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SAXIFRAGES, juss. 



SAXIFRAGA. Linn. Juss. 



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Cahx o-fidus. Petala 5, Integra. Stamina 10, Styli 2. 

 Capsula 2-lociiIarjs, 2-valvis, e sijlis persisfentibas biros- 

 tris: intra rostra foramine orbiciilari aperiens, pol3sptrma, 

 Don in Linn. Trans. 13, p. 343. (charactere paruni niu- 

 tato.) 



Div. 1. BERGENIA, 



1. S, ligfilata, foUis orbicuJalisovalibusve uirinque papilJoso-. 

 punctatis margine dentictilatis ciliatisque basi cordatis, 

 scapo filiformi dichotonio, laciniis calycinis mucroniiiatis, 

 pefalis orbiculalis. 



Saxifraga lignlata. Wall, in Asiat. Res. 13. p. 398. (cum 

 iabulA.) Don hi Linn. Trans. 13- p. 348. Hook, Ex, 

 Flor. t. 49. Sweet Flow. Gard. L 59. 



S. Pacumbis. Hamilton MSS. 



Hab. in Nepali^ ad Narainbetty (Hamilton,) in Nepaliae et 

 Bengaliae orieotalis alpibus. WalUck. %. Floret Martio, 



Folia ampla, coriacea, !ucida, ovulia v. orbiculala, nunc fere 

 obovata, basi cordata, utrinqnc praesertlm in junioribus 

 papilIoso*punctata, margine paulo undciiata, denficiiJatii 

 ac setis crebris callosis quasi dnplici serie patnlis instructa, 

 4 pollices V. spithamuni longa, 4-7 uncias lata, supr^ in- 

 tense viridia, subtus pallidiora, vcnis prominenUbns reti- 

 culata. Stipula latissimae, membranaceae ciliis longis . 

 laxis margine dens^ instructa*. Petioli brevissimi (semi v. 

 poiiicem longi,) terctcs, crassitie calami script<jrii, ant nunc 

 fere digiti minoris, basivalde dilatati ac imbricati. Scapi 

 plures, erecti, fiUformes, Ifevinsculi, nitidi, purpurascentes, 

 crassitie pennie corvinae aut ultra, apice dichotonii v. bis 

 dichotomi, 3T6-poIJicares. Pedunculi calycesque minute 

 papillosi. Flores magni, speciosi, pallide rosei aut albi. 

 Lacinia califcin<B latS rotundatae v. ovales, afiiculatfe. 

 Petala unguicnlata: lamina lataorbiculata, patnla, rcticu- 

 lato-nervosa. Stamina purpuiVa, iWasqualia, petaiis pluri- 

 muiD breviora; 5 alterna calycinis laciniis opposiia, multo 



minora. 

 Ot^s. Descriptio ad yivum reformatus. 



Div. 3. LEIOGYNE. 



% S. brachtfpoda^ foliis lincaribns pungentibus triner\iis mar- 

 gine spinulosis, flore terminal! brev^ pedunculate, petaiis. ; 

 obovatis. Don in Linn, Trans, 13. p 378. 



