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Tlants of the Pimjah. 



Herbs, Unbkanched, with Opposite Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Petals ununited. 



Saxifraga imbricata, 



Saxifragaca.b. 

 p. B.I. ii. 394. 

 Himalaya, 

 12-17,000 ft. 



small, in tufts formed by stems, 1-3 in. long, branch- 

 ing, crowded, curved upwards, with densely crowded small 

 blunt leaves | in. long, leaves ^-l in. long, ovate with a 

 broad tip, upper leaves with a white perforated pit at 

 the apex, smooth or slightly bristly, flowers very small, 

 white, solitary, sessile, calyx lobes ovate, blunt, petals 

 narrow, twice as long as the calyx lobes, soon falhng off ; 

 for other characters see the last species. 



Saxifraga 

 Jacquemontiana, 



Saxifragace^. 

 F. B. I.ii. 395. 

 Himalaya, 

 13-18,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



like the last species, but flowers yellow, nearly sessile 

 or on a glandular stalk, | in. long, seeds smooth. 



Saxifraga ramulosa, 



Saxifragace^. 

 p. B. I. ii. 395. 

 Himalaya, 

 8-12,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Saxifraga filicaulis, 



like the last species, but the yellow flov/ers one to two 

 on glandular velvety stalks, margins of leaves cartilagin- 

 ous, with 1-5 pits at the apex, sepals glandular-velvety, 

 petals ovate with a broad tip, stalked, much longer than 

 the calyx lobes. 



see Prostrate Herbs, Opposite, Exstipulate, Simple. 



Saxifraga 

 Brunoniana, 



Saxifragace^. 

 F. B. I. ii. 397. 

 Himalaya, 

 10-16,000 ft. 

 Hattu, the Chor 

 (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



stems very slender, wiry, tufted, 3-8 in., runners leaf- 

 less, thread-like with terminal rooting buds, lower leaves 

 crov\^ded, |-| in., narrowly lanceolate, smooth, margins 

 bristly, upper leaves few, smaller, flowers | in. diam., 

 yellow, 2-4 on one stalk, calyx lobes smooth, erect in fruit, 

 petals 3 or 4 times the length of the calyx lobes ; 

 for other characters see the first of these species. 



Saxifraga flagellaris, like the last species, but flowers brighter yellow, 



Saxipragace^. larger, flower stalks very short, petals. often with red hues 



P. B. I. ii. 397. near the base. 



Himalaya, 



13-17,000 ft. 



Kashmir. 



