Potentilla nivea L.

Potentilla subquinata (Lange) £
Potentilla mvea pentaphylla Lehm. Nov. Stirp. Pug. g: 69.
1851. Not P. pentaphylla Richt. 1815 ; P. nivea subquinata
Lange, Consp. FI. Groenl. 9. 1880; P. nivea quinquefolia Rydb.
Bull. Torr. Club, 23: 302. 1896; P. quinquefolia Rydb. Mem.
Dep. Bot. Columbia Univ. 2 : 76. 1898.
When I changed P nivea pentaphylla Lehm, to P. nivea quin-
quefolia, I did not know that it was identical with Lange’s var-
subquinata. From his description, especially from the words
“ eleganter pinnatifidis ” I was lead to the supposition that it
represented the quinate form of var. Altaica. Consequently I
referred Lange’s var. subquinata to that variety. As Lange’s name
is older than my own, it should be adopted. I am well satisfied
witkthe change, as my own as a specific name is a misnomer. The
following specimens belong here.
Greenland : Disco Fjord, 1894, P. Soerensen, 301; Akingdlek,
1890, N. Hartz, 1; Kingua Orpiksuit, 2; Atanekerdluk and
Kuanersuit on? Disco, 1871, Th. Fries; Kingigtok, 1890; N.
Hartz; rocks behind Kuanersuit on Disco, 1898, M. Pedersen,
2ji8,-2*ju['j, 2’j 13, 2715a, 2J12 ; Disco Fjord, 3906 ; Skansen,
Disco, my ; Kuganguak Valley, 2313 and 496 ; Vajat-shore, Un-
¿artuarsuk, 113. At	•
Spitzbergen : Kap Thorsen, 1896, E. Joergensen.
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