Tap. 8189. 
SAXIFRAGA BrRUNONIANA. 
India. 
. 
SAXIFRAGACEAR. Tribe SAXIFRAGEAE. 
SaxirraGa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. -_ Plant. vol, i. p. 685; Hngl. Monogr. 
p. 223. ; 
Saxifraga (§ Trachyphyllum) Brunoniana, Wall. Cat. n, 444; Sternb. Revis. 
Saxifr. Suppl. t. 23; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vol, ii. p. 397; Engl. Monogr. 
p. 223; species ex affinitate S. flagellaris, Willd. (B. M. t. 4621), a qua 
habitu graciliore, floribus minoribus longius pedicellatis et petalis oblongo- _ 
spathulatis differt. 
Herba perennis, caespitosa, stolonifera, praeter setulas ad foliorum margines 
fere omnino glabra, caulibus stolonibus pedicellisque gracillimis rubris. 
Caules floriferi 5-15 cm. alti. Folia rigida, cartilaginea, lineari-lanceolata, 
(-5-2°5 em. longa, mucronata, setuloso-ciliata, inferiora conferta, caulina 
minora, sparsa, interdum in axillis gemmifera. Peduwnculi pedicellique 
obscure glandulosi, floribus multo longiores. Calycis segmenta ovata, 
obtusa, circiter 2 mm. Jonga. /Petala lutea, angusta, oblonga, 7-8 mm. 
longa, obtusa. Stamina petalis dimidio breviora, alternis brevioribus ; 
antherae rubrae. Capsula globosa.—S. Brunonis, Wall. ex Ser. in DC. 
Prodr. vol. iv. p. 45. 
As explained by Engler in his admirable monograph 
published thirty-five years ago, S. Brunoniana, S. pilifera, 
Hook. f. & Thom&’. and the widely distributed S. flagellaris 
differ from all the other species of the section Trachyphyllum 
in developing from the axils of the lower leaves thread-like 
runners, which bear leaf-buds at their tips and strike root, 
finally becoming independent plants, which flower the 
following year. S. Brunoniana has a wide range in the 
Himalaya mountains at elevations of 9000 to 13,000 ft., 
from Sikkim to Kashmir. In the Flora of British India it 
is recorded from 16,000 ft., but this is probably a slip, as 
none of the numerous specimens in the Herbarium are noted 
from so high a level. S. pilifera, its nearest ally, differs in 
having obtuse leaves and smaller flowers, the petals scarcely 
exceeding the sepals; it has only been found in Sikkin, at 
elevations of 14,000 to 15,000 ft. 3 
Apgit, 1908, 
