396 LII. SAXIFRAGACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Saxifraga. 



SIKKIM, alt. 12,000-14,000 ft. ; Tungu, J. D. H. 



Rosulate leaves \ in., cauline \ in. long, narrow oblong, very glandular-pubescent. 

 Peduncles -! in. Petals nearly double the sepals, golden. 



SECT. VI. Spinulosee. Flowers yellow, peduncled, solitary or few. 

 Stems elongate, 2-8 in. long, uniformly leafy ; i.e. no whorled leaves either at 

 the base or summit. Leaves -f in. long, acute, rigid, often spinulose. 



25. S. brachypoda, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 378 ; stem simple 

 1 -flowered glabrous below often bearing bulbils in the upper axils, peduncle glan- 

 dular-scabrous rarely glabrate, leaves linear-lanceolate shining half stem-clasping 

 glabrous or shortly spinulose on the margin. Don Prodr. 209 ; Sternb. Saxi- 

 frag. Suppl t. 24 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 46 ; H.f. $ T. inJourn. Linn. Soc. ii. 66; 

 Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 218. S. glandulosa, Wall. Cat. 442 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 

 45. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA, from BHOTAN to KUMAON, alt. 9000-13,000 ft., common. 



Leaves about f in., densely imbricate, ascending or reflexed. Sepals ovate, acute, 

 little pubescent, suberect in fruit. Petals broad, golden, much exceeding the sepals. 

 Styles not much shorter than the ripe carpels. Seeds ellipsoid, subtrigonous, smooth. 



26. S. fimbriata, Wall in DC. Prodr. iv. 45; stem simple 1- rarely 

 2- 3-flowered glabrous or sparsely ciliate below often bearing bulbils in the 

 upper axils, peduncle glandular-scabrous, leaves lanceolate shining cordate at 

 base but not stem-clasping, margins prominently spinulose. Wall. Cat. 443 ; H. 

 f. # T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 67 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 218. S. Wallichi- 

 ana, Sternb. Saxifrag. Suppl. t. 22. 



Alpine Himalaya, from SIKKIM to KTJMAON, alt. 11,000-14,000 ft.; Wallich, 

 J. D. H., Strachey $ Winterbottom. 



Leaves about f in., densely imbricate, ascending or reflexed. Sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 very glandular-pubescent, suberect in fruit. Petals broad, golden, much exceeding 

 the sepals. Styles not much shorter than the carpels in fruit. This hardly differs 

 from S. brachypoda. 



27. S. filicaulis, Wall, in Sternb. Saxifrag. Suppl. t. 23 ; stems glandu- 

 lar-pilose much branched, branches 1-flowered, leaves -f in. linear-oblong mi- 

 nutely denticulate. Wall. Cat. 445; DC. Prodr. iv. 46; H.f. fy T. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 66 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 221. 



Alpine Western Himalaya, GURWHAL and KUMAON, alt. 10,000-11,500 ft. ; Wal- 

 lich, Falconer, Edgeworth, T. Thomson, &c. 



Bulbiferous sometimes in the upper axils. Sepals small, ovate, glandular-pilose, 

 erect in fruit. Petals golden, more than twice the sepals. Styles in fruit little shorter 

 than the carpels. 



28. S. hispidula, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 380 ; stems hispid 

 glandular simple 1-3-flowered, leaves i- in. long oblong-lanceolate acute entire 

 or often 1-3-toothed hispid on both surfaces. Don Prodr. 210; DC. Prodr. 

 iv. 46; H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 67; Engle)' Monog. Saxifrag. 222. 

 S. evolvuloides, Wall. Cat. 447 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 46 ; Sternb. Saxifrag. Suppl. 

 t. 23. - 



Alpine Himalaya, from BHOTAN to NIPAL, alt. 13-15,000 ft. NIPAL, Gossain 

 Than, Wallich ; BHOTAN, Griffith; SIKKIM, Kankola, J. D.H., Jongri, C. B. Clarke. 



Rarely bulbiferous in the upper axils. Sepals narrow, ovate, hispid-glandular, 

 erect in fruit. Petals golden, obovate, near twice the sepals. Styles short. Seeds 

 ellipsoid, subtrigonous, smooth. 



