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Plants oj the Punjab. 



Herbs, Unbranched, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Potentilla sericea, 



Potentilla 

 desertorum, 



Rosacea. 

 F. B. I. ii. 355. 

 Kashmir, 

 7-9,000 ft. 

 Drv region. 



Potentilla nepalensis, 



Potentilla 

 kashmirica, 



Potentilla argentea, 



Potentilla reptans, 

 Cinquefoil. 



Rosacea. 

 P. B. I. 356. 

 Kashmir. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



softly hairy or glandular, stems tufted on a woody 

 rootstock, leaves radical 4-8 in. long-stalked leaflets, 6, 

 digitate, 1-2 in., sessile, thin, ovate with a broad tip, coarse- 

 1}' round-toothed, stem leaves shortly stalked or sessile 

 with 3 leaflets, stipules ^-f in., lanceolate, uncut; flowers 

 |-f in. diam., dark yellow in round leafy heads, flower stalk 

 lengthening in fruit, straight, stout, calyx | in. long, lobes 

 lanceolate, short-pointed, bracteoles entire or 3-fid, petals 

 projecting slightly bej^ond the calyx, achenes very minute, 

 very many, wrinkled on around woolly receptacle, styles 

 nearly terminal ; for other characters see the last described 

 species. 



see Herbs, Erect. Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



Potentilla 

 argyrophylla, 



Potentilla gelida, 



Rosacea. 



F. B. I. ii. 357. 



Himalava, 



13.17,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



rootstock woody, slightly hairy, runners long, slender, 

 rooting and leafy at the knots, leaves digitately compound, 

 leaflets 3 or 5, hardly sessile, 1-2 in., ovate with a broad 

 tip or lanceolate with a broad tip, round and sharp-toothed, 

 leaf stalks 1-6 in., slender, stipules small, oblong, entire, 

 flowers |-| in. diam., yellow, solitary on axillary naked 

 stalks, 1-4 in. long, calyx lobes broad or narrow, sharp- 

 pointed, bracteoles ovate, entire, petals heart-shaped with 

 the tip broad, achenes many, smooth, dark brown, styles 

 nearly terminal ; for other characters see the last described 

 species. 



see Herbs, Erect, Alternate, Stipulate, Compound. 



slightly velvety or glandular, usually small, rootstock 

 generally small, leaves radical digitately compound, leaflets 

 3, I'l in. long, ovate with a broad tip or wedge-shaped, 

 deeply round-toothed, stem leaves few, small with broad, 

 ovate, large, entire stipules, |-|in., loaf stalks |-1 in., rarely 

 2 in., flowers |-1 in. diam., j-ellow, on slender minor stalks, 

 1-4 on slender main stalks, calyx lobes sharp-pointed, 

 longer than the blunt-pointed oblong bracteoles, petals 

 heart-shaped with a broad tip, achcni s many, smooth, on a 

 raised woolly receptacle, styles nearly terminal; for other 

 charftcters see the last described species. 



