Potintilla:.'} LI. EO'SACEiE. (J. D. Hooker.) 355 



alt. 14-16,000 ft., Thomson. Small forms of this are imdistlnguishaWe in a dry state 

 from those of P. midti/ida, especially when the leaflets are reduced to 3 or 5 ; its nu- 

 merous forms have many names in Europe, Asia, and America. 



ttt Leaves digitately 5-foUolate, or upper S-foliolate. (iSee also states of 

 24. P. multifida, 25. sericea, and 37. nivea). 



26. P. desertorum, Sunge in Ledeh. Fl. Alt. ii. 257 ; Fl. Moss. ii. 63 ; 

 Ic. t. 337 ; erect, leafy, glandular hairy, radicai leaves long-petioled 5-foliolate, 

 leaflets sessile membranous obovate coarsely crenate, cauline stipules large lan- 

 ceolate quite entire, flowers in capitate leafy heads, achenes very minute 

 wrinkled, styles short subterminal. Lehm. Revis. Potentil. 90. 



Western Himalaya ; in the dry region of Kashmir and Kishtwae, alt. 7-9000 ft., 

 Thomson, G. B. Clarke. — Distkib. Soongaria. 



AU parts covered with soft spreading often glandular hairs. Stems tufted on a 

 woody rootstock, soft, erect or ascending. Badical leaves 4-8 in. ; leaflets U-2 in., 

 entire towards the cuneate base, nerves blender, green on both surfaces ; petiole 

 slender, 2-6 in. ; cauline leaves short-petioled or sessile, 3-foIiolate; stipules ^-f in. 

 Flowers J-| in. diam., sunk amongst the uppermost leaves ; peduncle elongating in 

 fruit, strict and stout. Calyx large, ^ in. long ; lobes lanceolate, acute ; bracte- 

 oles entire or 3-fld. Petals brbicular-obovate, dark yellow, not much exceeding the 

 calyx. Achenes very numerous, on a globose villous receptacle. P. Kotsohyana; 

 Fenzl, of Gilicia, &c., seems to me to be this plant. 



27. P. nepalensls, Hook. Exot. Flor. ii. t. 88 ; more or less clothed 

 with long soft spreading hairs, stem leafy branched, leaves long-petioled 5-folio- 

 late, leaflets obovate or elliptic-obovate acute or obtuse coarsely serrate green, 

 floweis pedicelled in dichotomous panicles, petals obcordate purple, achenes mi- 

 nute wrinMed. Wall. Cat. 1027 ; Lehm. Revis. Potentill. 91. P. bifurcata, 

 WaU: MSS. P. formosa, Don Prodr. 232 ; Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. t. 136. 

 P. colorata, Lehm. Ind. Sem. Hm-t. Hamb. 1820. P. coccinea, Hoffm. Brief, 

 aus Ind. ii. App. 511. (Engl, edit.) P. Gulielmi Waldmeri, Klotzsch in Rek. 

 Pr. Waldem. Bot. t. 13. 



Western temperate Himalaya, alt. 5-9000 ft., from Mtjereb to Kttmaon. 



Stems erect, from a woody rootstock, 1-3-flowered, stout or slender, from densely 

 Villbus to glabrate. Radical leaves 12 by 3 in. ; leaflets sessile, 1-3 by i-lj in., 

 membranous, rarely acute, teeth obtuse or acute; base entire, cuneate; petiole 

 Blender; cauline stipules |-1 in., ovate or oblong, lower entire, upper lobed. Flowers 

 §-1 in. diam ; fruiting pedicels sometimes 3 in., divaricate. Calyx-lobes acute ; brac- 

 teoles obtuse. Achenes very numerous, on a globose hairy receptacle. — In English 

 gardens this species has been long cultivated and much hybridized. 



28. P. kashmlrlca, Sodk.f. ; erect, leafy, clothed vsdth spreading hairs, 

 leaves short-petioled 5-foliolate, leaflets obovate-oblong very coarsely serrata 

 lateral lobes softly hairy on both surfaces, flowers in large wide-spreading dicho- 

 tomous cymes, petals obcordate yellow, achenes deeply wrinkled, style short sub- 

 terminal. 



Kashmir at Kotrgunge, alt. 7S0O ft., G. B. Clarke. 



Stem a foot high, rather slender; hairs soft, flexuous. Leaves 2-3 in.; leaflets 

 1-lJ in., sessile, the lateral much shorter and broader, all out i way dovpn into sub- 

 acute lobes or serratures, paler and almost silky beneath ; petiole 1-2 in. ; stipules 

 lanceolate, acute. Injiorescence 6 io. diam., repeatedly forked and more corymbose 

 than panicled, many-flowered. Flowers ^ in. diam. ; pedicels slender. Calyx silky ; 

 lobes ovate, acuminate ; bracteoles obtuse. Petals about 1 larger than the calyx. 

 Achenes many, on a globose hairy receptacle.— A very distinct plant, allied to P. nepa- 



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