398 LII. SAXIFRAGACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) ; [Saxifraga. 



Hot. t. 9 ; Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 400 ; H.f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 11. 62 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 276. 



WESTERN TIBET, alt. 15-17,000 ft.; Sassar, T. Thomson. DISTRIB. Alps of Eu- 

 rope and Asia, Arctic Eegions. 



Stems 1-2 in. long, much branched and crowded, forming dense tufts. Leaves 

 densely crowded, Flowering stems from the ends of the branches, -2 in. long, with 

 decussate opposite (or altogether alternate) leaves. Sepals ovate-oblong, nearly gla- 

 brous, erect in fruit, adnate to the ovary at the base. Petals f in. long, obovate- 

 oblong, twice the sepals. Seeds ellipsoid, rugulose, minutely papillose. In Dr. 

 Thomson's specimens some flowers have 3 carpels. 



SECT. IX. Bergenia. Rootstock, stout. Leaves ample, undivided, with a 

 large sheath at the base of the petiole. Scape corymbose, 6-18 in. high. Petals 

 white or red. Calyx-lobes erect in fruit. Seeds much larger than in other sec- 

 tions, elongate, subpyraniidal, smooth. 



33. S. lig'ulata, Wall, in Asiat. Research, xiii. 398, with afgure ; leaves 

 orbicular or obovate quite entire ciliate, base cordate, pedicels and calyx glabrous, 

 calyx-teeth ovate not narrowed at base, fruit-pedicels cernuous. Wall. Cat. 449 ; 

 Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 348 ; Hook. Exot. Flora, i. t. 49 (excellent} ; Hook. 

 Sot. Mag. t. 3406 (the sepals too acute, and the leaves too undulate) ; DC. 

 Prodr. iv. 38 ; H. f. # T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 60. 



Temperate HIMALAYA, from BHOTAN to KASHMIR, alt. 7-10,000 ft., common. 

 Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft. 



Leaves a foot in diam. in Khasia ; smaller in Bhotan until 2 in. diam. in Kumaon ; 

 glabrous on both surfaces, dotted on the lower. Petals ^-1 in. long, white or rose or 

 purplish, orbicular with a claw of variable length. Fruit subglobose. Styles very 

 long. Carpels sometimes 3. 



VAR. 2. ciliata ; Eoyle III. t. 49 (sp.) ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4915 ; H. f. $ T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 60 ; leaves hirsute on both surfaces. Nipal and Kumaon, alt. 

 (j-SOOO ft. ; Eoyle, T. Thomson, Edgeworth, Strachey and Winterbottom. 



34. S. Strachey i, H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 61 ; leaves obovate 

 scarcely cordate at base, pedicels and calyx pubescent or puberulous, calyx-teeth 

 oblong, often wider above their base, fruit-pedicels generally erect. ? S. ligulata, 

 var. 7., H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 61 ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 65. 



KUMAON and KASHMIR, alt. 8000-14,000 ft., common. 



Leaves glabrous on both surfaces margin either subentire ciliate, or crenate- 

 serrate. Petals white or rose, or (according to a field note of Dr. Thomson's) yellow. 

 Fruit ovate-lanceolate. Styles long. 



35. S. purpurascens, H.f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 61; leaves 

 rrlabrous obovate entire, margins undulate, pedicels very pubescent, flowers nod- 

 ding, calyx-lobes veiy obtuse. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5066. 



SIKKIM, alt. 10-15,000 ft.; Lachen, J. D. H. ; Yakla Pass, C. B. Clarke 

 Leaves 2-3 in. diam., punctate beneath. Petals f in. long, obovate-oblong. Styles 

 long. Carpels elliptic-lanceolate. Fruit erect. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



SAXIFRAGA from Karnag in Tibet, stated to be near S. diapensoides by Kurz 

 (Flora, 1872, 286) is quite unknown to me. It is not described. 



