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coriacea, supra laevia glabra, margine et subtus cinereo-tomentosa 
nervis tomento occultis, oblanceolata, 5-7 cm. longa, 1°5-2°5 
cm. lata, apice brevissime apiculata. Spicae confertae sessiles, 
$1°5-3 cm. longae densiflorae. Calycis tubus 1°5 mm. longus 
late infundibuliformis, lobi triangulares 2 mm. longi. Petala 
spathulata, calyce tenuiora, pallide ochroleuco-alba 2°5 mm. longa. 
Stamina circ. 20, circa 2 mm. longa. Spicae fructiferae 3-3°5 
cm. longae. Carpidia 5 libera, ventre sub apice pilosa, ceterum 
glabra, laevia, lucida, brunnea. 
“Shrub of 2-4 ft. Flowers pale yellowish-white. Moist, 
rocky situations in the bed of a stream on the eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 30’ N. Alt. 11,000 ft. Flow. et 
fruit. June 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2432. 
Potentilla articulata, Franch., in Plant. Delavay. p. 210; 
Th. Wolf, Monog. der Gatt. Potent.—(Biblio. Bot. 71, 1908, 
P. 72.) 
Ovarium glabrum; stylus subfiliformis subterminalis. 
Achaenia matura nondum exstan 
“ Tufted plant of 1-2} inches. Flowers bright canary yellow, 
shaded darker towards base of petals. Crevices and ledges of 
limestone cliffs in dry situations on the eastern flank of the 
teeuine Range. Lat. 27° 20° N-  Alt  ¥2-13,060° fe. 
September 1906."’ G. Forrest. No. 2950. 
The structure and insertion of the style confirms the affinity 
of this remarkable species to P. biflora, Willd. 
- Potentilla stenophylla (Franch.) Diels. Comb. nov. Franch. 
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tit. var. in Plant. Delavay. (1889), 214. 
Rhizoma crassum, collo stipulis amplis scariosis fuscis obtec- 
tum. Folia brevissime pedunculata vel subsessilia, pinnata, 5-8 
cm. longa, 1°5—2°5cm.lata, primo sericea demum praeter marginem 
ciliatum et dentes sericeo-barbatos glabrescentia ; foliola num- 
erosa subimbricantia, basi sessilia subcordato-rotundata, apice 
truncata dentibus 3 conspicuis subaequalibus ornata ceterum 
integra. Scapi praeter bracteas parvas nudi 8-10 cm. longi, 
saepe I-2-flori. Calyx longe pilosus, sepala 4-5 mm. longa. 
Petala aurantiaco-flava, suborbicularia, 10 mm. diamet. Stamina 
35-4 mm. longa. Receptaculum pilosum, carpella numerosa, 
glabra, ovarium I mm. longum; stylus ventralis subterminalis 
filiformis 2°6 mm. longus 
“Plant of 3-4 inches. Flowers orange-yellow. On ledges 
and in crevices of limestone cliffs on the eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat. 27° 20’ N. Alt. 11-12,000 ft. Flow. 
September 1906.” G. Forrest. No. 2924. 
Tsang chan (Delavay !). 
