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Plants of the Funjdh. 



H^RBS, Unbeanched, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves, 



Petals ununited. 



Fragaria vesca, 

 Wild Strawberry, 



Kanzars, tawal, 

 bana'phal. 

 Rosacea. 

 F. B. I. ii. 344. 

 Himalaya, 

 5-8,000 ft. 

 Simla, Mabasii 

 (Collett). 

 Kaphmiv, 



PoteDtiUa Sibbaldi, 



Eosace;e. 



F. B. 1. ii, 345. 



Himala3^a, 



9-15,000 ft. 



Bhagi, Rattn 



(Collett\ 



very like the last species, ])ut flowers white, |-1 in. 

 diam., bracteoles small, not lobed, leaf stalks sometimes 

 bear an extra minute pair of leaflets, leaflets larger, sharply 

 and deeply toothed, teeth tipped with tufts of hairs, 

 stipules narrow, not toothed. The fruit is edible, but gene- 

 rally almost flavourless. This plant is cultivated in the 

 plains as well as in the hills, but is the English variety 

 with possibly some of the Indian strain. 



small, perennial, hairy, rootstock woody, stems tufted, 

 2-12 in.; leaves mostl}^ radical, digitately compound, leaf- 

 stalk f in. long, slender, leaflets 3, J-| in., wedge-shaped, 

 ovate with a broad 3-5-toothed tip, stipules large, thin ; 

 flowers \ in. diam., yellow, in terminal flat-topped clusters 

 on main flower stalks, i-G in. long, catyx persistent, tube 

 shallow, bowl-shaped, on its outer margin 5 linear bracteoles 

 alternating with 5 triangular lanceolate lobes, erect in fruit, 

 petals 5, narrowlj^ ovate with a broad tip, hardly longer 

 than the calyx lobes, stamens 5, alternate with the petals, 

 sometimes 1-5 opposite to them, styles lateral short, per- 

 sistent on the achenes ; fruit consists of a head of many 

 hard ovoid smooth achenes on a flat hairy receptacle. 



Potentilla albifolia, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Potentilla ambigua, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compoimd. 



Potentilla fulgens, 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Potentilla anserina, 

 Silver weed, 



Rosacea. 



F. B. I. ii. 350. 



Himalaya, 



7-16,000 It. 



Balti, Kashmir 



(Clarke). 



Spiti (Thomson). 



rootstock very short, sending out long runners, leaves 

 forming a spreading tuft 2-10 in., green above, silky 

 beneath, lanceolate, pinnate, leaflets ^-2 in., sessile, 6-10 

 pairs with minute alternating ones, ovate with a broad tip, 

 or oblong, deeply sharply toothed, silvery with white hairs 

 beneath, stipules thin, flowers |-1 in. diam., j-ellow, on slen- 

 der one-flowered, naked stalks, 1-6 in. long, calyx lobes 

 lanceolate, long-pointed, bracteoles lobed, petals round, 

 achenes many on a hairy raised receptacle ; for other cha- 

 racters see the last species. 



