DeutziaJ] LII. SAXIFRAGACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 407 



2. 3D. staminea, Br. in Wall PL As. Ear. 82, t. 191 ; petals oblong 

 induplicate-valvate. corymbs inany-flowered, calyx-tube hoary tomentose with 

 stellate hairs, teeth short triangular. Wall. Cat. 3651 ; Bot. Reg. xxxiii. t. 

 13 ; H. f. $ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 83 ; Brandis Forest Fl. 212 ; Maxim, 

 in Mem. Acad. Petersb. x. No. 16, p. 29. D. Brunoniana, Wall. Cat. 3650. D. 

 corymbosa, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxvi. t. 5. Leptospermum stamineum and L. 

 scabrum, Wall, in Herb. 



TEMPERATE WESTERN HIMALAYA to KASHMIR, alt. 5000-9000 ft., common. The 

 specimens collected by Sir J. D. Hooker in Sikkim and East Nipal and named D. 

 staminea should be referred to D. corymbosa. 



Leaves 1-2 in., oblong- or elliptic-lanceolate, grey tomentose beneath with stellate 

 hairs. 



3. Z>. macrantha, H.f. fy T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 84; petals f in. 

 long oblong induplicate-valvate, corymb large 8-flowered, calyx-tube with stel- 

 late tomentum, teeth linear. 



Western Himalaya ; KTTMAON, alt. 5500 ft. ; below Binsur, Strachey $ Winter- 

 bottom. 



Leaves 4 in., elliptic-lanceolate from a rounded base, acuminate, with close scat- 

 tered stellate hairs on both surfaces. 



11. FHIIiADELFHUS, Linn. 



Shrubs with opposite branches. Leaves opposite, deciduous. Calyx-tube 

 adnate to the ovary ; lobes 4 (rarely 5), yalvate. Petals 4 (rare 5) roundish, 

 convolute in bud. Stamens 20-40, subepigynous, filaments subulate. Ovary 

 inferior, 3-5-celled ; styles 3- 5, filiform, free or combined at the base ; ovules 

 numerous, axile, pendulous. Capsule inferior, corky, 3-5-celled, turbinate from 

 a naiTOw funnel-shaped base, the summit shortly conical, at length loculicidal. 

 Seeds numerous, oblong, testa loosely reticulated. DISTRIB. Species 8 ; central 

 Europe, the Himalaya, Japan and N. America. 



1. P. coronarius, Linn ; var. TOKENTOSUS ; leaves hairy beneath, 

 margins densely hairy or glabrous except a few marginal hairs. P. tomentosus, 

 Wall. Cat. 3563 ; Royle III. t. 4 ; H.f. 8f T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 83. P. 

 triflorus, Wall, and P. nepalensis, Loud, ex Maximov. in Mem. Acad. St. Petersb. 

 No. 16, 36. P. coronarius, Brand. For. Fl. 212. 



Temperate Himalaya ; from KASHMIR to BHOTAN, alt. 5000-9000 ft. ; frequent in 

 GrURWHAL and KTJMAON. 



Leaves 1| 3^ in., ovate-lanceolate, serrate ; petiole \ in. Cymes few-flowered, 

 often with linear bracts % in. long; pedicels -\- in. Calyx-teQih elongate-triangular, 

 acute. Petals \-% in. lo~ng, white. Capsule | in. long. The typical P. coronarius 

 (of which Zeyheri, Jloribundtts, verriccosus, latifolius, and many others are varieties) 

 is a native of Europe and the East, extending to North China and Japan. 



12. ITEA, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate, petioled, glabrous, glandular-dentate or 

 crenate. Racemes axillary and terminal, long, many-flowered. Calyx-tube adnate to 

 base of the ovary, lobes 5. Petals o, oblong, perigyuous, white, valvate. Sta- 

 mem 5, perigynous. Own/ f -superior. 2-rollod : stylf slurt, simple: ovules 



