Plants of the Punjab. 267 
Se oceans canescens 
Heras, Ergot, with ALTERNATE STrPpuLATE CompounD LEAVES. 
Potentilla albifolia, 
RosacEem. 
Roo. tot. 
Himalaya, 
8-10,000 ft. 
Hattu, Bhagi 
(Collett). 
Potentilla fulgens, 
RosacEs. 
F. B. I. un. 349. 
Himalaya, 
6-9,000 ft. 
Simla. 
Mashobra (Collett). 
Potentilia Clarkei, 
Rosacea. 
BB. si. 851. 
Himalaya, 
7,000 ft. 
Srinagar. 
Kashmir (Clarke). 
Potentilla sericea, 
Rosaceae. 
F. B. I. ii. 354. 
Himalaya, 
9-17,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
LEAFLETS MANY. 
small, perennial, rootstock stout, stems several, slender, 
zigzag, velvety, branched; leaves 2-4 in., pinnate, stalk 
very slender, stipules }-? in., sheathing, loose, brown, 
short-pointed, united for half their length to the stalk, 
leaflets 5-9, 3-1 in., ovate, deeply and sharply toothed, 
lateral leaflets diminishing from the uppermost pair down- 
wards, green, velvety above, white-felted beneath ; flowers 
tin. diam., yellow, solitary on slender axillary stalks 1-2 in., 
calyx persistent, tube shallow with 5 lobes, alternating 
with 5 bracteoles, white-felted, lobes triangular, bracteoles 
linear-oblong, petals 5, oblong, shorter than the calyx lobes, 
stamens 5, styles many ; achenes many, forming a head, 
hairy, covered by the calyx lobes, large, deeply furrowed, 
receptacle felted. 
small, perennial, rootstock stout, stem leafy, softly 
silky, leaves 2-8 in., pinnate, stalk stout, lower stipules 
dry, thin, upper leafy, toothed or lobed, leaflets many, in 
large and small pairs, alternately decreasing in size from 
above downwards, ovate, sharply toothed, terminal leaflets 
1-13 in., green, hairy above, silvery felted beneath, flowers 
2 In. diam., yellow, crowded in terminal clusters or branch- 
ed racemes, bracteoles quite entire or 2-8-fid, calyx silvery, 
hairy, lobes ovate, short-pointed, petals orbicular, ovate 
with a broad tip, stamens many, styles short, slender, ven- 
tral, achenes small, smooth ; otherwise like the last species 
small, perennial, rootstock woody, stem stout, ascend- 
ing, leafy, rough with long spreading hairs, leaves 1-2 in., 
covered with spreading hairs, stipules on the stem, leafy 
large, half ovate, entire or toothed, leaflets 4-1 in.. 5-7, 
ovate with a broad tip, very coarsely round-toothed + way 
down, sessile, close together, flowers 4 in. diam., yellow, 
stalked, very stiff in clusters with very spreading leafy 
branches and bracts, calyx lobes short-pointed, petals 
ovate with a broad tip, stamens many, styles slender, ter- 
minal, achenes many, large, minutely wrinkled on a raised 
hairy receptacle ; otherwise like the last species. 
small to medium size according to elevation, rootstock 
erect, very stout, stems many, white, densely silky-felted, 
leaves 1-6 in., crowded, about 1 in. broad, leaflets 5-11, 
oblong, silky on both surfaces, all cut nearly to the mid-rib, 
terminal leaflets radiating, lateral, opposite and alternate, 
flowers 4-¢ in. diam., yellow, on flowering stems, dense- 
