Ill/ll III llljl 



X I .All. SAXIFKAGA< 'E.E 



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8 or 10. Two T shaped parietal placentas, "vary incompletely 4-eelled. Sterile 

 fl. with large petaloid calyx-lobes. Capsule crowned by calyx-limb and the 

 persistent styles, seeds -x. testa membranous or hyaline, projecting beyond the 

 ends of the seed. Species 30-40. Himalaya, mountains of Burma and Java. 

 China. Japan, America. 



A. Capsule truncate, base of styles not thickened. 



1. H. altissima, Wn 1 1 . : Logora, Jauns. ; Kathmora, Garhwal. Himalaya from the Ravi 

 eastward I-s,onii feet. ( > ft ■ -i i climbing or epiphytic, outer bark brown, shining, peeling 

 off in thin papery rolls whieb are used as paper. Leaves ovate, acuminate, dentate, 

 blade 3—7, petiole 1-3 in. long. Fl. cream-coloured, petals falling off in a cap. The 

 four calyx-segments of sterile fl. entire, $-f in. long. 2. H. robusta, Hunk. f. Sikkim. 

 Bhutan, 5 8,000 ft., common as undergrowth in forests. Hills east nf Bhaiun. o.'ion ft. 

 (Montague Hill. Feb. 1902). A middle-sized or large tree, braneblets quadrangular. 

 hairy. L. ovate or elliptic, sometimes with a cordate base, sen-ate, serratures long 

 cuspidate, fine appressed hairs scattered on both sides, blade 8-11, petiole(often winged 

 2-5 in. Bracts enclosing the buds, large, tomentose, caducous. Fertile fl. bright blue, 

 calyx-segments of sterile tl. in fruit 1-1 A in. long, on slender pedicels 1-2 in. long, ■ream- 

 coloured, cnii~pi.-ii.ni,ly veined, sharply serrate. 3. H. aspera, Don. Kumaon to Sikkim 

 l-7,ooi.i ft. L. lanceolate, softly tomentose beneath, blade 6-10, petiole '.-'2 in. Calyx- 



jji Ht- of sterile fl. entire or serrulate. 



B. Capsule crowned by the thickened base of styles. 



■I. H. vestita. Wall. Kumaon to Bhutan. 8-ll,000ft. Khasi hills. Tibet. A small 

 i ree, I. ellipl ic-lanceo- 

 uspidate-serrate, 

 densely and softly 

 tomentose beneath. 

 blade 6 10, petiole 2 I 

 in. Sepals of sterile 

 11. entire. I in. long. 

 5. H. stylosa, Hook. f. 

 \ Thorns. sikkim. 

 8,000 ft. Stj lea subu- 

 late, as long as cap 

 sule, sepals of sterile 

 II. coarsely crenate- 

 dentate. 6. H. Pottin- 

 geri, I'rain in Journi 

 Aa. Soc. Beng. vol. 67. 

 290. Ka.hin hills. 

 ( lapsule wit h enls i ge I 

 base of Btyles globose, 

 only half enclosed by 



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3. DICHROA, 

 Lour. : PI. Brit. 



[nd. ii. Mm;. 



D. febrifuga. 

 Lour, the onlj spe- 

 cies , Sj n. [damia 



i-i/innii. Wall. PI. 

 A- 1,'ar. I. 213. 



A shrub, often 

 Eoi in i n p mi. I e r 

 growth in forests, 



young si t - a nd in- 



Borescence pubescent 



with short hairs. 



L. opp site, lanceo 



late, blade 4 8, taper Fnt. 126.- Dichroa femifuga, Loui 



