Rosaceae- 161 



In open alpine meadows and slopes 

 throughout the region at the higher altitudes ; 

 flowering during June and July. 



Much like the preceding species 



multisecta ^^ mucn more hairy throughout 

 (Wats.) and' with more divided leaves. 



Rydb. Flowers in a loose cyme on 



scapes 4-6 inches high, not quite so large -as 

 in the preceding nor as brilliantly coloured. 

 Dry rocky summits and ledges through- 

 out the Rockies; flowering in June. 



Densely caespitose from a woody 



Potentilla 



uniflora base.. Leaves closely tufted, 



(Ledeb.) small, palmately divided, leaf- 

 Alpine lets deeply cut, densely white- 



CinquefoX. woolly Qn both sur f aces . Flowers 



solitary on short peduncles, bright yellow, 

 half an inch or more broad; petals broadly 

 obovate, notched at the apex, much longer 

 than the densely soft-hairy lanceolate sepals. 

 A high alpine species in dry stony ground 

 throughout the Rockies, not common ; flower- 

 ing in July. 



