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132 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM 
5 mm. longis et basi foliis 3-5 minutis praediti. Calyx circ. 
3 mm, longus, .extus glaber, intus glaber vel sparse pilosulus, 
fere ad mediam partem in lobos triangulares obtusos partitus. 
Petala calycem superantia obovata, alba, extus saturate roseo- 
tincta. Stamina circ. 20. Carpella 5 glabra; discus albo- 
pilosulus. .Fructus deest. 
“Shrub of 2-5 ft. Flowers white, exterior deep rose. 
Crevices of dry limestone cliffs on the eastern flank of the 
Lichiang Range. Lat. .27° 20’ N. Alt. 11,000-12,000 ft. 
June 1910.” G. Forrest. No. 5730. 
A species remarkable for its long, slender, curved branches, 
with small leaves. With the exception of the bud-scales and 
the disc, the plant is quite glabrous. 
. SAXIFRAGEAE. 
Saxifraga atuntsiensis, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species minima, affinis S. microphyliae, Royle; petalis 
2~-3-plo sepalis longioribus inter alia distincta. 
Planta perpusilla, glaberrima, dense caespitosa. Folia omnia 
basalia dense rosulatim conferta, vix 1 mm. longa, obovata, 
integerrima, glaberrima, nitentia, carnosula. Pedicelli circ. 
I cm. longi, gracillimi, uniflori, sparse glanduloso-puberuli, 
' aphylli. Sepala 1-1.5 mm. longa, oblonga, glabra, obtusa, 
primo erecta, deinde patentia. Petala 3-4 mm. longa, vix 
1 mm. lata, lineari-oblonga, subobtusa, trinervia, flava. Stamina 
pistillum primo superantia. Ovarium immaturum ovoideum. 
“ China :—N.W. Yunnan, at Atuntsi, an alpine grassland 
plant growing along the headwaters of the streams at an 
elevation of 15,000 ft. July torr.’ F. Kingdon Ward. No 43. 
Closely allied to the dwarf Himalayan Saxifrages, nearest 
to S. microphylla, but with very different flowers. 
Saxifraga consanguinea, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis Saxifragae piliferae, Hook. f. et Thoms. 
ex Himalaya orientali; habitu compactiore, foliis magis 
imbricatis et margine minute ciliatis, inflorescentiis plurifloris, 
inter alta signa recedit. 
Planta caespitosa, erecta, 3-4.5 cm. alta, radicibus fibrosis, 
turionibus sarmentosis filiformibus ad 1 5 cm. longis vel ultra, 
apice gemmiferis praedita; habitus ei S. piliferae similis. 
Caulis simplex puberulus, inflorescenti4 corymbosa densA 5-8 
flora terminatus. Folia infima dense rosulatim conferta, 6-9 mm. 
longa, 2 mm. lata, lineari-oblonga, basi subamplexicaulia, apice 
