48. SAXIFEA.GA.CB.B : SAXIFRAGE £. 269 



Shestsi or Kjuntsuh : on the Tsunglin range (Piasezki ex Maxi- 

 mowicz). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 

 Japan. 



17. Saxifraga (§ Astilboides,IZemsZ.) tabularis, Hemsl., n. sp. 

 Herba scaposa. Folia longissime petiolata, membranacea, 



peltata, 1-3 ped. diametro, breviter plurilobata, simul dentata, 

 lobis latis acuminatis, utrinque parcissime setulosa, demura glabra. 

 Scapus 3-4| ped. altus, folia superans, superne dense ramosus 

 modo Astilbece, furfuraceus, multiflorus. Flores parvi, albi ; 

 calyeis lobi 5, late ovato-oblongi rotundati ; petala 5, obovato- 

 oblonga; stamina 8 (an semper?), filamentis filiformibus nudis ; 

 ovarium semisuperura, 2-loculare, sty lis brevibus crassis diver- 

 gentibus ; ovula in loculis circiter 6. Fructus deest. 



Shingking: hills near Moukden and on the Taloo river; 

 also northward on the Sungari river {James !). Herb. Kew. 



A very distinct and remarkable species, combining the inflores- 

 cence of Astilbe and Modgersia with the floral structure of 

 Saxifraga. The flowers are probably polygamous, and the ovules 

 rudimentary in the flowers examined. The Japanese S. telli- 

 moides, Maxim., and the North-American 8. peltata, Torr., 

 resemble it in foliage, but the inflorescence and flowers are totally 

 different. 



18. Saxifraga tangntica, cum var. minutiflora, Fngler in Mel. 

 Biol. xi. p. 714. 



Kansuh: mountains of Mudshik, at 10,000 to 11,000 feet 

 (Przewalski ex Fngler). 



19. Saxifraga ungniculata, Fngler in Mel. Biol. xi. p. 716 

 (varietates). 



Saxifraga serpyllifolia, var. Pallasiana, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1878, 

 p. 106, non Sternb. 



Chihli: Siaowutaishan (Hancock !) ; Kansuh : various locali- 

 ties, 10,000 to 11,000 feet (Przewalski ex Fngler). Mus. Brit. 



20. Saxifraga, species nova? Folia desunt; scapus gracilis, 

 nudus, glaber, pauciflorus, floribus rubris. 



Szechtten: Bamala mountains (Gill I). Mus. Brit. 



This is very distinct from any other Chinese species that we 

 have, seen, and apparently equally so from the new species de- 

 scribed by Engler, which we have not seen. 



