Plants of the Punjab. 413 
Herss, UNBRANCHED, WITH OpposiITE EXXSTIPULATE SIMPLE LEAVES. 
Saxifraga ligulata, 
or ciliata, 
Bat pia, dharposh, 
SAXIFRAGACEA. 
Bab. rit, 398: 
Himalaya, 
7-10,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Saxifraga Stracheyi, 
SAXIFRAGACEA. 
Be Uy 1 090. 
Himalaya, 
8-14,000 ft. 
Hattu, the Chor 
(Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Parnassia nubicola, 
Grass of Parnassus, 
S AXIFRAGACE ZR. 
He Baleus 402. 
Himalaya, 
6-12,000 ft. 
Simla (Collett). 
Kashmir. 
Parnassia ovata, 
SAXIFRAGACEA. 
BOB. lei. 4038: 
Himalaya, 
8-15,000 ft. 
Kashmir. 
Sedum rosulatum, 
CRASSULACER. 
BOB re: 
Simla, on rocks, 
walls, ete. (Collett). 
Kashmir, 
5-9,000 ft. 
PETALS UNUNITED. 
rootstock very thick, stem short, thick, fleshy, leaves 
2-6 in., ovate or orbicular, in the autumn increasing to 
12 in. diam., turning red, heart-shaped at the base, margins 
entire, fringed with bristles, hairy on both sides, growing 
smooth with age, stalk stem sheathing, flowers 1} in. 
diam., white, pmk or purple, ina branching raceme on 
a stalk 4-10 in. long, styles very long, fruit nearly round ; 
for other characters see the first of these species. The 
root, pakhanbed, is used as a tonic in fever, diarrhea 
and cough. 
like the last species, but leaves ovate with or with- 
out a broad tip, margins toothed, both surfaces smooth, 
leaf stalk sheathing nearly its whole length. 
small, perennial ; leaves 1-2 in., radical, long-stalked, 
ovate or oblong-ovate, heart-shaped, entire, short-point- 
ed ; flower 1 in. diam., white, solitary on a slender angular 
radical stalk, 6-12 in. long, stalk sometimes bearing a leaf, 
calyx-tube short, lobes 5, blunt, petals 5, entire or slightly 
toothed, stamens 5, alternating with 5 fleshy, flattened, 
3-lobed staminodes, only one stamen is erect at one time, 
style very short or none, stigma round, 3-lobed ; capsule 4 
in. long, ovoid with a broad top, 8-valved seeds, many, 
smooth, ovoid-oblong. 
very like the last species, but smaller, style longer. 
small, annual or perennial, succulent, smooth, rarely 
glandular-velvety; leaves radical }-14 in., ovate, prolonged 
into the stalk with a broad tip, or almost circular, stem 
leaves §-$ in. ; flowers 1 in., white, long-stalked in open 
loose clusters, calyx 4- or 5-lobed, nearly to the base, lobes 
oblong, smooth, rarely velvety, petals 4 or 5, free, oblong, 
nearly blunt, stamens twice as many as the petals, follicles 
5, erect, small, thin-walled, seeds oblong with rounded 
ends, smooth, longitudinally streaked, 
