348 LI. ROSACE jj. (J. D. Hooker.) [Potentilla. 



Cat. 1028 ; Lehm. Revis. Potentill 17. Western Tibet, from N. of Kumaon to Ladak, 

 alt. 13-17,000 ft. 



VAR. pumila; depressed, very dwarf, branches spreading, leaflets very silky 

 ^-J in., flowers sessile - in. diam. P. Lindenbergii, Lehm. in Otto Grart. undBlumen- 

 zeit. vii. 339 ; Revis. Potentill. 14, t. 2. 



VAR. Inglisii ; very dwarf, most densely tufted, leaflets |- in. linear-lanceolate, 

 flowers often peduncled, peduncle bracteate. P. Inglisii, Royle III. 207, t. 41 ; Lehm. 

 Revis. Potentill. 18. Kumaon and West Tibet, alt. 14-15,000 ft. Very near P. biflora, 

 Willd. of the Altai and American Polar regions, which has obcordate petals. 



VAR. armerioides ; dwarf, forming dense hard tufts or cushions, branches with the 

 densely crowded spreading leaves f in. diam., leaflets linear-lanceolate very rigid, 

 margins revolute to the midrib, achenes glabrous. Borders of Sikkimand Tibet, alt. 

 17-17,500 ft., J. D. H. 



9. P. Salessovii, Steph. in Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. ii. 6, t. 3 ; silky, 

 shrubby below, leaflets 7-9 oblong obtiise coarsely obtusely toothed above the 

 middle* flowers large cyinose, achenes villous, style ventral very slender. Lehm. 

 Monogr. Potentill. t. 1 ; Revis. Potentill. 13. P. discolor, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. 

 Sot. 53, t. 65. Comarum Salessovii, Bunge ; Ledeb. Flor. Ross. ii. 63. 



WESTERN TIBET, LAHTIL and northern border of KASHMIR, alt. 11-14,000 ft. 

 DISTRIB. Altai and Thian Schan Mts. 



Stems 1-3 ft., woody and as thick as the finger below. Leaves 4-6 in. ; leaflets 

 1-1^ in., subopposite, subequal, petiolulate, coriaceous, white or green beneath, base 

 rounded ; petiole stout ; stipules membranous, caudate. Flowers 1 in. diam., very 

 numerous, peduncled, in branched leafy cymes. Calyx tomentose, lobes ovate or lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate; bracteoles linear. Petals obovate-oblong, exceeding the calyx, 

 white? Stamens many, filaments long. Achenes minute, many, immersed in the 

 long receptacular hairs, clothed with long silky hairs. 



** Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. 



10. P. ambig-ua, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 51, t. 62 : tufted, silky or 

 glabrous, stem very short leafy, leaflets 3 obovate- or orbicular-cuneate obtusely 

 3-toothed or 3-fid at the broad tip, stipules leafy, flowers solitary peduncled, 

 petals much exceeding the calyx, achenes many smooth, style slender ventral. 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4613 ; Lehm. Revis. Potentill. 21. P. cuneifolia, Bertol. 

 Misc. xxiv. 15, t. 2. P. cuneata, Wall. Cat. 1015 in part. 



Temperate and Alpine Himalaya; from KASHMIR, alt. 10-14,000 ft., to SIKKIM, alt. 

 9-15.000 ft. 



RootstocJc stout or slender. Stems 1-6 in. Leaflets \-\ in., sometimes as broad 

 as long, sometimes glabrate and glaucous beneath ; petiole ^-1 in. ; stipules variable. 

 Flowers -1 in. diam. ; peduncle -1 in., naked. Calyx pubescent or glabrate ; lobes 

 triangular, acute ; bracteoles elliptic, obtuse. Petals orbicular, yellow. Achenes sunk 

 in the very long receptacular hairs, smooth, clothed with long silky hairs. Foliage of 

 P. Sibbaldi. 



11. P. eriocarpa, Wall. Cat. 1012 ; nearly glabrous, rootstpck very 

 stout, peduncles and long petioles very slender, leaflets 3 cuneate incised and 

 toothed above the middle, flowers solitary, petals much larger than the 

 calyx, achenes very small, style slender terminal. Lehm. Revis. Potentill. 22, 

 t. 4. 



Tibetan region of KTTNAWAR, KTJMAON, NIPAL. and SIKKIM, alt. 12-14,000 ft. 



Rootstock long ; branches like rootstocks, ascending, 4-10 in. long, as thick as a 

 swan's quill, densely clothed with imbricating silky or woolly stipular sheaths ; flow- 

 ering stems from the tips of the r r branches, very slender, 2-18 in., suberect, glabrous 

 or faintly silky, with one or two subsessile leaves above the middle. Leaves very few ; 



