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(Plant of 6-9 inches. Flowers yellow, anthers same colour.) ”’ 
G. Forrest. No. 2867. September 1906. 
“Lat. 27° 25’ N. Alt. 10-11,000 ft. Stony grassland on the 
margins of mixed forests. (Plant of 4-9 inches. Flowers golden- 
yellow.)’’ G. Forrest. No. 6627. August rgro. 
Saxifraga gemmipara, Franch. Journ. de Bot. (1896), p. 262. 
“Yunnan, mountains of the Mekong and Yangtse basins. 
Alt. ro-14,000 ft. Common on rocky situations.’ G. Forrest. 
Nos. 104, 113. September 1904. 
“N.W. Yunnan, eastern flank of the Lichiang Range. Lat. 
27° 10’-27° 25’N. Alt.g-10,000ft. Dry, open, rocky situations. 
(Procumbent plant of 4-8 inches. Flowers white,anthers orange.)”’ 
G. Forrest. No. 2926. September 1906. 
“* W. Yunnan, eastern flank of the Tali Range. Lat. 25° 40’N. 
Alt. g-10,o00 ft. Open, dry, rocky pastureland. (Plant of 
6-12 inches. Flowers white, base of petals yellowish.)”’ G. 
Forrest. Nos. 4210, 5060. July-August, 1906. 
“‘ Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 8000 ft. Dry, stony pasture and on 
ledges of cliffs. (Plant of 4-6inches. Flowers creamy-white.)”’ 
G. Forrest. No. 6995. Igto. 
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Saxifraga Balfourii, Engl. et-+rmscher. Sp.nov. Plate xcvii. 
Caudiculi hypogaei gemmiferi, caespitem densum formantes. 
Caules erecti saepe ramosi 1°0-1°6 dm. longi, ramis plerumque 
pluri-(2—4)-floris, densiuscule foliati, inferne fusco-pubescentes 
et gemmiferi, superne dense glanduloso-pilosi. Gemmarum 
cataphylla linearia, albomarginata, ciliata. Folia caulina sessilia, 
pilis glanduligeris brevibus haud coloratis utrinque densiuscule 
obsita, subtus albescentia, inferiora quam media minora, sub- 
orbicularia vel late elliptica, media elongato-elliptica, utrinque 
acuta, 14-16 mm. longa, 5-9 mm. lata, multinervia, nervis supra 
prominulis, apice in aristam persistentem primum glandula 
coronatam desinentia. Pedicelli supra basin bracteolati, quam 
flores duplo longiores, dense breviterque nigro-glandulosi ; 
sepala oblongo-ovata, acuta, circ. 3-3'5 mm. longa, 15 mm. ftui: 
subtus et margine dense nigro-glandulosa, trinervia, nervis sub 
apice confluentibus, in anthesi horizontaliter patentia ; petala 
obovata vel obovato-oblonga breviter unguiculata, 5-7 mm. 
longa, 3-3°5 mm. lata, trinervia, ecallosa lutea ; stamina pistillum 
paullum superantia ; ovarium oblongum stilis gracilibus ovario 
aequilongis primum erectis, demum saepe divaricatis instructum, 
loculis fere usque ad basim disjunctis. Capsula oblonga, stilis 
divaricatis. 
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