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SAXIFRAGA ciliata. 

 Fringed Saxifrage. 



DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Saxifragace^. 

 SAXIFRAGA. L. 



S. ciliata ; foliis obovatis coriaceis gross6 ciliatis denticulatis basi subauricu- 

 latis, petiolo magno vaginante, pedunculo rigido scabriusculo cymosb 

 paniculato, calyce 5-partito ventricoso hirsuto laciniis foliaceis, petalis 

 spathulatis unguiculatis venosis. 



S. ciliata, Boyle Illustr. Fl. Himal. p. 226. t. 49. /. 2. Walpers Beperto- 

 rium, 2. 365. no. 23. nee 24. 



This plant, of the section Bergenia, and very nearly allied 

 to S. ligulata, is like that species a native of the mountains 

 of Northern India. Dr. Royle speaks of it thus :— 



" I have had some difficulty in naming this plant, as the 

 published descriptions, as well as the distributed specimens 

 of Wall. Cat. 4492. and figures of S. ligulata, to which it is 

 most nearly allied, do not correspond with one another ; in- 

 deed, two distinct species pass under that name. Dr. W allien 

 (As. Res 13. p. 398.) describes S. ligulata with leaves < basi 

 angustata ,-crenato-dentata, dentibus crenisque cilns longis 

 — uti omnes plantae partes lsevia, carnosa, ad lentem punc- 

 tata.— Scapus crassus apice semel bisve furcatus.— flores 

 conxresti in paniculam terminalem compactam subracemosam 

 nudam levfter nutantem.-Calyx profunde quinquefidus ; 

 lacinia leviter ciliata^— A plant corresponding in every re- 

 spect with this description, except in the leaves being less 

 ciliated, I have found growing in Choor, Simla, and Kedar- 

 kanta, and with which the specimens in the bast India Her- 

 barium, 4492. 2. from Buddrinath, correspond, as well as the 

 figure in Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, t. 7*7- 



' « The plant, S. ciliata, figured in plate 49- %• 2- is found 

 on the Mussooree and Suen Range, at lower elevations than 



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