PLANTS OF THE PUNJAB. 



1055 



Herbs, erect, with Alternate Stipulate Compound Leaves. 



Leaflets Many. 



Petals Similar. 



green, hairy above, silvery felted beneath ; flowers 

 ^ in. diam,, yellow crowded in terminal clusters 

 or branched racemes, bracteoles quite entire or 

 2-3-fid, calyx silvery hairy, lobes ovate, short- 

 pointed, petals orbicular, ovate with a broad tip,, 

 stamens many, styles short, slender, ventral, 

 achenes small, smooth ; otherwise like the last 

 species. 



Potentilla Clarke i. 



Rosacea. 



F. B. I. ii. 351. 



Himalaya 7,000 ft. 



Srinagar. 



Kashmir (Clarke). 



small, perennial, rootstock woody, stem stout, 

 ascending, leafy, rough with long spreading hairs ; 

 leaves 1-2 in., covered with spreading hairs, sti- 

 pules on the stem, leafy, large, half ovate, entire or 

 toothed, leaflets ^-1 in., 5-7, ovate with a broad tip, 

 very coarsely round-toothed, J way down, sessile,, 

 close together ; flowers ^ in, diam., yellow stalked, 

 very stift' in clusters with very spreading leafy 

 branches and bracts ; calyx lobes short-pointed^ 

 petals ovate with a broad tip, stamens many, styles 

 slender, terminal, achenes many, large minutely 

 wrinkled on a raised hairy receptacle ; otherwise 

 like the last species. 



Potentilla sericea. 



Rosacea. 



F. B, I. ii. 354. 



Himalaya 9-17,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



small to medium-size according to elevation,, 

 rootstock erect, very stout, stems many, white, 

 densely silky-felted ; leaves 1-6 in., crowded about 

 1 in, broad, leaflets 5-11, oblong, silky on both 

 surfaces, all cut nearly to the midrib, terminal 

 leaflets radiating, lateral, opposite and alternate ;. 

 flowers ^-f in, diam., yellow on flowering stems, 

 densely felted, in many or few flowered clusters or 

 solitary, calyx lobes triangular-ovate or lanceolate 

 bracteoles narrowly oblong, blunt, petals orbicular, 

 ovate with a broad tip, styles terminal, achenes 

 many, smooth ; otherwise like the last species. 



