Plants of tJie Punjat), 



2«t 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Potentilla albifolia, 



EOSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 847. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-10,000 ft. 

 Hattu, Bhagi 

 (Collett). 



Potentilla fulgens, 



Rosacea. 



F. B. I. ii. 349. 



Himalaya, 



6-9,000 ft. 



Simla. 



Mashobra (Collett). 



Potentilla Clarkei, 



Rosacea. 

 F. B. I. ii. 351. 

 Himalaya, 

 7,000 ft. 

 Srinagar. 

 Kashmir (Clarke). 



Potentilla sericea, 



Rosacea. 



F. B. I. ii. 354. 



Himalaya, 



9-17,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



Leaflets many. 



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small, perennial, rootstock stout, stems several, slender, 

 zigzag, velvety, branched ; leaves 2-4 in., pinnate, stalk 

 very slender, stipules |-f in., sheathing, loose, brown, 

 short-pointed, united for half their length to the stalk, 

 leaflets 5-9, ^-1 in., ovate, deeply and sharply toothed, 

 lateral leaflets diminishing from the uppermost pair down- 

 wards, green, velvety above, white-felted beneath ; flowers 

 \ in. diam., yellow, solitary on slender axillary stalks 1-2 in., 

 calyx persistent, tube shallow with 5 lobes, alternating 

 with 5 bracteoles, white-felted, lobes triangular, bracteoles 

 hnear-oblong, petals 5, oblong, shorter than the calyx lobes, 

 stamens 5, styles many ; achenes many, forming a head, 

 hairy, covered by the calyx lobes, large, deeply furrowed, 

 receptacle felted. 



small, perennial, rootstock stout, stem leafy, softly 

 silky, leaves 2-8 in., pinnate, stalk stout, lower stipules 

 dry, thin, upper leafy, toothed or lobed, leaflets many, in 

 large and small pairs, alternately decreasing in size from 

 above downwards, ovate, sharply toothed, terminal leaflets 

 1-1| in., green, hairy above, silvery felted beneath, flowers 

 \ in. diam., yellow, crowded in termmal clusters or branch- 

 ed racemes, bracteoles quite entire or 2-3-fid, calyx silvery, 

 hairy, lobes ovate, short-pointed, petals orbicular, ovate 

 with a broad tip, stamens many, styles short, slender, ven- 

 tral, achenes small, smooth ; otherwise like the last species, 



small, perennial, rootstock woody, stem stout, ascend- 

 ing, leafy, rough with long spreading hairs, leaves 1-2 in., 

 covered with spreading hairs, stipules on the stem, leafy 

 large, half ovate, entire or toothed, leaflets |-1 in.. 5-7, 

 ovate with a broad tip, very coarsely round-toothed \ way 

 down, sessile, close together, flowers -| in. diam., yellow, 

 stalked, very stiff in clusters with very spreading leafy 

 branche; and bracts, calyx lobe.^ short-pointed, petals 

 ovate with a broad tip, stamens many, styles slender, ter- 

 minal, achenes many, large, minutely wrinkled on a raised 

 hairy leceptacle ; otherwise like the last species. 



small to medium size according to elevation, rootstock 

 erect, very stout, stems many, white, densely silky-felted, 

 leaves 1-6 in., crowded, about 1 in. broad, leaflets 5-11, 

 oblong, silky on both surfaces, all cut nearly to the mid-rib, 

 terminal leaflets radiating, lateral, opposite and alternate, 

 flowers |-f in. diam., yellow, on flowering stems, dense- 



