Plate 1. Saussurea topkegolensis H. Ohba et S. Akiyama.
Between Topke Gola and Bomrang, alt. 4500 m, E Nepal (9 Aug. 1991).

Plate 2. a. Bistorta perpusilla (Hook. f.) Greene.
Tin Pokhari-Banduke, alt. 4130-4150 m, E Nepal (24 July 1991).
b. Primula primulina (Spreng.) H. Hara.
Jaljale-Tin Pokhari, alt. 4030-4130 m, E Nepal (22 July 1991).
c. Cremanthodium pinnatifidum Benth.
Tin Pokhari-Banduke, alt. 4130-4150 m, E Nepal (24 July 1991).
d. Rhododendron anthopogon D. Don.
Ghunsa-Selele, alt. ca. 4000 m, E Nepal (8 June 1992).
e. Rhododendron setosum D. Don.
Ghunsa-Rampuk Kharka, alt. 3300-3660 m, E Nepal (7 June 1992).

Plate 3. a. Primula stuartii Wall.
Jaljale-Tin Pokhari, alt. 4030-4130 m, E Nepal (22 July 1991).
b. Rhododendron hodgsonii Hook. f.
Sewaden-Topke Gola, alt. 3590-4100 m, E Nepal (15 May 1992).
c. Rhododendron thomsonii Hook. f.
Sewaden-Topke Gola, alt. 3590-4100 m, E Nepal (15 May 1992).
d. Rhododendron campanulatum D. Don.
Sewaden-Topke Gola, alt. 3590-4100 m, E Nepal (15 May 1992).
e. Rhododendron campylocarpum Hook. f.
Sewaden-Topke Gola, alt. 3590-4100 m, E Nepal (15 May 1992).

Plate 4. a. A grazed grassland dominated by Potentilla festiva Soják and P. lineata Trev.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 2610m, E Nepal (15 July 1991).
b. Potentilla festiva Sojak.
Daocheg, SW Sichuan, alt. 3740 m, SW China (19 Aug. 1996).
c. Potentilla josephiana H. Ikeda et H. Ohba.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 3360m, E Nepal (20 July 1991).
d. Potentilla lineata Trev.
Gori, Solukhumbu, alt. 2810 m, E Nepal (21 July 1995).
e. Potentilla fallens Card.
Mt. Daxue Shan, NW Yunnan, alt. 3700 m, SW China (25 July 1997).

Plate 5. a. Potentilla polyphylla Wall. ex Lehm. var. polyphylla.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 2750 m, E Nepal (16 July 1991).
b & c. Potentilla polyphylla Wall. ex Lehm. var. interrupta (T.T. Yü et C.L. Li) H. Ikeda et H. Ohba.
Mt. Gongga Shan, SW Sichuan, alt. 3970 m, SW China (21 Aug. 1996).
d. Potentilla polyphylla Wall. ex Lehm. var. himalaica H. Ikeda et H. Ohba.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 3685 m, E Nepal (21 July 1991).
e. Wet place beside a glacier lake dominated by Potentilla microphylla D. Don var. microphylla.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 4040 m, E Nepal (24 July 1991).
f. Potentilla microphylla D. Don var. microphylla.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 4280 m, E Nepal (25 July 1991).

Plate 6. a. Potentilla stenophylla (Franch.) Diels var. stenophylla.
Mt. Daxue Shan, NW Yunnan, alt. 4080 m, SW China (28 Sept. 1994).
b. Potentilla stenophylla (Franch.) Diels var. taliensis (W.W. Smith) H. Ikeda et H. Ohba.
Mt. Cang Shan, NW Yunnan, alt. 3840 m, SW China (17 Aug. 1997).
c. Potentilla stenophylla (Franch.) Diels var. emergens Card.
Mt. Bowa Shan, SW Sichuan, alt. 4460 m, SW China (16 Aug. 1996).
d. Potentilla makaluensis H. Ikeda et H. Ohba.
Cha Ding Kharka, near Barun River, alt. 4470 m, E Nepal (7 Aug. 1990).
e. Potentilla turfosoldes H. Ikeda et H. Ohba.
Shipton Pass, near Barun River, alt. 4050 m, E Nepal (30 July 1988).
f. Potentilla aristata Sojak.
Near Makalu Base Camp, alt. 4200 m, E Nepal (21 July 1988).

Plate 7. a. Potentilla peduncularis D. Don var. peduncularis.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 4300m, E Nepal (10 Aug. 1991).
b. Potentilla commutata Lehm, var. commutata.
Shipton Pass, near Barun River, alt. 4030 m, E Nepal (5 Aug. 1990).
c. An open grassland slope dominated by Potentilla contigua Soják.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 3880 m, E Nepal (21 July 1991).
d. Potentilla cardotiana Hand.-Mazz. var. cardotiana.
Mt. Cang Shan, NW Yunnan, alt. 3900 m, SW China (17 Aug. 1997).
e. Potentilla cardotiana Hand.-Mazz. var. nepalensis H. Ikeda et H. Ohba.
Shipton Pass, near Barun River, alt. 4090 m, E Nepal (12 Aug. 1990).

Plate 8. a. Potentilla leuconota D. Don var. leuconota.
Upper Arun River, alt. 3500 m, E Nepal (31 Aug. 1998).
b. Potentilla anserina L.
Near Skardu, alt. 2420 m, NE Pakistan (30 June 1993).
c. Potentilla smithiana Hand.-Mazz.
Mianning, S Sichuan, alt. 2170 m, SW China (24 Aug. 1998).
d. Potentilla × microcontigua H. Ikeda et H. Ohba.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 3960m, E Nepal (22 July 1991).
e. Potentilla × polyjosephiana H. Ikeda et H. Ohba.
Jaljale Himal, alt. 2810 m, E Nepal (17 July 1991).
f. Potentilla festiva Sojak × P. lineata Trev.
Gori, Solukhumbu, alt. 2810m, E Nepal (21 July 1995).