394 LIT. sAxiFRAGACEj;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Saadfiaga. 



elliptic, angular. 



smalli exceeH- 

 inute, smooth, 



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i6. S. pallida, Wall, in Steymb, Saxifrag. SuppL t. 23 ; scape 2-6 in. 

 leafless with narrow "bracts at the divisions of the corymb or simple, calyx in 

 fruit adnate to hase of ovary for one-third its lengthy lobes finally recurved, 

 petals twice sepals, capsule 5-5 in. long. Wall, Cat. 450; DC. Pi'odr. iv. .38; 

 H.f. 4" T.in Journ, Linn. Soc, ii. 65 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag, 140. ^' 



Alpine Himalaya ; Sikkot, alt. 1 3,000-17,000 ft. ; Lachen, Kankala, &c., <7. B, B. 

 NiPAL ; Gossain Than, Wallich. Kumaon, alt. 14,500 ft. ; Barji Kang Pass, Strachetj 

 ^ Winterbottom . , - , 



Slightly pubescent, sometimes glabrous. Eadical leaves long-petioled, ovate, den- 

 tate-crenate. Flowers ^ni fruit very variable in size, sometimes not larger than in 

 the next species. Style hardly any. Seeds ellipsoid, longitudinally striated by 10^12 

 rows of tubercles. ' . . . ■ ■ ' ' , ' ^ . : . ^ "• ■ '- 





17. S. mlcrantlia, JEdgtv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 50; scape 4-8 in. 

 high leafless (rarely 1-leaved) with leaflike , bracts at the lower divisions ot 

 the corymb, calyx in fruit shortly adiiate to bas6 of ovary, lobes finally recu^ed^, 

 petals hardly exceeding sepals, capsule seldom more than ^ in. long. -ff./« 9 ■'• 

 tn Joum. Linn. ^Sbc. ii. 64 ; Engler Mcmog. Saxifrag. 141. " . • 



Alpine Eastern and Western Himalaya, alt. 9000-11,000 ft. ; Edgeworth; Dhurm- 

 sala, C. B. Clarke; Gurwhal, Falconer. Sikkim, alt. 10,000-14,000 ft.; Lachen, 



inngii, J. n. H. ■:■■ ■ . • • ■ ■ \ " '^■"'■^ I 



Pubescent. Eadical leaves long-petioled, ovate, dentate-crenate. Stgle excem^^S 7 

 short. Seeds ellipsoid, longitudinally striated by 10-12 rows of tubercles.— This spe- 

 cies will perhaps be merged in the preceding when more material accumulates. 





Sect. IV. Micropbylla'. , Flowers solitary, yellow or white, ^^^^^ 



peduncles, |-2 in. high.— Tw/jfsdlense fonned by the stems 1-3 in. long, b 

 mg and crowded, covered upwards with densely whorled undivided small obtuse 

 leaves about I in. long. , . ■• '*■ '* 



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18. S. imbricata, JRoyle III. 226, t. 49; uppermost leaves with a p^ 

 forated whitened pit at their apex, flowers sessile, sepals ovate obtuse g^^^^^. 

 sUghtly ciliate pubescent. JT. f. ^ T. in Jaum. Linn. Soc. ii. 62 ; J^ngifr 

 Monogr. Saxifrag. 264. 





Alpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmir, alt 12,000-17,000 ft., ^'^^'^vf'^"'' 



mont, J. B. H.y &c. 



Leaves ^~\ in., obo\ 

 tals narrow, twice the se^ , , ^ 



Jacquemont and Jaeschke) ; yellow in the figure^ of Eoyle. Fruit less than \ in. *^^^ 

 —All the examples now referred surely to 5. imbHcata Sit Kew exhibit ^^^^P^^^-gi 

 leaves ; var. 7. and 5. of H. f. & T. (m Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 62) must be reier 

 elsewhere. 



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rate-elliptic, glabrous or a little ciliate, hardly glandular. ' 



epals, deciduous; white (C. B. Clarke noted in the fe/a, » 

 .1..N _.n • .1' ^ V^T^._i_ ir-.„vi«.o f>inti 4-in. long- 





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- ^3 



19. S. bemispliaBrlca, II. f. Sf T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 62 ; ujpjR^ 

 most leaves with a broad scariose laciniated margin, flowers subsessue, )^ 

 ovate obtuse erect in fruit slightly pubescent. Engler Monog. Saxifrag - -^Af • 





Sikkim, alt. 17,000-18,000 ft., Mt.Donkiah.eT.D.if. .: ,., '''Vwlljin 

 Lower leaves ^ in., oblong, entire, glabrescent, upper shorter, ciliate. ^^ jjj 



the fruiting specimens alone collected by Sir J. D. Hooker, probably deciduo^" . ^ 

 S. imbricata.- Fruit less than ^ in. long. % : r : v.'^ y^ ;;" - i h^-'M 3^^^-^^t 





