Plants of the Punjab. 467 
Heres, UNBRANCHED, WITH ALTERNATE STIPULATE COMPOUND LiavEs. 
Potentilla 
doubjouneana, 
Rosacea. 
BeBe Tikit. 
Kashmir, 
9-10,000 ft. 
Potentilla 
monanthes, 
RosacE&.- 
Fo Boles 358. 
Himalaya, 
10-15,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Potentilla curviseta, 
Rosaces. 
Peper 358: 
Kashmir at Tilail 
(C. B. Clarke). 
Potentilla nivea, 
Rosace®. 
Pe Beltir, 358. 
Himalaya, 
10-17,000 ft. 
Dry region. 
Potentilla Kleiniana, 
ROsachm. 
Hh aBi lie ag. 
Himalaya, 
3-7,000 ft. 
Valleys below 
Simla (Collett), 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
very like the last species, but. stipules wedge-shaped 
with a broad divided tip, bracteoles divided into three at 
the tip. 
glandular or slightly velvety, large tufts of leaves and 
flower stalks 2-12 in. froma small rootstock, leaves radi- 
cal and stem shortly stalked, stalks rarely 1 in., leaflets 
4-2 in., broadly wedge-shaped with a broad coarsely round- 
toothed tip, stipules 4-4 in., rarely cut, stem stipules broad- 
ly ovate, short-pointed, flowers 4-4} m. diam., yellow, on 
axillary or nearly terminal stalks, sessile and shortly stalk- 
ed on the top of the flowering stem, calyx lobes broad, 
blunt, bracteoles round-oblong, often larger than the calyx 
lobes, petals ovate-round with a broad tip, not projecting 
much beyond the calyx, achenes very many, minute, 
smooth, on a round woolly receptacle ; for other characters 
see the last described species. 
small, rigid, thinly silky, rootstock slender, crowned 
with stiff recurved, almost woolly, leaf bases ; leaves 2-3 in. 
long, few, stipules forming a narrow wing to the leaf-stalk 
for half its length, flowering stalks 2-8 in. long, 2-3-flowered, 
wiry, slender, minor flower stalks incurved after flowering, 
calyx 1 in., silky, lobes lanceolate, long-pointed, longer 
than the oblong bracteoles, achenes 5-6, hairy, large, ovoid 
on a flat woolly receptacle, styles terminal ; for other cha- 
racters sce the last species. This is the only Himalayan 
species with hairy achenes. 
very like small forms of Potentilla multifida. 
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smal!, annual, silkily hairy, stems many, long, spread- 
ing, zigzec, leaves digitately compound, leaflets 3 or 5, 
ovate or narrowly oblong, unequal, the longest 3-1} in., 
teeth blunt or sharp, flowers din. diam., yellow, in terminal 
flat-topped clusters, acheney minute, deeply wrinkled ; for 
other characters gee the last described species. : 
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