Tas. 4915 
SAXIFRAGA c1ILiaTa. 
Fringed Saxifrage. 
Nat. Ord. SaxrrraGeEa®.—DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. Calyx 5-sepalus, sepalis plus minus inter se et seepe cum ovario co- 
alitis. Petala 5, rariter irregularia, breviter unguiculata, integra. Stamina 10, 
5 sepalis, 5 petalis opposita; anthere biloculares. Capsula calyci adnata vel li- 
_ bera; carpella 2, seepe usque ad stylum coalita. Semina numerosa, rugosa vel 
levia, in plurimis seriebus disposita. Spermodermia ultra nucleum ovoideum 
non productum.—Herbe perennes vel annua, sepissime valde polymorphe in eadem 
specie. Flores sepius paniculati vel corymbosi, abortu solitarii. De Cand. 
SaXiFRaAGA (§ BERGENIA) ciliata; foliis ovalibus basi apiceque obtusis sub- 
coriaceis utrinque hirsutis ciliatis crenato-serratis basi amplo-vaginatis, scapo 
rigido glabro, paniculo cymoso, calyce magno laxo 5-lobo lobis late ovatis 
serrulatis, petalis ovatis brevi-unguiculatis, ovario libero. 
SAXIFRaGA ciliata. Royle, Idlust. Fl. Himal. p. 226. t. 49. f.2. Walp. Repert. 
v. 2. p. 365. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1843, ¢. 65. 
This, together with S. Higuata and the Siberian S. crassi- 
folia, so well known in our gardens, are certainly amongst the 
handsomest and best worth cultivating of our Saxifrages. The 
two latter are figured in the earlier volumes of the Magazine 
(S. crassifolia at Tab. 193,—S. ligulata at Tab. 3406). We 
follow other authors in publishing this as a species distinct from 
S. ligulata ; but it is very doubtful if it be really so. It inhabits 
the same mountains in Northern India (Himalaya), on the Mus- — 
sooree and Suen Range, etc.; but, according to Dr. Royle, at 
lower elevations than the S. Zigulata. It chiefly differs in its 
smaller size, more oval leaves (not attenuated at the base), which 
are hairy all over. Dr. Lindley’s S. ciliata (Bot. Reg. f. 65) 
seems exactly intermediate, and we venture to think the two 
may be safely united as varieties of one and the same species. 
Although considered hardy, yet, as its flowering season is early 
in the spring, we find the protection of a frame or a cool green- 
house is necessary for the full development of its blossoms. 
MAY Ist, 1856, 
