638 THREE SPECIES OF PLANTS FROM UPPER INDIA. 
HaB. Nepaul, Dr. Bacon, (in Herb. Thomson); also gathered 
by Mr. Edgeworth on the Himalayah, at an elevation of 
5000 feet. 
* Annua, 1-2 pollicaris. Caulis erectus, teres, basi nudus, 
apice capitulum parvum 4-5florum folis involucratum ge- 
rens. Folia 4-6, sessilia, late obovata, obtusa, mucronata, 
interiora minora, decussatim opposita, arcte involucrantia. 
Flores in capitulum sessiles. Calyæ membranaceus, 5-dentatus, 
laciniis nervo medio subherbaceo acutis mucronatis corollæ 
plicis æquantibus. Corolla 5-fida, intus nuda, laciniæ an- 
guste acute, plicæ integre, v. 2-3-dentate. Stamina 
ad medium tubi inserta, filamentis filiformibus, antheris 
parvis versatilibus luteis. Ovarium breviter stipitatum, cu- 
neato-obovatum, apice stylis brevibus filiformibus liberis 
utrinque revolutis, stigmatibus apicalibus introrsis extus pu- 
berulis. Capsula bivalvis, valvis ad medium patentibus re- 
flexis, apice rotundatis emarginatis ciliolatis. Semina ovoidea, 
testa nervis crassiusculis reticulata.— Species distinctissimi E 
affinis videtur G. marginale." Edgeworth. = 
When the accompanying figure of this plant was prepared, we - 
were not aware of its having been described for the Transact- 
tions of the Linnzan Society by Mr. Edgeworth, who kindly 
permits the above description to be taken from his manu-- 
scripts. 
Tas. XX. Fig. 1. A flower; f. 2. corolla leid open; 
Jf. 3. capsule; f. 4. seed; all magnified. 
2. SAXIFRAGA diveraifoRáj Wall.; pilosa, caule erecto fo- 
lioso, foliis polymorphis inferioribus petiolatis ovatis corda- - 
tisve subacutis, caulinis plerumque sessilibus integerrimis | 
discoloribus reticulatim venosis superne creberrime punc" — 
tatis, floribus corymbosis, pedicellis bracteis calycibusque — 
glanduloso-pilosis, sepalis patentibus, petalis late spathu- - 
latis basi glandulis 4 longe stipitatis instructis. (Tas. 
XXI.) Var. B: parnassiolia, Ser. MSS. in DC. Prodr. 
v. 4, p. 44. gei 
Has. Kamaon; Dr. Bacon, (in Herb. Thomson.) _ 
A vey bösta species, with something the habit y our = 
