8amjraga.'\ mi. SAXiFRAGACEiE. (0. B. Olarke.) 391 



Stem 4-6 in. high. Eadiqal Uaves renifonn, pjilmately 4-6-lobed ; upper leaves 

 3-1 -fid passing into bracts. Calyw-tvhe in the ripe ifruit short, campanulate or fun^, 

 nel-shaped; Hgihes ovate-linear, approximate, -with acute sinuses. — Turczanimow judi- 

 ciously remarts {Fl. BaikaUDakur. i. 454) that the only reason for not treating 8. 

 cerrma as a var. of 8. sibirica is its much wider geographical range. The very im- 

 perfect specimens collected by Strachey and AVinterbottom in Kumaon and referred 

 to 8. orienialis, Jacquem., by H. f. & T. doubtfully in JTovmi. Lirm. Sac. ii. 63 are cer- 

 tainly not 8. orientaUs nor any species of the section Cywhalaria; they haive bulbils 

 in the upper axils and belong perhaps to 8. cermta, P. ptmcijhra, Sternb.- 



Sect. II. Birculus. Segals nearly free, in fruit patent or reflexed. Pe- 

 tals yellow, often with 2-4 spots near their base. Stems erect leafy. Leaves 

 entire withering not deciduous, lower petioled, upper sessile more or less stem- 

 clasping. — DisTBiB. All Himalayan ; S. Hirculvs extending thence to Europe 

 and North America. 



* Stem leaves loosely liverlapping each other. 



4. S. palpebrata, S.f. ^ T. in Jowm. lAnn. Soc. ii. 67 ; densely tufted, 

 stems 1-flowered, stem-leaves oblong narrower at the base, calyx half adnate to 

 the ripe fruit, petals qbovate. Mn^ler Monog. Saxifrag. 119. 



SiKKiM, alt. 13,000-15,000 ft. ; Tunkra Pass, J. D. H. Ktjmaon, alt. 13,000 ft, 

 Ealum, Siraohey ^ Wmterbottom. 



Sie»J« 2-5 in. high. Leaves eSiate ; the lowest radical leaves spathulate, obtuse 

 or orbicular; cauline ^ in. Styles exceedingly short. • Eipe carpels hardly' ec[ilalling 

 the sepals. Seeds trigonous, ellipsoid, smooth, 



5. S. cordlgera, S.f. Sr T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 68; tufted, stems 

 1-flowered, cauline leaves cordate-ovate, calyx slightly adnate to the ripe fruit, 

 the lobes patent, petals obovate. Engler Monog. SaxifragiWS. 



SiKKiM and East Nipai, alt. 12,000-16,000 ft.; Yeutatong and Kambachen, 

 /. D. H. ; Yakla Pass, C. S. Clarke. 



Stems 2-4 in. high. Leaves ciliate ; lowest radical spathulate, obtuse or orbicular; 

 cauline | in. Styles exceedingly short. Mvpe carpels hardly equalling the sepals. 

 Seeds ellipsoid, angular, smooth, testa la,x somewhat plaited. 



6. S. Xiyclmitis, S.f. ^ T. in Joum, Linn. Soc. ii. 68 ; tufted, stems 1- 

 flOwered, calyx little adnate to the ripe fruit; sepals densely brown-pubescent, 

 petals elongate-spathulate 3-nerved. -E'Mg'ie?' Momoy. jSra^riigf.' 120. 



SiKKiM, alt. 14,000-16,000 ft., Lama Kongra^ J. D. H. Kumaon, alt. 14,700 ft. ; 

 Barji Kang Pass, Strachey ^ Winterbottom. 



Glandular-pubescent. , Stems 1-5 in. high. Eadical leaves ■s{)athula,te-ovate ; can- 

 line i-| in., linear-oblong or elliptic. Pcin/s ^-1 in. long. Styles yeij short. Car- 

 pels hardly equalling the sepals. te(? trigonous, ellipsoid, smooth. 



7. S. viscidula, S. f.^T.vn, Jmrni. Linn. Soc. ii. 69,;- stems 3-1- 

 flowered, calyx slightly adnate to the ripe fruit, sepals glandular little pubescent, 

 petals spatbulate-oblong 7-5-nerved. Engler Monog. Saodfrag. 120. ' 



SiKxiM, alt. 13,000-15,000 ft., J. D. H. 



. Glandular-pubescent. . Stems 3-4 in. high. Kadical Uanes spathulate-laneeolate ; 

 cauline J in., oblong, subacute. Pedicels i in. long. Petals ^ in. long. Styles not 

 very short. w ' • 



Upper stetn leaves nairow linear, little overlapping ^ach other; stems 1- 



