Saxifraga.] LII. SAXIFRAGACE^E. (0. B. Clarke.) 391 



Stem 4-6 in. high. Kadical leaves reniform, palmately 4-6-lobed ; upper leaves 

 3-1 -fid passing into bracts. Calyx-tube in the ripe fruit short, campanulate or fun- 

 nel-shaped ; lobes ovate-linear, approximate, with acute sinuses. Turczanimow judi- 

 ciously remarks (Fl. Baikal- Dahur. i. 454) that the only reason for not treating S. 

 cernua as a var. of S. sibirica is its much wider geographical range. The very im- 

 perfect specimens collected by Strachey and Winterbottom in Kumaon and referred 

 to S. orientalis, Jacquem., by H. f. & T. doubtfully in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 63 are cer- 

 tainly not S. orientalis nor any species of the section Cymbalaria ; they have bulbils 

 in the upper axils and belong perhaps to 8. cernua, /8. pauciflora, Sternb. 



SECT. II. Kirculus. Sepals nearly free, in fruit patent or reflexed. Pe- 

 tals yellow, often with 2-4 spots near their base. Stems erect leafy. Leaves 

 entire withering not deciduous, lower petioled, upper sessile more or less stem- 

 clasping. DISTRIB. All Himalayan ; S. Hirculus extending thence to Europe 

 and North America. 



* Stem leaves loosely overlapping each other. 



4. S. palpebrata, H.f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 67 ; densely tufted, 

 stems 1-flowered, stem-leaves oblong narrower at the base, calyx half adnate to 

 the ripe fruit, petals obovate. Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 119. 



SIKKIM, alt. 13,000-15,000 ft. ; Tunkra Pass, J. D. H. KTJMAON, alt, 13,000 ft., 

 Ralum, Strachey $ Winterbottom. 



Stems 2-5 in. high. Leaves ciliate ; the lowest radical leaves spathulate, obtuse 

 or orbicular ; cauline in. Styles exceedingly short. Ripe carpels hardly equalling 

 the sepals. Seeds trigonous, ellipsoid, smooth, 



5. S. cordig-era, H.f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 68; tufted, stems 

 1-flowered, cauline leaves cordate-ovate, calyx slightly adnate to the ripe fruit, 

 the lobes patent, petals obovate. Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 119. 



SIKKIM and EAST NIPAL, alt. 12,000-15,000 ft.; Yeumtong and Kambachen, 

 J. D. H. Yakla Pass, C. S. Clarke. 



Stems 2-4 in. high. Leaves ciliate ; lowest radical spathulate, obtuse or orbicular; 

 cauline | in. Styles exceedingly short. Ripe carpels hardly equalling the sepals. 

 Seeds ellipsoid, angular, smooth, testa lax somewhat plaited. 



6. S. I*ychnitis, H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 68 ; tufted, stems 1- 

 flowered, calyx little adnate to the ripe fruit, sepals densely bf own-pubescent, 

 petals elongate-spathulate 3-nerved. Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 120. 



SIKKIM, alt. 14,000-16,000 ft., Lama Kongra, J. D. H. KUMAON, alt. 14,700 ft. ; 

 Barji Kang Pass, Strachey $ Winterbottom. 



Glandiilar-pubescent. Stems 1-5 in. high. Radical leaves spathulate-ovate ; cau- 

 line |-f in., linear-oblong or elliptic. Petals ^-1 in. long. Styles very short. Car- 

 pels hardly equalling the sepals. Seed trigonous, ellipsoid, smooth. 



7. S. viscidula, H. f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 69 ; stems 3-1- 

 flowered, calyx slightly adnate to the ripe fruit, sepals glandular little pubescent, 

 petals spathulate-oblong 7-5-nerved. Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 120. 



SIKKIM, alt. 13,000-15,000 ft., J.I). H. 



Glandular-pubescent. Stems 3-4 in. high. Radical leaves spathulate-laneeolate ; 

 cauline in., oblong, subacute. Pedicels % in. long. Petals \ in. long. Styles not 

 very short. 



** Upper stem leaves narrow linear, little overlapping each other ; stems 1- 

 Jlowered. 



