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nudiflorus cataphylla 3 sterilia gerens, supra multiramosus 

 ramis tenuibus elongatis 3-5-floris bracteis parvis linearibus. 

 Flores rubri (fid. Henry). Sej)ala 2 mm. longa ovato- 

 lanceolata obtusa puberula trinervia nervis sub apice in 

 hydathodura confluentibus. Petala inaequalia unguiculata, 

 raajora 1 vel 2 inaequalia lanceolato-ligulata nervis tribus 

 convergentibus conspicuis pluricostata ad 1'5 cm. longa, 

 minora 4 vel 3 elliptico-oblonga 3 mm. longa acuta 

 uninervia. Staminuui filamenta vix clavata petalis 

 brevioribus lonc^iora. Ovarium disco leviter corrugato 

 cinctum ; styli longi. 



Species ab omnibus Sectionis Dipterae foliis peltatis 

 floribusque rubris distincta. 



Yunnan : — Mengtz. South-Avest mountains. 6000 ft. 

 Flowers red. Henry. No. 9118. 



^ Saxifraga iinparilis, Balf. fil. 



Herba rhizomate parvo plus minusve pilosa giabrescens. 

 Folia pauca longe petiolata ad 20 cm. longa ; lamina 

 cordato-orbicularis vel subreniformis basi aperta ad 8 cm. 

 diara. 7-11-lobata lobis acute dentatis apice verruculosis, 

 margine eciliata, utrinque glabra, vel supra sparsim 

 strigoso-pilosa ; petiolus glaber vel pilosus basi vix vagi- 

 natus. Inflorescentia ad 40 cm. alta a medio caulis laxe 

 paniculata infra bracteis 1-2 sterilibus nonnunquam 

 fertilibus trifidis et petiolatis suftulta glabra vel leviter 

 pilosa ; bracteae supremae lineares ; rami 4-7 tenues 

 patentes saepe biramosi 3-7-flori ; pedicelli filiformes 

 stricti pilosi. Sepala I'o mm. longa oblonga obtusa 

 puberula uninervia. Petala inaequalia, majora 1-2 linearia 

 acuta ad 8 mm. longa uninervia vel obscure trinervia, minora 

 4-3 ovata lanceolata acuta sepalis duplo longiora uninervia. 

 Staminum lilamenta clavata petala superantia. Di.scus 

 laevis ovarium cingens. Ovarium pulvinatum ; styli 

 breves albi«erecti. Fructus deflexus apice latior et sub- 

 truncatus ore elongato inter stylos horizontaliter patentes 

 dehiscente. 



Species 8. cortusaefoliae, Sieb. et Zucc. persimilis floribus 

 et fructu bene distincta. 



Yunnan : —Mi le district. 6000 ft. on rocks. Henry. 

 No. 9917. 



