348 LI. EOSACEiB. (J. D. Hooker.)^ IPotentilla. 



Cat. 1028 ; Lehm. Eevis. Potentill. 17. Western Tibetj fromN. of Kumaon to Ladak, 

 alt. 13-17,000 ft. 



Vab. pumila; depressed, very dwarf, branches spreading, leaflets very silky 

 ^i in., flowers sessile |-J in. diam. P. Lindenbergii, Lehm. in Otto Gart. wad Bhtmen- 

 zeit. yii. 339 ; Bevis. Potentill. 14, t. 2. 



Vak. Inglisii ; very dwarf, most densely tufted, leaflets i in. linear-lanceolate, 

 flowers often peduncled, peduncle bractoate. P. Inglisii, Boyle III. 207, t. 41 ; Lehm. 

 Bevis. Potentill. 18. Kumaon and "West Tibet, alt. 1 4-1 5,000 ft.— Very near P. ij/fora, 

 Wind, of the Altai and American Polar regions, which has obcordate petals. 



Vab. armerioides ; dwarf, forming dense hard tufts or cushions, branches with the 

 densely crowded spreading leaves } in. diam., leaflets linear-lanceolate very rigid, 

 margins rerolute to the midrib, achenes glabrous. Borders of Sikkim and Tibet, alt. 

 17-17,500 ft., J. D. H. 



9. P. Salessovil, Steph. in Mem. Soc. Ncet. Mosc. ii. 6, t. 3; silky, 

 shrubby below, leaflets 7-9 oblong obtiiae coarsely obtusely toothed above the 

 middle, flowers large cymose, achenes villous, style ventral very slender. Lehm. 

 Monogr. Potentill. t. 1 ; Items. Potentill. 13. P. discolor, Canib. in Jacq. Voy. 

 Bot. 53, t. 65. Comarum Salessovil, Bunge ; Ledeb. Flor. Ross. ii. 63. 



Western Tibet, Lahui, and northern border of Kashmir, alt. 11-14,000 ft. — 

 DiSTEiB. Altai and Thian Scban Mts. 



Stems 1-3 ft., woody and as thick as the finger below. Leaves 4-6 in. ; leaflets 

 1-1^ in., subopposite, subequal, petiolulate, coriaceous, white or green beneath, base 

 rounded ; petiole stout ; stipules membranous, caudate. Flowers 1 in. diam., very 

 numerous, peduncled, in branched leafy cymes. Calyx tomentose, lobes ovate or lan- 

 ceolate, acuminate; bracteoles linear. Petals obovate-oblong, exceeding the calyx, 

 white ? Stamens many, filaments long. Achenes minute, many, immersed in the 

 long reeeptacular hairs, clothed with long silky hairs. 



•* Leaves digitately Z-foliolate. 



10. P. ambig'ua, Carrih. in Jacq, Voy. Bot. 51, t. 62 ; tufted, silky or 

 glabrous, stem very short leafy, leaflets 3 obovate- or orbiculai^cuneate obtusely 

 3-toothed or 3-fid at the broad tip, stipules leaiy, flowers solitary peduncled, 

 petals much exceeding the calyx, achenes many smooth, style slender ventral. 

 Hooh. Bot. Mag. t. 4613 ; Lehm. Bevis. Potentill. 21. P. cuneifolia, Bertd, 

 Misc. xxiv. 16, t. 2. P. cuneata, Wall. Cat. 1015 in part. 



Temperate and Alpine Himalaya ; from Kashmie, alt. 10-14,000 ft., to Sikkim, alt. 

 9-15,000 ft. 



ifoofeioei stout or slender. Stems 1-6 in. Leaflets |—J in., sometimes as broad 

 as long, sometimes glabrate and glaucous beneath ; petiole J-1 in. ; stipules variable. 

 Flowers ^1 in. diam.; peduncle J- 1 in., naked. CaZj^a: pubescent or glabrate ; lobes 

 triangular, acute ; bracteoles elliptic, obtuse. Petals orbicular, yellow. Achenes sunk 

 in the very long reeeptacular hairs, smooth, clothed with long silky hairs. — Poliage of 

 P. Sibbaldi. 



11. P. eriocarpa, Wall. Cat. 1012 ; nearly glabrous, rootstock very 

 stout, peduncles and long petioles very slender, leaflets 3 cimeate incised and 

 toothed above the middle, flowers solitary, petals much larger than the 

 calyx, achenes very small, style slender terminal. Lehm. Bevis. Potentill. 22, 

 t. 4 



Tibetan region of Ktotawar, Ktjmaon, Nipax, and Sikkim, alt. 12-14,000 ft. 



Eootstock long; branches like rootstocks, ascending, 4-10 in. long, as thick as a 

 swan's quill, densely clothed with imbricating silky or woolly stipular sheaths ; flow- 

 ering stems from the tips of the'r branches, very slender, 2-18 in., suberect, glabrous 

 or faintly silky, with one or two subsessile leaves above the middle. Leaves very few; 



