266 48. SAXIFRAUAC'ES : SAXIFRAGES. 



paniculati, ramulis uumerosis ultimis floriferis gracillimis fere 

 filiformibus pedicellisque laxe pubescentibus, pedicellis brevibus 

 fructiferis recurvis ; calycis glabri lobi angusti, subacuti ; petala 

 suborbicularia ; stamina 15-20. Carpella saepissime 3, libera, 

 glabra, laevia, stylo brevi coronata ; semina matura non visa. 



Hupeh : Patung district {A. Henry I) Herb. Kew. 



A very distinct species, having narrow, very acuminate, sharply 

 serrate leaves, a very slenderly branched dense inflorescence, 

 and minute polyandrous flowers with orbicular petals. 



3. Astilbe Thunbergi, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat. iii. 

 p. 96 ; Franchet, PL David, p. 122. 



Hoteia Thunbergii, Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. p. 367; Walp. 

 Ann. vii. p. 889, vix Regel, Gartenji. 1863, p. 34, t. 389. 



Hupeh : Patung district (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



Kegel reduces A. chinemis to this, and Franchet suggests that 

 A. japonica is another form of the same species ; but though the 

 technical characters separating them are slight, yet it is not diffi- 

 cult to distinguish the dried specimens. 



1. Rodgersia podophylla. A. Gr. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. s. 

 vi. p. 389; Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. i. p. 144. 



CHEKrANG : brought by J. Wilson from Chekiang hills, and 

 cultivated at Shanghai (W. Forbes !). Herb. Kew. 



Japan. 



Var. ? foliolis apice rotundatis, nee trilobatis. 



Httpeh : Patung district {A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



The specimens are in too young a state for exact determination. 



1. Saxifraga atrata, Engl, in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 718. 

 Kansuh : in alpine regions at 10,000 to 11,000 feet (Prze- 



toalski ex Englef). 



2. Saxifraga cernua, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 403 ; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. p. 36 ; Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 11 ; Engler, Monogr. 

 p. 106. 



Chihli : Siaowutaishan {Hancock, hb. Hance !). Mus. Brit. 

 Widely spread in temperate, alpine, and arctic regions of 

 Europe, Asia, and North America. 



3. Saxifraga chinensis, Linn. Fl. Cochinch. p. 281 ; Maxim, in 

 Mel. Biol. viii. p. 601. 



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