Tliis one is coniparalivclv low. wilh ascending stems, and (he \vliole plant is rather 

 densely pnhernlent. The leaves are i'retpienliy 1- to (i-divided. antl the leai'lels, the shape of 

 whieh is ovate-lanceolate, twice to four times as long as broad, to 20 mm. long, and 6—7 

 mm. broad, opposite or alternate, a character varying even in the very same plant. The 

 leaflets are generally entire, more rarely 2-cleft at the summit, both of which shapes may 

 sometimes be met with in the very same individual. Some specimens approaching /. gla 

 hrala. have the upper sides of the leaves completely glabrous, the veins beneath, and also 

 the petioles and .stems only sparingly pubescent. The floweriness is very varying, and 

 the colour of the leaves changes between a deep green, with lighter under sides, and 

 nearly bluish green. 



var. canescens Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 44; Wolf, 1. c. p. 65. 



This variety, which is distinguished by being densely tomentose-canescent and by 

 having leaves with rather numerous, small, broader, approximate pinnae and compa- 

 ratively small flowers, I have found on di^ declivities on the steppes between Minusinsk 

 and l^st Abakansk. Flowering at the beginning of June. 



Distribution: Eastern, central, and southern Russia, westwards to Roumania, Asia, 

 except the extreme south. 



Potentilla niultifida L. Spec. PI. ed. 11(1762) p. 710; Wolf. Monogr. Gatt. Poleniilla 

 p. 154; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 245; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 424: Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II. p. 42; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahnr. (1843) p. 619. no. 414. 



var. oriiithopoda (Tausch) Wolf, 1. c. p. 156. P. miillilkla /i nmjor Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 

 II, p. 43 p. p.; Kpbi.i. <D.T. A.1T. II (1903) p. 376. 



Common on the Abakan Steppe, on sunny, rocky slopes, in dry meadows, and the 

 like, where the species begins flowering in the second half of June. In the Urjankai 

 country I have found the species on the steppes about the Ulu-kem, from Bjelosarsk 

 westw'ards towards Cha-kid, where the sj^ecimens were past flowering at the end of 

 August. 



var. angiistifolia Lehm. Monogr. Polenlill. (1820) p. 64; Wolf, 1. c. p. 156. P. malli- 

 fida tc minor Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 43; Kpu.i. <I>.i. A.iiT. II (1903) p. 376. P. lenella Tur- 

 czan., Karel. et Kirii. Fnum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. ;S02: Turczan. Fl. Raical.-Dahur. (XUW) p. 

 620, no. 415. 



Scattered on the steppes about the river Abakan, in dry gra.ss-field, on dry rocks, 

 and, as it seemed, sometimes in somewhat saliferous soil, for instance near Ust 

 Kamuishto. In flower in the middle of June. 



Distribution: In Europe in the western Alps, Lapland, Spitzbergen, northern Russia, 

 temperate parts of Asia, in Siberia northwards to 66° north lat.. North America? 



Potentilla sericca L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 710: Wolf, Monogr. Gatt. Potentilla p. 

 161; Ledeb. Fl. All. II, p. 242; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 427; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 41, 

 Turczan. Fl. Raical.-Dahur. (1843) p. 621. no. 417; Kpbi.i. «I>.i. Ajit. II (1903) p. 374. 



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