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example of which I may cite a Sikkim specimen in the Edinburgh 
Herbarium (W. W. Smith No. 3451). For the reasons above 
detailed, then, I am inclined to regard var. humile, Royle as 
merely a reduced state of the tall-growing var. letocarpum; I 
have, however, retained it pending fuller investigation. 
I wish here to express my thanks to the Director of the Royal 
Botanic Gardens, Kew, for the loan of the type specimens figured 
and to Professor Wright Smith for help in various ways. 
Enumeration of the Varieties of Geum elatum, Wall. 
with Synonymy, etc. 
Varietates tres sequentes fortasse ita sunt distinguendae :— 
1. Var. « typicum W. E. Evans (Plate No. CXCV) ; foliorum 
pinnis lateralibus haud approximatis, caulibus floriferis 
elongatis vulgo 2-6-floris, carpellis dense hispidis recognita. 
Geum elatum, Wall. Cat. no. 711 p. p.; Hook. f. Flor. Brit. 
Ind., ii, p. 343 (excl. var. humile). 
Sieversia elata, Royle IIl., p. 207 (excl. var. humilis), t. 39. 
ALPINE Himalaya; generally distributed. Kashmir, J. F. 
Duthie s.n.!; Chamba, J. H. Lace no. 1233! Bashahr, J. 
H. Lace no. 314!; Sikkim, W. W. Smith no. 4289! 
2. Var. @ leiocarpum, W. E. Evans; quae cum varietate a foli- 
orum atque inflorescentiarum forma quadrat, carpellis 
glaberrimis vel apicem versus parcissime hispidis differt. 
Geum elatum, Wall. Cat. no. 711 p. p. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA; apparently much less frequent than var. 
a. Ihave seen only two specimens, one distributed under Wall. 
Cat. no. 711 and another collected by J. R. Reid, Esqre., C.I-E. ; 
both are in the Edinburgh Herbarium and have almost or quite 
glabrous achenes. Unfortunately, in each case, the place of 
origin is uncertain. 
_Var. y humile, Royle (Plate No. CXCVI); foliorum pinnis 
approximatis, catlibus floriferis 1~-(rarissime 2-) floris folia 
haud vel paulo excedentibus, carpellis glabris vel subglabris 
ab var. typico divergit. 
Geum elatum var. humile, Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. 11, p. 343- 
Geum adnatum, Wall. Cat. no. 712. 
Sieversia elata, var. humilis, Royle Il., p. 207. 
Sieversia humilis, Royle MSS, apud Royle l.c. 
Potentilla adnata, Wall. MSS. cae Wall. Cat.; Lehm. Pugill. 
ix, p. 9; Revis. Potentill., p. 47, t. 17. 
ALPINE HIMALAYA oNeesl, Wallich no. ae Sikkim, W. W. 
Smith no. 3174! 
