72 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Skss. lxxx 



■^ Saxifraga geifolia, Balf. fil. 



Herba ellagellifera radicibus fibrosis et foliis plurimis 

 basalibus petiolatis. Folia ad 10 cm. longa ; lamina 

 cordato-orbicularis ad 4 cm. diam. petiolo multo brevier 

 carnosula grosse crenato-lobata lobis crenulatis, margine 

 cartilaginea et hydathodis cornels obscure denticulata hie 

 et illic ciliata, foliorum juvenilium et adultorum pagina 

 inferior plerumque purpurea maculis stomatalibus punctata, 

 superior glabra vel setis paucis conspersa ; petiolus ad 8 cm. 

 longus dense hirsutus basi vix vaginatus. Caulis inllores- 

 centiae tenuis pilosus ad 30 cm. altus apicem versus copiose 

 graciliter rarnosus, infra bracteis 2-5 sterilibus parvis 

 linearibus praeditus ; rami filiformes 3-6-fiori pedicellis 

 ultimis 1 cm. longis strictis patentibus glanduloso-puberulis. 

 Sepala oblonga -75 mm. longa puberula uninervia hydathodo 

 terminali. Petala inaequalia anterius ligulatum TS cm. 

 longum, "75 mm. latum, acutum uninerve album, caetera 

 quatuor elliptica minutissime ciliata mucronulata 1"5 mm. 

 loncra, uninervia basi in unguem attenuata. Staminum 

 filaraenta alba anguste cla vata, sepalis duplo longiora. Discus 

 luteus parvus circularis ovarium cingens. Carpella ad 

 medium stylorum confluentia ; styli albi tenues. Fructus 

 deflexus brunneus stylis divergentibus basi ampliatus supra 

 constrictus poro angusto dehiscens. 



Species *S'. Veitchianae, Balf. ill. affinis foliis margine 

 cartilagineis et floris disco etuberculato ovarium circumam- 

 biente distincta. 



Yunnan : — On ledges of clifi's and humus-covered 

 boulders ; on the mountains in the north-east of the 

 Yangtze bend. Lat. 27" 45' N. Plant of 6-12 inches. 

 Flowers white, foliage succulent. G. Forrest. No. 11,488. 

 September 1!)13. 



Saxifraga Heivryl, Balf. til. 



Planta radicibus fibrosis foliis petiolatis. Folia ad 20 

 cm. longa; lamina petiolo brevior peltata inaequilateralis 

 ovata vel ovato-orbicularis carnosa 9-10-lobata margine 

 cartilaginea subdentata aculeato-setosa supra glauca 

 sparsim strigosa subtus purpurea maculis stomatalibus 

 picta; petiolus validus setosus vagina dense ciliata. 

 Inflorescentia ad 40 cm. alta. Caulis pilosus ad medium 



