402 LII. SAXIFEAGACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Parnassia. 



WESTERN TIBET, Falconer Skardo in BALTISTAN, alt. 7500 ft. T. Thomson, C. 

 B. Clarke. DISTRIB. Subalpine and subarctic regions. 



Petals ovate-elliptic with a broad claw. Stamens nearly hypogynous. Carpels 4. 

 Capsule superior or nearly so, oblong-elliptic, much longer than the sepals. Seeds 

 cylindric ; testa loosely reticulate. 



SECT. II. Fimbripetalum. Staminodes ending in several long gland- 

 bearing processes. Petals fimbriate. 



2. P. foliosa, If. f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 79 ; stem with 4-8 

 leaves, staminodes ending in 3 long processes each tipped with a distinctly clubbed 

 gland. P. foliosa and P. Nummularia, Drude in Linncea, xxxix. 313. 



KHASIA Mrs., alt. 5000-6000 ft., Moflong to Syung and at Nonkrem, J. D. H. and 

 T. Thomson. DISTRIB. West China and Japan. 



Stem 8-12 in. high. KadicaHeayes orbicular, deeply cordate. Sepals patent or 

 reflexed. Petals ovate above a short claw, fimbriated around their whole edge. Carpels 4. 

 Capsule superior or nearly so, long-ellipsoid, much longer than the sepals. 



Drude states he had no specimen of P. foliosa. Kew possesses both P. foliolosa 

 collected by H. f. & T., and P. Nummularia collected by Maximowicz ; the two are 

 identical. 



SECT. III. Nectarotrilobos. Staminodes at the vertex 3- (rarely 5-) 

 lobed, the lobes short or cylindric, not linear. Stem 1- (or 0-) leaved. 



* Capsule triquetrous, superior or nearly so. 



3. P. Wig-htiana, Wall, in W. $ A. Prodr. 36 ; petals obovate-oblong- 

 margins much finibriate, staminodes 3-5-lobed, lobes cylindric (or in the Nil- 

 ghiri plant) thickened at the top, capsule 3-celled superior, obcordate. Watt. 

 Cat. 3755 ; Wight. 111. t. 21 ; Ic. t. 945 ; Am. in Hook. Comp. Sot. Mag. ii. 

 315 ; H. f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 80 ; Drude in Linncea, xxxix. 314. P. 

 ornata, Wall. Cat. 1247 j Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 315. P. Schmidii, 

 Zenker PI. 2nd. t. 5. 



NrLcmmi MTS., alt, 7000 ft. KHASIA MTS., alt. 4500-6000 ft. 'HIMALAYA,' Wal- 

 lich. KUMAON, fide H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 80. DISTRIB. Yunan and in- 

 terior of China. 



Stem 8-18 in. high. Leaves often l in., renifonn or oval, deeply cordate. Petals 

 (at least in the Khasia plant) light yellow. Placentas near the base of the capsule. 

 Seeds ellipsoid ; testa reticulate, not very lax. 



4. P. mysorensis, Heyne in W. fy A. Prodr. 35; petals obovate- 

 oblong, margins not or obscurely fimbriate, staminodes 3-lobed, lobes cylindric 

 or dilated upwards, capsule 3-celled superior obcordate. Watt. Cat. 3754 ; 

 Wight III. t. 21 j Am. in Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 315 ; H. f. fy T. in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 80 ; Drude in Linncea, xxxix. 317. 



Eastern Himalaya ; SIKKIM, alt, 8000-12,000 ft.; Lachen and Yeumtong, J. D. H. 

 Mts. of the Western Peninsula. KHASIA MTS. alt. 3500-5500 ft. 



Stem 3-8 in. high. Leaves ^-f in. diam., reniform, deeply cordate. Petals small, 

 white. Seeds small, ellipsoid ; testa somewhat laxly reticulate. 



* * Capsule half -inferior. 



5. P. nubicola, Wall, in Wight III. t. 21; margins of petals not (or 

 slightly) fimbriate, staminodes broadly dilated upwards 3-lobed, capsule in. 

 long obconic below subhemispheric above, style very short or 0. Wall. Cat. 

 ]246 ; Am. in Comp. Hook. Sot. Mag. ii. 316 ; H.f. $. T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 ii. 81 - ? Drude in Linncea, xxxix. 315. 



Temperate and Alpine Himalaya from SIKKIM to KASHMIR, alt. 6000-12,000 ft., 

 frequent. 



