346 LI. ROSACES. (J. D. Hooker.) [Poientilla. 



166. P. Sibbaldia, Griesselich Statistik d. Flor. Sadens. 239. Sibbaldia pro- 

 cumbens, Linn. S. parviflora, Willd. ; Boiss. FL Orient, ii. 727. S. cuneata, 

 Edgw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx, 44. S. cuneata, Kunze in Linncsa, xx. 59. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 12-15,000 ft. DISTBIB. Lofty 

 mountains of the N. temp, zone ; Arctic regions. 



Covered with rather stiff silky hairs ; rootstock woody, depressed, branched. 

 Leaves chiefly radical ; petiole in., slender ; leaflets \-% in., rounded at the base, lobes 

 short broad subacute, nerves obscure ; stipules large, membranous. Flowering stems 

 ^-6 in. ; cymes leafy and silky. Flowers pedicelled. Calyx \ in. ; lobes triangular- 

 lanceolate, erect in fruit ; bracteoles linear. Petals narrowly obovate, hardly exceeding 

 the calyx. Stamens 5-10 (Edgew.) short. Achenes ovoid, smooth, obtuse, receptacle 

 flat hairy. I can detect no difference whatever between the Sibbaldia parviflora 

 Willd. and 8. procumbent L., which latter varies greatly in size and hairiness and size 

 of petals. J. Gay (in Herb. Hook.) failed to distinguish them. 



VAR. micrantha ; more densely tufted and smaller in all its parts, flowers sometimes 

 solitary and alternate sessile amongst the leaves, calyx ^ in. long. Western Tibet ; 

 Tibetan region of Sikkim, alt. 16,000 ft. 



3. P. perpusilla. Hook. f. ; very small, silky, leaflets 3 obovate-cuneate 

 truncate 3-fid, flowers in very short cymes 4-merous, achenes smooth, style 

 short ventral. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA, from Champura, Jacquemont, to KUMAON, alt. 12,000 ft. Strach. 

 $ Winterb. (with Potentilla 26), and the Tibetan region of SIKKIM, alt. 16,000 ft., 

 J. D. H. 



A much smaller plant than P. Sibbaldi in all its parts, and always 4-merous. 

 Leaflets - i in. Flowers i in. diam. Petals narrowly obovate, Stamens 4. Achenes 

 10-12. 



4. P. tetrandra, Bunge Enum. PL Alt. 17 (Sibbaldia) ; densely tufted, 

 dioecious, silky, shining, leaflets 3 obovate-cuneate 3-fid, flowers yellow solitary or 

 in pairs subsessile 4-merous, achenes 4, style terminal. Dryadanthe Bungeana, 

 Ledeb. Flor. Ross. ii. 33. Sibbaldia procumbens, var. tibetica, Hook. f. fy Thorns. 

 Herb. Ind. Or. 



WESTERN TIBET, alt. 14-18,000 ft., Falconer, Thomson, and Tibetan region of SIK- 

 KIM, alt. 15-16,000 ft., J. D. H. DISTRIB. Altai Mts. 



Forming dense moss-like patches covered with stout silky hairs. Stem densely 

 leafy, 12 in. Petiole ^% in. ; leaflets about as long. Flowers rarely on short pe- 

 duncles, usually sessile amongst the leaves, in. diam. Calyx-lobes triangular ; 

 bracteoles linear. Petals obovate, much larger than the calyx, golden yellow. 

 Stamens 4, very short. Achenes glabrous, smooth. 



5. P. axilliflora, Hook. f. ; sparsely silky, stems prostrate very long 

 and slender leafy throughout, leaflets 3 obovate acutely toothed, stipules small 

 ovate acute, flowers all axillary small on capillary pedicels, petals minute, sta- 

 mens 6, carpels many, styles sub-basal. Fragaria indica, Wall. Cat. 1236, 3 in 

 part. 



Western Himalaya, KTTMAON, Herb. Wallich. 



Rootstock as big as a walnut, apparently very short and broad, sending off 60-100 

 very weak almost filiform stems 1-2 ft. long, which trail on the ground, and are leaf- 

 and flower-bearing along their length. Leaves chiefly cauline; leaflets ^-f in., ses- 

 sile, membranous, base cuneate entire ; petiole f-f in. ; stipules small, broad, mem- 

 branous, toothed. Flowers \ in. diam. ; pedicels -f in. Calyx hairy, lobes 

 triangular-ovate ; bracteoles linear-oblong. Petals very small, oblong, yellow ? Sta- 



