Poientilla.'l li. eosacejE. (J. D. Hooker.) 347 



mens stort. Carpels about 20. Achenes many, rounded, hard, slightly -wrinkled ; 

 receptacle villous. 



6. P. purpurea, Boyle III. 208, t. 40, f. 3 (Sibbaldia) ; polygamoiis, 

 leaflets 5 obovate-cuneate 3-fid, flowers purple 5-merous. 



N. W. Himalaya, Soyle. 



I know this plant only from the figure and meagre description published by Eoyle, 

 irho gives no habitat, and I suppose it to be founded on a drawing of a native artist. 

 The figure represents a procumbent branching rooting flexuous rhizome or stem 4 in. 

 lang, dothed with stipular sheaths, and bearing short lateral branches with tufts of 

 leaves and flowraB. lieaves ^-^'m. long, hairy; leaflets 5, sessile, 5 in., obovate- cu- 

 neate, 2-3-fid at tbe apex, ^een above, paler beneath. Flowers | in. diam., solitary 

 or twin from the axils of the leaves, -peduncle naked. Calyx iairy, lobes triangular- 

 ovate ; bracteoles linear. Petals Isngerthan the calyx, narrowly oboYatB,pale purple. 

 Disk dark purple. Stamens 5. Achenes ovoid, smooth. 



*** Leaves pinnate. 



7. P. alblfolla, Wall. Cat. 1018 ; stems very slender spreading, leaves 

 pinnate, leaflets fe-w subopposite or alternate obovate coarsely toothed -white- 

 tomentose beneath, stipules large, flowers solitary axillary, achenes many, style 

 short ventral. Sibbaldia potentilloidee, Camb. in Jacq. Voy. Bot. 54, t. 67. 



Subalpine Himalaya from Kashmib, alt, 8-10,000 ft., toSiKKiM, alt. 12-16,000 ft., 

 J. D. H., C. B. Clarke. 



Bootstock stout. Stems many, 6-12 in., flexuous, branched, pubescent. Lower 

 2-4 in. ; leaflets 5-9, very unequal, ^1 in., orbicular or obpvate, lateral 

 smaller, lower smallest, green and glabrous above, snow-white beneath ; petiole very 

 slender; stipules sometimes ^-} in., loose, sheathing, brown, acute, adnate for half 

 their length to the petiole, flowers ^ in. diam., on slender peduncles 1-2 in. Calt/x 

 white-tomentose, lobes triangular; bracteoles linear-oblong. Petals small, oblong, 

 obtuse, yellow. Stamens 5. Achenes numerous, large, deeply furrowed ; receptacle 

 tomentose. 



Seoi. II. Tricbothalamus. Stamens numerous. Floxvers sometimes 

 dioecious. Beceptacle -with long erect stiff hairs, which entirely conceal the 

 achenes. 



* Leaves pinnate. 



8. P. frutlcosa, Linn. ; Boiss. Flor. Orient, ii. 703 ; dioecious, shrubby^ 

 silky, leaflets 3-7 oblong-lanceolate or linear quite entire apiculate, flowers soli- 

 tary, petals obovate exceeding the calyx, achenes furnished with a long pencil 

 of silky hairs, style short subterminal. P. rigida, Wall. Cat. 1009 ; Lehm. Revis. 

 JPotentill. 19, t. 1. P. Arbuscula, Bon JProdr. 256 (nepalensis 229) ; Wall. PI. 

 As. Bar. iii. 16, t. 228 ; Lehm. Bevis. PotentUl. 18. P. reticulata, Bertol. Plant. 

 Num. As. i. 6, t. 2. 



Temperate and subalpine Himalaya, from Kashmir, alt. 8-12,000 ft., to Sikkim, 

 alt. 12-16,000 ft. — DisTEiB. N. Asia and Europe to the Pyrenees and England. 



A much branched rigid robust erect or prostrate leafy low or tall shrub, 6 in.-4 ft. 

 Leaves imbricating, |-1^ in. ; leaflets |-| in., coriaceous ; petiole slender ; stipules 

 large, membranous, obtuse. Flowers nsu&llj solitary, f-l| in. diam, ; peduncle rarely 

 1 in., silky; bractooles entire or 2-fid. CteZyWoJc* ovate or lanceolate. PrfaZs broadly 

 obovate. Stamens roAiiy. Achenes numerous, minute, with long hairs, and sunk in 

 the long hairs of the receptacle. 



Vae. glahrata ; very short, glabrate, leaflets lanceolate. Sikkim, alt. 15,000 ft. 



Vae. ochreata ; Lehm. ; slender, very silky, almost white, leaflets much-reduced 

 linear-laroeolate with revolute margins, flowers smaller. P. ochreata, Lindl. in Wall. 



