PotentillaJ] LI. ROSACES. (J. D. Hooker.) 357 



"Western and Central Himalaya, from KASHMIR, alt. 8-13,000 ft. toNiPAx. 



Rootstock very stout ; stem 2-3 ft., finely pubescent. Leaflets 2-3 in., sessile or 

 petiohilate, green, glabrous or finely silky above, dirty white beneath ; nerves not very 

 prominent, teeth acute; petiole 3-6 in. ; caul ine stipules ovate-oblong, acute. Flowers 

 f-l in. diam. ; pedicels sometimes 2 in., and very slender. Calyx silky, lobes acu- 

 minate ; bracteoles elliptic-oblong, obtuse acute or acuminate. Petals obcordate-cuneate, 

 varying from red-purple to almost brown-purple. Stamens about 20, dark purple. 

 Achenes very numerous ; styles long. 



Except in the colour of the petals I can find no difference between P. atrosanguinea 

 and P. argyrophylla, and I am hence compelled to unite them ; in so doing I retain 

 the name of argyrophylla from its representing a character known to both forms. 



VAR. argyrop hy lla proper ; flowers yellow. P. argyrophylla, Wall.; Lehm. Monogr. 

 Potentill. Suppl. t. 9 ; Revis. Potentill. 151. P. Jacquemontiana, Canbess. inJacq. Voy. 

 Bot. 51, t. 63. P. insignis, Roi/le MSS. ; Lindley in Bot. Reg., 1841, t. 37- I have 

 not seen the quinate leaflets which according to Lindley occasionally occur, nor the 

 broad 2-3-fid bracteoles mentioned by Lehman. 



VAR. atrosanguinea ; flowers red or purple. P. atrosanguinea, Lodd. Bot. Cab. viii. 

 t. 786 ; Don Prodr. 232 ; Lehm. Revis. Potentill. 150 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2689 ; 

 Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 124. P. Wallichiana, Govanin Watt. Cat. 1013. 



VAR. leucochroa ; much smaller, leaflets sometimes in. densely silky often on 

 both surfaces, flowering stems 1-few-flowered, flowers yellow or red. P. leucochroa, 

 Lindl. in Wall. Cat. 1019. P. Cautleyana, Royle III. 207, t. 40, f. 1. P. cataclines, 

 Lehm. PugiU. iii. 37; Monoq. Potentill. Suppl.i. t. 10 ; Revis. Potentill. 150. P. vestita, 

 Klotzschin Reis. Pr. Waldem.Bot. t. 14. Kashmir to Nipal,alt. 10-15,000 ft. Leh- 

 man (Revis. 171) includes Lindley's leucochroa under the American P. viltosa, which 

 differs totally in the short style and glabrous receptacle. 



33. P. g-elida, C. A. Meyer-, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 59; sparsely pubes- 

 cent or silky or glandular, leaflets 3 small obovate or cuneate deeply crenate, 

 cauline few much reduced with broad-ovate large entire stipules, flowering stems 

 slender ascending, flowers on slender pedicels yellow, calyx-lobes acute longer 

 than the oblong obtuse bracteoles, achenes smooth, styles subterminal, Lehm. 

 Itevis. Potentill. 154. P. grandiflora and P. alpestris, Herb. Ind. Or. Hook.f. 

 $ T. 



Western temperate Himalaya; from KASHMIR to KUNAWTR and in WESTERN 

 TIBET, alt. 13-17,000 ft. DISTRIB. N. Asia from the Caucasus to Dahuria. 



Usually covered with soft spreading hairs, sometimes glandular, rarely somewhat 

 silky. Rootstock rarely large. Leaflets ^-f in. long, sessile or petiolulate, usually 

 entire for or g upwards from the base, crenatures very large, sometimes only 4 or 

 5. and towards the very end of the leaflet, rather membranous, flat, nerves indistinct ; 

 petiole -1, rarely 2 in. ; stipules of cauline leaves - in. long, hoary. Flowers 

 \~\ in. diam., usually 1-4 on slender pedicels. Calyx pubescent or silky. Petals ob- 

 cordate. Achents many on an elevated villous receptacle. A very variable plant. 

 Some specimens of Mr. Clarke s from Karakoram, alt. 14,500 ft. are upwards of 2 feet 

 high, others from Kumaon are not as many inches and are quite glutinous. The broad 

 entire stipules and almost naked flowering stems are its best character. I do not see 

 how it is to be distinguished from the European P. grandiflora and Siberian P.fragi- 

 formis, Willd. (exclusive of the Japan plant so called by A. Gay). 



34. P. doubjouneana, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Sot. 50, t. 61 ; sparsely 

 pubescent, leaflets 3 obovate-cuneate deeply toothed, cauline with obcuneate 

 toothed stipules, flowering stems ascending slender leafy, calyx-lobes acute 

 longer than the obcuneate 3-fid bracteoles, achenes smooth, style subterminal. 

 Lehm. Revis. Potentill 157. 



KASHMIR, alt. 9-10,000 ft., Jacguemont, Thomson. 



Very similar to P. gelida, but distinguished by the more leafy flowering stems, 



