In grass-grown places near the river Uibat, on the banks near Ust Abakansk, with 

 young flowers at the end of June, and also on the Ulu-kem, between Bjelosarsk and Cha- 

 kul, with ripe fruits at the end of August. 



Distribution: All over the hot and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere; 

 in Europe, northwards to Denmark. 



Potentilla norvegica L. Spec. PI. ed. II (1762) p. 715; Wolf, Monogr. Gatt. Potenlilla 

 p. 401; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 258; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 412; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 36; 

 Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1843) p. 610, no. 403; EpBur. $.t. Ajit. II (1903) p. 394. 



var. genuina Wolf, 1. c. 



Rather common in meadows near Kushabar, on the Amyl, and also in grass-grown 

 places on the Sisti-kem, near Ust Algiac. Flowering in July. 



Distribution: In the temperate and subarctic regions of the old and the new world. 

 In Siberia, in the Yenisei valley, it ascends to about 62° north latitude. 



Potentilla chrysantha Trevir. Ind. Sem. Hort. Wratislav. (1818) p. 5; Wolf, Monogr. 

 Gatt. Potentilla p. 458; Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 253; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. AU. no. 309; 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. II, p. 49; KptM. Oji. Ajit. II (1903) p. 383. P. olopetala Turczan. Cat. Bai- 

 cal. no. 415; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. (1843) p. 612, no. 406. 



var. asiatica Wolf, 1. c. p. 462. 



In rather dry meadows and thickets on the Abakan Steppe, near Askys. Flowering 

 and past flowering in the middle of June. On the Lower Sisti-kem, and near Ust>Tara-kem, 

 on grass-grown cliffs, near the river. Nearly past flowering in the middle of August. 



Distribution: The species is distributed over south-eastern Europe, Siberia, north- 

 wards to about 6854° north latitude, and eastwards roughly to Trans Baikal, northern 

 Mongolia, Turkestan. The variety asiatica is restricted to the Altai region, Turkestan, and 

 western Mongolia. 



Potentilla gelida C. A. Meyer, Ind. PI. in Cauc. et ad Mare Gasp. Collect. (1831) p. 

 167; Turczan. Cat. Baical. no. 410; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. PI. Fl. Alt. no. 313; Wolf, 

 Monogr. Gatt. Potenlilla p. 535; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. H, p. 59; Turczan. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. 

 (1843) p. 608, no. 401; KptLi. ^j. Ajit. II (1903) p. 387. P. grandiflora Bunge in Ledeb. 

 Fl. Alt. II, p. 259 (non L.). 



var. gemiina Wolf, 1. c p. 536. 



In the Altaian, in moist places grown with mosses and lichens, at an altitude of 

 about 1900 m. above sea-level, near the perennial snow. In full flower at the end of July. 



Distribution: Scandinavia, Russia, Siberia to Trans Baikal, northern Mongolia, 

 south-western and central Asia to Cashmere and western Tibet. 



Potentilla opaciformis Wolf in Aschers. et Graebn. Synops. VI (1904) p. 802; Wolf, 

 Monogr. Gatt. Potentilla p. 573. P. opaca Ledeb. Fl. Alt. II, p. 255; Karel. et Kiril. Enum. 

 PI. Fl. Alt. no. 311; Ledeb. Fl. Ross. H, p. 49. P. riibens Zimmet., KptiJi. $.1. Ajit. U 

 (1903) p. 386. 



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