398 LU. SAXiFEAGACE^. (C.B.Clarke.); [Saxifrag'd.- 



Monoff. Saxifi 



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Western Tibet, alt. 15-17,000 ft.; Sassar, T. ThoTnson.—DiSTRiB. Alps of.Eu: 

 rope and Asia, Arctic Eegions. 



Stems 1-2 in. long, much branched and crowded, forming dense tufts. . ,L€am 

 densely crowded, Flowering stems from the ends of the branches, \-2 in. long, witn 

 decussate opposite (or altogether alternate) leaves. Sepals ovate-oblong, nearly gla- 

 brous, erect in fruit, adnate to the ovary at the base. Petals f in. long, obovatd- 

 oblong, twice the sepals. Seeds ellipsoid, rugulose, minutely papillose.— In l)r. 

 Thomson's snecimens some flowers have 3 ca,rt)els. — ■' ' ' 



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Sect. IX. Berg*enia. Eootstbck stoiit. Ledves ample, undi\aded, ^tha 

 lar^ sheath at the base of the petiole. Scape corymbose, 6-18 in. high. ijf«« 

 white or red. C«Jy.r-lobes erect in fruit. ^ecfZs mucli larger than in other sec- 

 tions, elongate, subpjTamidal, smooth, . - .^>'' 



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orbicidar or obovate quite entire ciliate, base cordate, pedicels and calyx &^"^ 

 calyx-teeth ovate not narrowed at base, fruit-pedicels cemuous. Wall. Cat.^ 

 Don in Trans. Lhm. Soc. xiii. 348 ; Hooh, Exot. Flora, 1 1. 49 (excellent) ; -«^ 

 BoL Mag. t. 3406 (the sepals too acute, and the leaves too undulate) yl^\ 

 Prodr. iv. 38; H.f. <§- T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 60. 



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Temperate Himai^aya, from Bhotan to Kashmir, alt. 7-10,000 ft., common. 

 Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft. ; ^-' '' - 



. \ Leaves a foot in diam. in Khasia; smaller in Bhotan until 2 in. diam. in Kumaonj 

 glabrous on both surfaces, dotted on the lower. ' Petals |-1 in. long, white or rose 

 purplish, orbicular with a claw of variable length. Fruit subglobose. Stj/ks veiy 

 long." CarpcZ^ sometimes 3. '. ■ ^ ,^ 



Var. 2. citiata ; Bo^le III. t. 49 (sp.) ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4915 ; ff- /• # ■'^ f 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 60 ; leaves hirsute on both surfaces.— Nipal and Kumaon^ai- 

 G-8000ft. ; Rayk, T. Thomson, Edgeworth, Strachey and Winterhottom. ■ v; 



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34. S. Strachey!, H. f. ^ T. in Joum. Linn. Soc, ii. 61 ; leaves ot 

 rcely cordate at base, nedicels and r^alvT -mibpapPTif or -nuberulous, calyx 



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KuHAON and Kashmir, alt. 8000-14,000 ft., common. _gte- 



Leaves glabrous on both surfaces margin either subentire ciliate, or ^^^,. ^^ 



serrate. Petals white or rose, or (according to a field note of Dr. Thomson s) yeu, . r 



Fruit ovate-lanceolate. Styles long. '"' 



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35. S. pvLvpursLScens, H.f . ^ T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 61; kav^ 

 glabrous obovate entire, margins undulate, pedicels very pixbescent, flowers 

 ding, calyx-lobes verj' obtuse. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5066. 



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SiKKiM, alt. 1 0-15,000 ft. ; Lachen, J. D. H, ; Yakla Pass, C. B. ^j^''*^ o^li 

 Leaties 2-3 in. diam., punctate beneath. Pe^aZs J in. long, obovate-oblong.*^^^^^^ 

 long. Car^/s elliptic-lanceolate. Frw?^ erect. m . - 



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• Saxifraga from Karnag in Tibet, stated to be near 8. diapensoides vj^^ 

 (Flora, 1872, 286) is quite unknown to me. It is not described. - ' ■ '^' ^ "^ *" * 



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