Tas. 5066. 
SAXIFRAGA puRPURASCENS. 
Purple Himalayan Saavfrage. 
Nat. Ord. SAXIFRAGEEZ.—DEcANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, TaB. 4915.) 
SaxtrraGa (§ Bergenia) purpurascens ; foliis obovato-rotundatis integerrimis 
eciliatis glaberrimis, panicula subcorymbosa scapoque purpureo pubescenti- 
glanduloso, floribus omnibus nutantibus, calyce profunde 5-lobo, petalis 
longe late unguiculatis purpureis. 
SaxirRaGa purpurascens. Hook. fil. et Thoms. in Linn. Soc. Journ. Bot. v. 2. 
». 61. 
This beautiful and hardy species was raised at Kew from 
seeds sent by Dr. Hooker from the temperate regions of the 
Sikkim Himalaya, where it was discovered growing in wet places, 
at an elevation of 10,000 to 14,000 feet. Though closely allied ; 
to the Himalayan S&S. ligudata, Wall. (Bot. Mag. t. 3406), S. c7- 
liata, Royle (Bot. Mag. t. 4915), and the Siberian 8. crassifo- .. 
lia, L. (Bot. Mag. t. 196), it is extremely different from, and far ae 
more beautiful than, any of those species ; nothing, indeed, can oe 
exceed the bright glossy green of its leaves, which are elegantly ea 
margined with red, or the deep, bright, vinous red-purple of its oS. 
scape and inflorescence. Rae 
Drscr. A hardy perennial, with a stout, short, branching, — 
prostrate rootstock. Leaves coriaceous, on short, thick, red pe- 
tioles; 4/ade rounded, obovate, blunt at both ends, bright glossy 
green above, paler below, with red midrib and margins. oe : 
very stout, six to eight inches high, deep red-purple, ~~ , aS 
is the inflorescence, with a short, glandular pubescence. vated 
few in native specimens, more numerous and larger ra 
ones, forming a dense, branched, subcorymbose panicle, all droop- 
ing. Calye deeply five-lobed, lobes blunt. Petals oe : — 
Soh corolla, broadly spathulate. Ovaries generally two. 
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Fig. 1. Pistil, magnified. 
AuGusT Ist, 1858. 
