414 ROSACEAE 



12. P, glabrata (Lchm.) Rydb. Stems slender, 4-6 dm. high; leaflets 

 - 2-5 cm. long, oblanocolate or obovatc-oblanceolate, glabrous except the veins 



beneath, cut-toothed about halfway to the midrib; hypanthium strigose; bract 

 lets linear or linear-lanceolate, 3-4 mm. long; sepals ovate, acuminate, 5-7 mm. 

 long; petals obcordate, slightly exceeding the sepals. Valleys: Ore. — Wash. — 

 w Wyo. Submont. Je-Jl. 



13. P. dascia Rydb. Stem single, erect, 4-7 dm. high, hirsute; leaflets 

 obovate to oblanceolate, 3-10 cm. long, coarsely and rather densely pubescent 

 on both sides, coarsely cut-toothed about halfway to the midrib; hypanthium 

 hirsute, in fruit 7-8 mm. broad; bractlets linear to lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long; 

 sepals lanceolate, 5-6 mm. long; petals obcordate, 7-8 mm. long. Meadows: 

 Wash. — -Calif. — -Mont. Submont. Jl-Au. 



14. P. Candida Rydb. Stem low, 1-2 dm. high, densely white silky-strigose; 

 leaflets 7-9, obovate in outline, 2-4 cm. long, rather thick, deeply incised or 

 cleft; flowers about 1 cm. in diameter; hypanthium white-silky; bractlets lance- 

 olate, much shorter than the ovate sepals, which are about 5 mm. long; petals 

 yellow, obcordate, a httle exceeding the sepals. Dry places: Nev. — s Utah. 

 Submont. Je. 



15. P. Pecten Rydb. Stem 2-3 dm. high, ascending or decumbent at the 

 base, grayish silky-strigose; leaflets 3-4 cm. long, elliptic-ovate or oblanceolate, 

 green and appressed-hairy above, tomentose and silky beneath, dissected one- 

 half to two-thirds to the midrib into oblong acute divisions; bractlets 2-3 mm. 

 long; sepals ovate, acuu inate, 4-5 mm. long; petals broadly obcordate, shghtly if 

 at all exceeding the .sepals. Mountains: Mont. — Wyo. — Utah. Submont. Je-Au. 



16. P. Bakeri Rydb. Stem 3-5 dm. high, usually decumbent at the base, 

 loosely hirsute; leaflets oblanceolate, 3-5 cm. long, strongly veined, coarsely ap- 

 pressed-silky on both sides and tomentose beneath, cleft about three-fourths to 

 the midrib into oblong, acutish or obtusish divisions; hypanthium 5-6 mm. 

 broad in fruit; bractlets linear-lanceolate, about 3 mm. long and about half as 

 long as the ovate or ovate-lanceolate sepals; petals obcordate, a little exceed- 

 ing the sepals. Mountain valleys: Wyo.— Colo. — e Calif. — Ida. Submont. — 

 Mont. Je-Au. 



17. P. pectinisecta Rydb. Stem slender, 3-4 dm. high, finely silky-strigose 

 or rarely hirsute; leaflets appressed-sill^y on both sides and sometimes slightly 

 tomentulose beneath, obovate, deeply pectinately divided into oblong or linear 

 segments; hypanthium appressed-?ilky, in fruit 6-7 mm. broad; bractlets linear- 

 lanceolate, shorter than the broadly lanceolate sepals; petals yellow, obcordate, 

 7-8 mm. long. Dry places: I^^tah — Wyo. — n Ariz. Son. — Submont. My-Jl. 



18. P. longiloba Rydb. Stem stout, 3-5 dm. high, hirsute-strigose and 

 woolly; leaflets 3-5 cm. long, dissected to near the midrib into linear or linear- 

 lanceolate divisions, loosely villous above, densely white-torn en tose beneath: 

 hypanthium in fruit 8 mm. broad; bractlets linear-lanceolate, usually equalling 

 the ovate-lanceolate sepals; petals obcordate, about 8 mm. long. Meadows: 

 w Mont. — n Ida. Son. — Submont. My-Jl. 



19. P. Blaschkeana Turcz. Stem stout, 5-8 dm. high, sparinglj^ silk}', 

 1-2 cm. long; leaves silky or nearly smooth and green above, whitc-tomentose 

 beneath; leaflets about 5 cm. long, obovate in outline, deeply cleft into linear or 

 oblong divisions, often divergent; hypanthiimi silky, in fruit often over 1 cm. in 

 diameter; bractlets oblong-lanceolate, often much shorter than the broadly 

 lanceolate or ovate sepals; petals broadly obcordate, deeply notched at the apex, 

 much longer than the sepals. Potentilla ctenophora Rydb. Meadows: B.C. — n 

 Calif.— n Wyo.— Alta. Submont. — Mont. My-Jl. 



20. P. flabelliformis Lehm. Stem slender, but strict, 4-6 dm. high, silky- 

 strigose; leaves densely silky above, white-tomentose beneath; leaflets .3-5 cm. 

 long, pectinately divided into narrowly linear lobes; hypanthium silky-villous; 

 bractlets linear-lanceolate, much shorter than the triangular-lanceolate acuminate 

 sepals; corolla 10-12 mm. in diameter; petals obcordate, a little longer than the 

 sepals. Meadows: B.C. — Sask. — 'Wyo. — n Calif. Son .—Submont. Je-Au. 



