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Sect. VIL Flag-ellares. Floivers yellow, on leafy stems 2-8 in hi^h 



rising froin a basal tuft of rosulate leaves ; from this tuft spread horizontally 

 leafless thread-like surciili which terminate in rooting- hiids. Stem leaves entire, 



narrow. 



29. S. Brunoniana, Wall, in Stemb. Saxifrag. Suppl t. 23 ; stems 

 coiymbosely 1-10-flowered, pedicels long often 1-2 in., leaves linear acute shin- 

 ^gj margins spinulose. Erujler Monog. Scuifrag, 223. S. Brunonis, Wall. 

 C«^.444; DC Prodr. iv. 45; //./ ^^ T.inJourn. Linn. Soc. ii, 66. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmir, alt. 16,000 ft.: Wallich, Jacque- 

 ^nt T. Thomson, J. D, K, &e. • ' 



Ulabrous; 2-8 in. high. Rosulate leaves \-^ in.; cauline usually small. S"pals 



li 1 ^"^' ®^^^^' patent in fruit. Petals 3 or 4 times the length of the sep.ils, 

 ODloog-elhptic. Stgles short. Seed ellipsoid, smooth, most minutely papillose. 



]~^ S. pilifera, -ff./. <^ T. inJourn. Linn. Soc ii. 66; stems corymhosely 



T^-flowered, pedicels short about | in., leaves hardly^ in. spathulate-Iinear or 



^ng, margins not spinulose, petals equalling the sepals. Engler Monog. Sa.vi- 



StKKiM, alt. U--15,000 ft, J. P. H. 

 vr*^^'^l-3 in* high, pubescent. Leaves ^-|in., cauline pubescent, rosulate, nearly 

 K orous. Sepals much adnate in fruit into a campanulate tube ; lobes obtuse, erect 



^W^ short. Pir>P. on'rrnpU ^c.^.r cr^^oll 



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Pipe carpels very small. 



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if rag. t, 6 ; stems 2-8 in 



leaves linear-lanceolate 



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P oescent ciliate or subspinulose, petals goldeu much exceeding the sepaU 

 -^metimes ^ in. long. Don in Trans. Linn. Sac. xiii. 373 ; DC Prodr. iv. 45 ; 

 ^"t'^- Ic. Fl. Pass. t. 321 ; H. f. 4' T. in Journ. Limu Soc. ii. 65; Poiss. FL 

 ' '^'i^. 11. 809 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 223. S. myosotifolia, Pall ex Don in 

 Yj^^^nn. Soc. xiii. 373 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 45. S. stenophylla, Pogle III. t 50 ; 

 W u ^' *'* Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 65. S. IIolTmeisteri, JHolzseh in Pets. Pr. 

 Z \^''^' t. 41. S. am-ea a?id S. radicans, Jacq. Voy. Pot) with some 

 ^s ; but S. aspera, Willd.j sometimes quoted here, does not belong. 



. Alpine Himalaya, from KASHiim and Kumaox, alt. 13,500-17.000 ft., common, 

 re Jn^^^^', ^^^- 1^»<>00 ft., Lama Kongra, j: 2?. ^.— Disthib. North Asia. Arctic 

 ^g^ons and Rocky Mountains. 



iQ f^r'^ Pubescent upwards. Sepals oblong, pubescent, slightly adnate and erect 

 tjji^ .- ^<^tals often with red lines (not dots) near the base. Styles short. Seeds 

 mT \^^^^^' testa reticulate and microscopically punctul^te.— This species U 

 %in ^. {^^^Phic, but without very good reason, the following three varieties being 

 SlonnP'* ^^ trivial characters only, and running into each other. The Rocky 



^.^"rain Tar. setigera (sp. of Pursh) is more remote by the calyx much adnate to the 



UU Va^' .V ^yP^^^'> leaves pubescent, margins a little ciliate. 

 "^tspi 1 ^'^^^^^^^a^a (Royle sp.) ; leaf margins more ciliate or glistening and 



8Ubr^^" ^- ^^^nophylla (Royle sp.) ; lower leaves and stem less pubescent or nearly 



Mth ' ^^^^' 3Porphyrlon. Leaves sub -opposite, small, often \\ath apore 

 apex. Flowers solitary, red or purple. 



oboS;®; .^PPosltifolia, Lhm. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 17 ; rosulate leaves ^-^ in. 

 ^^ glabrous or the upper ciliolate, no disc surrounding the carpels. Engl. 



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