Description.—Herb, perennial, tufted, producing numer- 
ous, very slender runners, which give rise to independent 
plants; with the exception of the marginal bristles of the 
leaves, almost glabrous. Stems, runners, and flower-stalks 
very slender, bright red; flowering-stems 2-6 in. high, 
Leaves stiff, cartilaginous, narrow-lanceolate, 1—1 in. long, 
sharp-pointed, margin fringed, lower ones crowded, upper 
smaller, scattered, sometimes bearing bulblets in the axils. 
Flower-stalks much longer than the flowers, furnished with 
small inconspicuous glands. Sepals ovate, obtuse, about 
yz in. long. Petals yellow, narrow, oblong, about } in. 
long, obtuse. Stamens ten, shorter than the petals, 
alternate ones shorter; anthers red. Capsule very small, 
globose.—W. Borrine Hemstry. : 
_ Cunrrvation.—Seeds of this charming little Sazifraga 
were received in 1903 from the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
Sibpur, Calcutta. The plants have proved hardy at Kew, 
growing freely in the rock garden, but they are seen at 
their best when cultivated in a pan of light stony soil in a 
cold frame and placed in a greenhouse whilst in flower. 
The bright crimson colour of the stems and stolons is at 
least as attractive as the flowers. The stolons, which are 
slender, twist about in such a manner as to produce the 
effect of one of the dodders growing over a dwarf Sawifraga. 
_ Another species with the same habit is S. flagellaris, but in 
that the stems and stolons are green— W. Warson. 
» Fig. 1, a leaf from a rosette; 2, a stem-leaf; 3, calyx and pistil; 4, a petal ; 
5 and 6, stamens :—aill enlarged. 
