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396 Lii. SAXiFRAGACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Saxifraga. 



SiKKiM, alt. 12,000-14,000 ft. ; TuBgu, J. D. K 



Rosxilate leaves \ in., canline \ in. long, narrow oblong, very glandular-pubescent 



Peduncles \-\^ in. Petals nearly double the sepals, golden. 



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Sect. VI. Splnulosce. Flowers yellow, peduncled, solitary or few. 

 Stems elongate, 2-8 in. long, uniformly leafy ; i.e. no wborled leaves either at 

 the base or summit. Leaves ^^ in. long, acute, rigid, often spimilose. 



25. S. brachypoda, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 378 ; stem simple 

 l-flowered glabrous below often bearing bulbils in the upper axils, peduncle glan- 

 dular-scabrous rarely glabrate, leaves linear-lanceolate shining Tialf stem-clasping 

 glabrous or shortly spinulose on the margin. Don Prodr. 209 ; Sterrw.^ Sm- 

 frag. Siqri,l. t. 24 ; DC Prodr. iv. 46 ; H. f. 8,- T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. n. w; 

 JEnffler Mmog. Saxifrag. 218. S. glandulosa, Wall. Cat. 442 ; DC Prodr. iv. 

 45, 



Alpine Himalaya, from Bhotax to Kumaon, alt. 9000-13,000 ft., common. ' ^^ 



Leaves about f in., densely imbricate, ascending or reflexed. Sepals ovate, acu , 



little pubescent, suberect in fruit. Petals broad, golden, much exceeding the sepa • 



Styles not much shorter than the ripe carpels. Seeds ellipsoid, subtrigonous, smootu. 



26. S. fixntirlata, Wall in DC, Prodr. iv. 45; stem simple 1-^ rarely 

 2- 8-flowered glabrous or sparsely ciliate below often bearing^ bulbils m 

 upper axils, peduncle glandular-scabrous, leaves lanceolate shining ^*^J^^^® g- 

 base but not stem-clasping, margins prominently spinulose. Wall. C'«^-^^ f,'. y^' 

 f. i^ T. in Jmirn. Linn. Soc. ii. 67 ; Fngler Mmog. Saxifrag. 218. S. Wallicm- 

 ana, Steimh. Saxifrag. SuppL t. 22. ^ 



Alpine Himalaya, from SiKKiM to Kumaon, alt. 11,000-14,000 ft.; ^^^^^^ 

 J, D. fl.t StracJicy ^' Winterhottom. ^ ,.^^' 



Leaves about | in., densely imbricate, ascending or reflexed. Sepals ovate, o » 

 very glandular-pubescent, suberect in fruit. Petals broad, golden, ^^°'\f*^^,^ifprt 

 the sepals. Styles riot much shorter than the carpels in fruit.— This hardly am 

 from S. brachypoda. 



27. S. fillcaulis, Wall, in Sternh. Saxifrag. Suppl. t. 23; stems gla^Jj; 



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Monog. Sax if . 



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yrd- 



Alpine Western Himalaya, Guuwhal and Kumaon, alt. 10,000-11,500 ft ; 

 Ikh, Falconer, Edgeworth, 2\ Thomson, &c. , , -jlose, 



Bulbiferous sometimes in the upper axils. Sepals small, ovate, glanaula -R 

 erect in fruit. Petals golden, more than twice the sepals. Styles in fruitlittie 

 than the carpels, 



28. S. biBpldula, Don in Trans, Linn. Soc. xiii. 380^;^stenis^lj^g^ 

 glandular simple 1-3-flowered 

 or often 1-3-toothed hispid o 

 iv.46; 7/./.^- T.in Journ. 



S. evolvuloides, Wall 

 t. 23. 



Alpine Himalaya, from Bhotax to Nipal, alt 13-15,000 ft. ,^^^^' pi.f]ce. 



Than. WnlUnh • T^urtTiv /2^'^¥i . a«j.,-x,, Tr««u^i« 7 n 77 Tnnfrri, 6. X>' ^ jjaff 



Rarely bulbiferous in the upper axils. Sepals narrow, ovate, ^ispi^-g . ^ 

 erect in fruit Pc/ia/^ golden, obovate, near twice the sepals. Styles snon. . ^ 



ellipsoid, subtrigonous, smooth. 



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