Parnassia.'] LII. SAXIFRAGACEVE. (C. B. Clarke.) 403 



Stem 4-18 in. high, subalate with 4-5 ridges under the fruit. Leaves 1-2 (some- 

 times 3) in., ovate or cordate, oblong. Petals ^ in. long, white, obovate. Carpels 

 and stigmas 3 ; (Drude says 4 but they are nearly invariably 3 in the Ke\v plentiful 

 examples). Seeds obovoid-ellipsoid, smooth ; testa reticulate, not lax. 



6. P. ovata, Ledeb. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. v. 528 ; margins of petals not 

 (or slightly) fimbriate, staminodes broadly dilated upwards 3-lobed, capsule 

 -f in. long qbconic below subhemispheric above, style manifest ^ in. long. 

 DC. Prodr. i. 320 ; Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Ross, t. 242 ; Fl. Ross. i. 263 ; H. f. $ T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 82 ; Drude in Linncea, xxxix. 320. P. Turczaninovii, 

 Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 263; Drude, I. c. 321. P. affinis, H. f. $ T. I. c. ii. 81 ; 

 Drude, 1. c. 317. P. Laxmanni, Pall, in Roem. $ Sch. Syst. vi. 696; Ledeb. Fl 

 Ross. i. 264. P. trinervis, Prude, I. c. 322. 



Temperate and Alpine Himalaya from SIKKIM to KASHMIR, alt. 8000-15,000 ft,, 

 frequent. DISTRIB. Altai Mts. 



Stem 3-8 in. high. Leaves -f in., ovate or ovate-oblong, often cordate ; cauliue 

 usually solitary in the lower half of the stem. Petals - in. long, spathulate-ob- 

 ovate. Carpels 3, rarely 4. Testa of the seed close (Drude). This differs from P 

 nubicola by the smaller size of all its parts and the manifest style. P. cabulica, 

 Planch in Herb. Griffith, differs by the stems being usually leafless. P. subacaidis, 

 Kar. & Kir. differs by the leaves being oblong narrowed at their base ; it was col- 

 lected by Dr. Henderson near Yarkand, and appears in his list No. 136 under the 

 name P. maisorcnsis. 



7. P. pusilla, Wall, ex H.f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 81 ; margins 

 of petals slightly fimbriate or quite entire, staminodes with a very short claw 

 hardly longer than broad dilated upwards 3-lobed, capsule \ in. long obovoid- 

 ellipsoid adiiate about ^ its length, style manifest -j^ in, long. Wall. Cat. 1245 ; 

 Arn. in Wight. HI. p. 45 and in Comp. Hook. Sot. Mag. ii. 315 ; Drude in 

 Linn&a, ix. 318. 



ALPINE HIMALAYA from SIKKIM to KUNAWUR, alt. 12-15,000 ft., Wallich, J. D. H., 

 Munro, &c. 



Stem l-2 in. long. Leaves - f in., reniform or ovate-cordate ; cauline leaf usually 

 one, often in the upper half of the stem. Petals ^-f in. long, obovate. Carpels 3. 

 Seeds ellipsoid, smooth ; testa reticulate not lax. This species should probably be 

 estimated- an alpine var. of P. ovata, from which it differs in its stunted size and 

 shorter staminodes. 



SECT. IV. Saxifr aghast rum. Staminodes cylindric, undivided at the 

 vertex. 



8. P. tenella, H. f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 80 ; petals in. long 

 green-white reflexed obovate, capsule in. long obcordate triquetrous. Drude 

 in Linntea, xxxix. 323. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA ; alt. 10,000-12,000 ft. ; Lachen and Lachoong, J. D. H. 



Stem 2-5 in. long, weak. Radical leaves fin. broad, reniform, margin minutely erose; 

 petiole with adnate fimbriate stipules at the base ; cauline usually 1, cordate-ovate. 

 Staminodes thick, cylindric, glandulose, clavate at its summit. Styles 3, short, but 

 manifest. Seeds (immature) of the genus. 



7. HYDRANGEA, Linn. 



Large shrubs or trees, in their young state often subscandent with smaller 

 leaves. Corymbs terminal, with deciduous bracts. Flowers all fertile and small, 

 or the exterior flowers of the corymb sterile apetalous with the calyx-lobes peta- 



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