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Sqxifraga.] in. saxifragace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 393 



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Qf,the flowers seem functionally male, though in others -with no visible stigmas there 

 are perfected seeds. S. Hirculus, rar. 7. H.f. ^ T. in. Journ. Linn. Soc, iu 69. 

 Western Tibet ; Falconer; Lanak Pass, alt. 15-17,000 ft., T. Thovison. 



-^ 12. S. nutans, H.f. 8^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 69; pedicels short, 

 flowers 6-12 subracemose nodding, sepals with black glands and densely pubes- 

 cent. Engler Monog. Saxifi'ag. 124. 



' SiKKiM, alt. 10,000-12,000 ft.. J. B. H. 



Stem 5-10 in. high, densely glandular-pubescent upwards. Radical leaves petioled, 

 J^l^^gt obtuse; cauline about 1 in., sessile, broadly oblong. JPei^afe pale yellow, spa- 

 tMate, 1^ times the calyx. Styles short. 



■ V* 13. S. diversifoliat Wall in Sternh. Saxifrag. Suppl. t. 22; flowers 

 corj-mbose rarely 3-2, sepals ovate-oblong small, cauline leaves sessile often cor- 

 date and amplexicaul, radical leaves long-petioled often large. Wall, Cat. 452 ; 

 ■OC. h-odr. iv. 44 ; Hook. Land. Joum. Bot. iv. t. 21 ; H.f, ^' T. in Joum. Linn. 

 *>c. ii. 70; Engler Mmiog. Saxifrag. 125. S. pamassifolia, Wall. Cat. 451, 

 l^^-tly ; Bon in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 405 ; DC. Frodr. iv. 25 ; Sternb. Sa:vifrag. 

 ^PpL t. 25. S. Moorcroftiana, Wall. Cat. 453 ; Stemh. Saxifrag. Suppl t. 24. 

 o. lysimachoides, Klotzsch in. Beis. JV. Waldem. Bot. t. 42. 



Alpine Himalaya ; from Kashmir to Bhotan, alt. 9000-17,000 ft., abundant. 



Stems B~IS in. high, leafy, glandular, often finally glabrous. Badical leaves long- 



. P^^'ojed, narrowed into the petiole or (var. parnassifolia) ovate, subcordate ; cauline 



] A^'' ^^^^^ ^^ broad oblong. Sepals at length reflexed. Petals with 4 stalked 



^ands at their base, li^2 times the sepals. Styles very short. Capsule oA-ate-oblong. 



^fl(^ angular, testa smooth somewhat plaited. 



A*, a, cor3rmbosa, H. f. 



oose rarely 3-1 ^ ^-.-.-L^ 



lanceolate not large, peduncl 



SaXifrnn TOO 8 \\ ./ 



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trag. 126. S. parnassifolia, Wall. Cat. 451, partly. 



radical leaves long-petioled 

 villous. Emtler M&nog 



SncK 

 Stems 



Eastern Nipal. alt. 11,000-14,000 ft.; Lachoong 



^.^tem 3-8 in. high, much less stout than those of S. diversifulia. SX^m-leaves 

 LV^V o^Jong or ovate, sometimes sessile and stem-clasping, sometimes narrowed 

 aaaenlyjust above the base. Pe^«^5obovate, twice the sepals. Styles short. Capsule 

 ' Tt!-' j®^^'® ^* length deflexed. Seeds ellipsoid, subtrigonous, smooth. 



JLUis ditfers from S. diversifolia in being much smaller with smaller leaves and 



foyers. The starved 1-3-flowered examples of S. corymbosa may be distinguished 



™|^ the Indian 8. Hirculns hy the peduncles being glandular but scarcely brown- 



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toi?^^" ^^^' SoraphUa (as to tlie Indian species). Sepals more or less 

 pi! ?' P^^^nt or reflexed in fruit. Petals white. Leaves undivided, dentate or 



"-renate. 



striJ^- ^' stHgrosa, Wall, in Sternb. Saxifrag. Suppl. t. 22 ; whole plant 

 tern f ' ''^^ ^^^^ tJie base of the stem falsely rosulate, upper leaves small al- 

 » «»te sessile deflexed, calyx in fruit patent nearly free. Wall. Cat. 448 ; H.f. 

 - ,.:,^-youm.Linn. Soc. ii. 64; Engler Mmog. Sa.vif rag. 136. 



900??^'"^^ and Western Himalaya: Nipal; Gossain Than, WaUich; Sixxjm, alt. 

 Griffith'^^^^ ft. ; Lachen, Lachoong, J. D, H. ; Singalelah, C. B. Clarke. Bhotan, 





s; upper axils generally 

 Lower subroBulato leav€$ 









