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134 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM 
Saxifraga flexilis, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate Saxifragae drabaeformts, Franch. ; caulibus 
flexuosis, foliis pedunculisque eglandulosis, inter alia signa 
conspicua. 
Radix ad 10 cm. longa, fibrosa, cujus e collo halts numerosi 
oriuntur. Caules alii longiories suberecti vel procumbentes, 
6-7 cm. longi, flexuosi, sparsius foliis eciliatis praediti; alli 
brevissimi (juniores) I-1.5 cm. longi, dense foliis ciliatis rosulatim 
obsiti; hi steriles, illi divaricato-ramosi, 2—3-floriferi, glabri, 
eglandulosi rubescentes. Folia caulium breviorum 3-4 mm. 
longa, dense conferta, lanceolata vel oblanceolata, mucronata, 
sparse albo-setoso-ciliat ; folia caulium longiorum 6-8 mm. 
longa, vix. 2 mm. lata, laxa, lineari-lanceolata, subacuta, glabra, 
nervis obscuris. Pedicelli 2-3 ad 4 cm. longi, late divaricati, 
. flexuosi, glabri. Sepala sub anthesin reflexa, oblonga, obtusa, 
hy . 
2-5 mm. longa, glabra, nervis obscuris, Petala oblonga vel 
oblongo-ovata, circ. 6 mm. longa, circ. 2-5 mm. lata, trinervia, 
flava. Stamina ovarium primo superantia filamentis circ. 
2-5 mm. longis. Ovarium ovoideum in stylos breves paulo 
divaricatos exiens. Capsula matura.. . 
‘* China :—N.W. Yunnan, near Atuntsi, at an elevation of 
15,000 ft. September rg1r.”’ F. Kingdon Ward. No. 45. 
Saxifraga Wardii, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis Saxifragae brachypodae, Don, sed foliis 
lanceolatis, floribus fere duplo majoribus, calyce densius 
glanduloso-ciliato, petalis glandulo-marginatis recedit. 
Planta laxe caespitosa; caules suberecti vel adscendentes, 
5-7 cm. longi, simplices, dense foliosi, infra glabri, supra dense 
glandulosi, apice uniflori. Folia lanceolata, g-11 mm. longa, 3—5 
mm. lata, apice acuta mucronata, basi subrotundata, vix cordatula, 
semi-amplexicaulia, suberecta nec patentia, rigidula, spinulosa, 
albo-marginata, nitida, subtus pallidiora; gemmae desunt 
Pedunculus 2-10 mm. longus, saepe foliis tectus, glandulosus. 
Calycis laciniae 5—6 mm. longae, 2-3 mm. latae, subacutae nec 
mucronatae, dense glanduloso-ciliatae, in sicco atro-purpureae. 
Petala obovata 9-10 mm. longa, ad 7 mm. lata, 5~7—nervia, flava. 
Stamina pistillum paullum superantia filamentis circ. 3 mm. 
longis. Ovarium (immaturum) circ. 2-5 mm. longum, oblongo- 
ovoideum, in stylos 1 mm. longos, vix divaricatos exiens. 
Raped .<. 
“China :—N.W. Yunnan, near Atuntsi, at an altitude of 
14,000 ft. September rgir.” Coll. F. Kingdon Ward. No. 46. 
A near ally of Saxifraga brachypoda, Don, but at once dis- 
tinguished by the very large flower. | 
