Plants of the Punjab. 



465 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Potentilla 

 Leschenaultiana, 



ROSACE^E. 



r. B. I. ii. 350. 

 Himalaya, 

 6-12.000 ft. 

 Kashmir, 



Potentilla 

 fragarioides, 



EOSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 350. 

 Himalaya, 

 4-7,000 ft. 

 Simla (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 

 Baluchistan. 



Potentilla Clarkei, 



Potentilla 

 microphylla, 



EOSACE^. 



F. B. I. ii. 352. 



Himalaya, 

 10-14.000 ft. 

 Marali near Baghi. 



Potentilla multiflda, 



EOSACEJE. 



F. B. I. ii. 353. 

 Kashmir, 

 10-16.000 ft. 



rootstock short, stout, hairy, hairs long, spreading, 

 silky, leayes 1-10 in., pinnate without alternating minute 

 leaflets, leaflets 5-7, |-1 in., usually 5, oyate with a broad 

 tip, coarsely toothed, white beneath, leaf stalk slender, 

 stipules lower thin, entire, upper leafy, toothed, flowers 

 ^-f in., yellow, rarely white, in fiat-topped custers on stalks 

 2-18 in. long, calyx hairy or silky, lobes trilangular, bracte- 

 oles linear, petals heart-shaped with the broad end out- 

 wards, achenes minutely wrinkled ; for other characters 

 see the last species. 



very like the last species, but leaflets not white beneath. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



very small, forming dense moss-like tufts, dotted with 

 bright yellow star-like flowers, leaves very small and crown- 

 ed, only easily differentiated by a magnifying glass, 

 silky or nearly smooth, leaves I in., leaflets xs-'tV ^^■' 

 divided into 3-5 lobes, leaf stalk thread-like, stipules 

 comparatively large, blunt, thin, flowers |-| in., bright- 

 yellow, 1 or 2 on a flow r stalk, slightly longer than 

 the leaves, calyx lobes sharp- or blunt-pointed, bracte- 

 oles oblong, petals projecting much beyond the calyx, 

 round or ovate with a broad tip, stamens 30-40, achenes 

 in a round head on a woolly receptacle, many, minute, 

 fiv^-imfh, styles very short, ventral ; for other characters 

 see the last described species. 



stems many, rootstock short, leaves |-2 in. diam., digi- 

 tately compound with 5 leaflets or pinnate with longer leaf 

 stalk, leafl'Hs linear-oblong or ovate with a broad tip. pin- 

 nately divided with linear or lanceolate segments, margins 

 recurved, white felted beneath, flowers ^-h in. diam., yel- 

 low in close or open flat-topped clusters or solitary, calyx 

 silky, lobes ovate, short -pointed, bracteoles linear, ol^long, 

 blunt, petals circular-ovate with a broad tip, notched, 

 richenes many, smooth, minute on a hairy receptacle, stylo 

 terminal ; for other characters see the last described species, 



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