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purple, and green underneath, thickly clothed with
villous hairs. Stipules on the lower leaves, oblongly
lanceolate, taper-pointed, membranaceous, clothed with
silky hairs, and joined to the base of the petioles; those
on the upper leaves broader, ovately oblong, taper-
pointed or acute, of a leafy texture, green above p d
white underneath, fringed. Peduncles villosely hairy,
proceeding from the forks of the branches, at leng'th
terminated in a sort of cluster. Bractes 5, attached to
the calyx, elliptic, acute, the margins a little revolute,
reflexed a little when the flowers are expanded, increasing
in size and spreading after flowering, green,
plaited and hairy on the upper side, and clothed with
a dense white tomentum underneath. Calyx deeply
5-parted, segments spreading, elliptically lanceolate,
taper-pointed, outside brown, villosely hairy and
fringed, inside concave, of a dark purple. Stamens 20,
inserted in the base of the calyx, and surrounding the
carpella; filaments unequal in length, smooth, purple.
Carpella numerous, inserted in an obturbinate receptacle,
smooth and glossy, each terminated by a Style
and small blunt Stigma.
This grand flowering species of Potentilla is a native
of Nepaul, and is of late introduction to this country
; some other handsome species of the same genus
are also introduced to our gardens, from the same interesting
country, one of them, the V.forthosa ot Don.
P . nepalensis of Hooker, is also a red flowered species,
but much lighter than our present plant, the leaves are
also quinate. The present plant thrives well in the
open border, in a sheltered situation, where it has been
in flower ever since May last, when our drawing was
made, and it appears likely to continue in bloom for
months to come; it also ripens seeds, \yhich should be
sown as soon as gathered, and they will soon be nice
young plants.
Drawn at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, King’s Road.
showing th e 5 segments, and th e 5 bra c te s surrounding it . 2. The
5 inserted in tiie base o f the calyx, showing th e ir unequal lengths. 1I-. 4.... V..T n fitxrlo aitfl ATnnll Stl£'IHR.
1. Calyx, showin
20 Stamens insertea m e nase or me caiyx,»uow.ug ....... —— — ---;b-----
3. The C arp e lla te rmin a ted by a slender Style , and small c ap ita te Stigma.
4. One of the C arp e lla d e ta ch ed .