILY 121 



Leaflets densely white-tomeiitose beneath. 

 Leaflets merely crenate or serrate. 



Leaflets obovate to oblanceolate, toothed except at the very base. 



Sepals ovate, acute. 36. P. concinna. 



Sepals lanceolate, acuminate. 



Leaflets obovate, few-toothed. (Occasionalfornisof)42. P.nivea. 

 Leaflets oblanceolate, many-toothed. (Depauperate forms of) 



27. P. filipes. 

 Leaflets oblong, with entii'e margins, only 3-toothed (seldom 5-toothed) at the 

 apex. 37. P. bicrenata. 



Leaflets deeply dissected. 



Bractlets lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, acute; petals light yellow. 

 Plant diffuse; sepals ovate; leaves more or less grayish above. 



38. P. divisa. 

 Plant erect or ascendmg; sepals lanceolate, acuminate; leaves green above. 



39. P. quinquefolia. 

 Bractlets linear, obtuse; petals 4 mm. long, golden-yellow; inflorescence rather 



dense. 40. P. modesta. 



IX. NiVEAE. 



Leaflets oblanceolate or obovate, toothed or cleft, except at the very base; stem usually 

 1-2 dm. high, more or less leafy, several-flowered. 

 Leaflets deeply cleft, the clefts extending at least half-way to the midrib. 



Inflorescence dense and congested. 41. P. Hookeriana. 



Inflorescence open, with slender pedicels. 39. P. quinquefolia. 



Leaflets coarsely toothed, the toothing rarely extending half-way to the midrib. 



42. P. nivea. 

 Leaflets broadly cuneate, toothed only above the middle; stems usually l«ss than 1 dm. 

 high, scapiform, 1-2-flowered (rarely 3-flowered). 43. P. uniflora. 



X. Frigidae. 



Stem less than 1 dm. high, decumbent; leaflets obovate, short-pilose; petals 5-8 mm 



long. 44. P. emarginala. 



Stem 1-3 dm. high, erect; leaflets cuneate, flabelliform; petals 8-10 mm. long. 



45. P. flabellifolia. 

 XI. Brevifoliae. 

 One species. 46. P. brevifolia. 



XII. RUBRICAULE3. 



Leaves mostly greenish above, tomentose beneath. 



Segments of the leaves linear; stem nearly erect, slender; sepal? almost linear. 



47. P. tenerrima. 

 Segments of the leaves lanceolate or oblong; sepals lanceolate. 

 Plant densely cespitose; segments of the leaves obtuse. 



Segments lanceolate, acute; leaflets only slightly tomentose beneath. 



61. P. viridior. 

 Segments oblong to orbicular, obtuse. 



Segments of the leaves narrowly oblong. 48. P. saximontana. 



Segments of the leaves oval to orbicular. 49. P. minutifolia. 



Plant with spreading branches; segments of the leaves acute. 



38. P. divisa. 

 Leaves densely silky on both sides. 



Leaves with 2 or 3 pairs of leaflets; bractlets much shorter than the sepals; stem 



strict. 50. P. fiUcaulis. 



Leaves with 3-5 pairs of leaflets; bractlets little if at all shorter than the sepals; stem 

 decumbent-ascending . 

 Leaflets deeply cleft. 51. P. Macounii. 



Leaflet's merely toothed. 52. P. proxirna. 



XIII. Leucophyll.\e. 



Pistils 20 or fewer; bractlets much shorter than the acuminate sepals; tomentimi if any 

 loose and not dense. 

 Plant tomentose throughout. 53. P. coloradensis. 



Plant green and nearly glabrous up to the inflorescence. 54. P. rupincola. 



Pistils usually more than 20. 



Leaves wliite-tomentose beneath; pubescence of the stem and petioles mostly ap- 

 pressed. 

 Leaves almost equally white-pubescent on both sides. 

 Bractlets much shorter than the acuminate sepals. 



Leaflets not closely approximate, finely tomentose. 55. P. effusa. 

 Leaflets closely approximate, coarsely appressed-silky as well as tomentose. 



56. P. lupina. 

 Bractlets at least three-fourths as long as the acute sepals. 



Inflorescence open; leaves silky and shining. 57. P. Ilippiana. 



Inflorescence dense; leaves loosely tomentose and rather dull. 



58. P. argyrea. 

 Leaves green and merely silky above. 



Leaflets usually 9, all usually ascending, the upper pair decurrent. 



59. P. propinqua. 

 Leaflets 5-7, the lower spreading or reflexed, the upper pair not decurrent. 



Leaflets densely wliite beneath; teeth ovate. 60. P. pulcherrima. 



