ROSACEAE. — POTENTILLA 301 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, open country, not common, 

 alt. 600-1200 m.. May 7, June 8 and October 1907 (No. 3345; bush 

 1-1.25 m. tall, flowers white, fruits black). 



KERRIA DC. 



Kerria japonica De Candolle in Trans. Linn. Soc. XII. 157 (1817); 

 Prodr. II. 541 (1825). — Lindley in Bot. Reg. XXII. t. 1873 (1836). — 

 Siebold & Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. I. 183, t. 98, 99, fig. 11, iii (1841). — Maxi- 

 mowicz in Act. Hort. Petrop. VI. 242 (1879). — Hemsley in Jour. 

 Linn. Soc. XXIII. 229 (1887). — Diels in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 390 

 (1900). — Schneider, III. Handb. Lauhholzk. I. 501, fig. 305 (1905). — 

 Pavolini in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XV. 413 (1908). — Pampanini 

 in Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. n. ser. XVII. 290 (1910). 



Rubus japonicus Linnaeus, Mant. I. 145 (1767). 



Corchorus japonicus Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 227 (1784). — Andrews, Bot. Rep. 



IX. t. 587 (1809). — Sims, Bot. Mag. XXXII. t. 1296 (1810). 

 Spiraea japonica Desvaux in Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, I. 25 (non Linnaeus f.) 



(1822). — Cambassedes in Ann. Set. Nat. I. 389 (1824). 



Western Hupeh: Ichang, common, alt. 300-1000 m., April and 

 July 1907 (No. 112, in part; shrub 1-1.25 m., the double form culti- 

 vated). " Kao-kien-scian," alt. 800 m., May-June 1907, C. Silvestri 

 (No. 928). Western Szech'uan: Ching-chi Hsien, alt. 900-1200 

 m.. May 1908 (No. 112, in part; bush 1-1.5 m., flowers golden). 

 Northern Shensi: "Lao-y-san, presso Zu-lu," May 4 and Septem- 

 ber 6, 1897, G. Giraldi. 



POTENTILLA L. 



Potentilla fruticosa Linnaeus, Spec. 495 (1753). — Nestler, Monog. 

 Potent. 30 (1816). — Lehmann, Monog. Potent. 31 (1820). — Bret- 

 schneider, Earhj Eur. Research. Fl. Chin. 149 (1881). — Franchet in 

 Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, ser. 2, V. 262 {PI. David. 1. 110) (1883); 

 PI. Delavay. 210 (1890). — Hemsley in Jour. Linn. Soc. XXIII. 243 

 (1887). — Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 402 (1900). — Wolf in Bibl. 

 Bot. XVI. 54 {Monog. Potent.) (1908). — Tornblom in Svensk. Bot. 

 Tidskr. V. 91, figs. 1-8 (1911). — Diels in Not. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh, 

 VII. 120 {PI. Chin. Forrest.) (1912). 



Potentilla damirica Hance in Jour. Linn. Soc. XIII. 79 (non Nestler) (1873). 

 Dasiphora fruticosa Rydberg in Mem. Bot. Columb. Univ. II. ISS (1898). 



