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8. Potentilla atrosanguinea, Lodd. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 357, under 
P. argyrojphylla. A perennial herb, not differing from P. argyro - 
jphylla except that the flowers are dark crimson. 
Mahasu, Huttoo ; June-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 8000-12,000 ft. 
9. Potentilla Kleiniana, Wight & Am. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 359. 
An annual herb ; stems several or many, diffusely spreading, 
6-24 in., slender, thinly hairy. Leaves digitately compound ; 
leaflets 3 or 5, ovate or narrowly oblong, unequal, the longest 
1J in., teeth blunt or acute. Flowers stalked, yellow, J in. 
diam., in terminal, corymbose cymes. Stamens numerous. 
Achenes glabrous. 
Valleys below Simla, Annandale ; Mav-October. — Temperate Himalaya, 
3000-7000 ft. — Nilghiris. — China, Japan. 
10. Potentilla supina, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 359. An annual 
herb ; stems several or many, prostrate or diffusely spreading, 
6-18 in., pubescent or hairy. Leaves pinnately compound, 
1-3 in. ; leaflets 5-9, in the upper leaves often only 3, oblong, 
J-l in., crenate or sharply toothed, sometimes lobed, lateral 
leaflets nearly equal ; both surfaces thinly hairy. Flowers 
yellow, J in. diam., solitary, axillary. Petals shorter than the 
calyx. Achenes glabrous. 
Sutlej valley.— Throughout India, ascending to 8000 ft.— Asia, Africa. 
8. AGRIMONIA. Etymology obscure. — N. temperate regions ; 
S. America. 
Agrimonia Eupatorium, Linn. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 361. A peren- 
nial, hairy herb ; stems erect, 2-3 ft. Leaves pinnately com- 
pound. Lower leaves 4-7 in. ; leaflets coarsely toothed, very 
unequal, larger ones 5-9, ovate, |-1| in., intermixed with a 
number of much smaller ones. Upper leaves gradually smaller 
and with fewer leaflets. Stipules adnate to the base of the leaf- 
stalk. Flowers yellow, £ in. diam., in terminal, spike-like racemes, 
each flower in the axil of a small, 3-cleft bract and with 2 smaller, 
3-toothed bracteoles at the top of its stalk. Calyx-tube top- 
shaped, grooved, bearing outside its mouth a ring of small, hooked 
bristles ; limb 5-lobed. Petals 5, oblong. Stamens 15. Carpels 2, 
free, enclosed within the calyx-tube ; styles thread-like, protrud- 
ing ; stigmas terminal, dilated ; ovule solitary. Achenes 1 or 2, 
enclosed in the hardened, bristly calyx crowned with a ring of 
hooked bristles. 
Simla, common ; July, August. — Temperate Himalaya, 3000-10,000 ft. — 
N. Asia ; Europe (Britain, Common Agrimony). 
9. ROSA. The classical name. — N. temperate and subtropical 
regions (Britain, Rose). 
