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 SAXIFRAGA ciliatu 



Fringed Saxifrage. 



DECANDRIA VIGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. SaxifragacevE. 

 SAXIFRAGA. L. 



S. ciliata ; foliis obovatis coriaceis gross(^ ciliatis denticulatis basi subauricu- 

 latis, petiolo magno vaginante, pedunculo rigido scabriusculo cynioso 

 paniculato, calyce 5-partito ventricoso hirsute laciniis foliaceis, petalis 

 epathulatis unguiculatis venosis. 



S. ciliata, Boyle Illustr. FL Ehnal. p. 226. t. 49. /. 2. Walpers Reperto- 

 rium, 2. 365. no. 23. nee 24. 



This plant, of the section Bergenia, and very nearly allied 

 to S. ligulata, is like that species a native of the mountains 

 of Northern India. Dr. Royle speaks of it thus : — 



" I have had some difficulty in naming this plant, as the 

 published descriptions, as well as the distributed specimens 

 of Wall. Cat. 4492. and figures of S. ligulata, to which it is 

 most nearly allied, do not correspond with one another ; in- 

 deed, two distinct species pass under that name. Dr. Wallich 

 {As. Res. 13. p. 398.) describes S. ligulata with leaves * basi 

 angustata, — crenato — dentata, dentibus crenisque ciliis longis 

 — uti omnes plantse partes la3via, carnosa, ad lentem punc- 

 tata. — Scapus crassus apice semel bisve furcatus. — Florcs 

 congesti in paniculam terminalem compactam subracemosam 

 nudam leviter nutantem. — Calyx profunde quinqucfidus ; 

 laciniaj leviter ciliatse.' — A plant corresponding in every re- 

 spect with this description, except in the leaves being less 

 ciliated, I have found growing in Choor, Simla, and Kedar- 

 kanta, and with which the specimens in the East India Her- 

 barium, 4492. 2. from Buddrinath, correspond, as well as the 

 figure in Loddiges' Botanical Cabinet, t. 747- 



" The plant, S. ciliata, figured in plate 49. fig. 2. is found 

 on the Mussoorec and Suen Range, at lower elevations than 



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