392 Lir. SAxlFEAGACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) X^'^^^f^Q"" 



8. S. arlstulata, -ff./. Sr T. inJaum. Zinn. Soc. ii. 68; tufts mosslike, 

 stems 1 J-3 in. glandular but not woolly-pubescent upwards, leaves with recurved 

 margins and terminated by a deciduous linear awn, petals broadly obovate. 

 Enyler Monog. Saxifrag. 121. 



SiKKiM, alt. 13,000-18,000 ft. ; Yeumtong and Lachen, J. D. H. 



Stem-leaves l in., shining, glabrous. SepaU glabrous, slightly adnate to the ripe 

 carpels. Petals \-^ in. long. 



Var. 2 ; stem-leaves much larger lanceolate-linear somewhat overlapping each 

 other. — Siliim, Samdong, J. D. H. This variety approaches 8. brachypoda, Don. 



9. S. sag'lnoides, S. f. ^ T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 68 ; tufts mosslike, 

 stems 1 in. woolly-pubescent upwards, leaves striate but hardly with recurved 

 margins rarely terminated by a deciduous awn, petals oblong. Ungler Monog. 

 Samfrag. 121. 



SiKKiM, alt. 10,000-18,000 ft.; Lachen, &c., ,;■. D. H. Kcmaon, alt. 13,000 ft. : 

 Ealum, Strachey ^ Winterbrittom. 



Stem-leaves hardly \ in. long, glabrous. /S«pafe glabrous, slightly adnate to &uit- 

 ing carpels. Petals scarcely \ in. long. Fruit small. Seed trigonous, subgloboso, 

 smooth. — Hardly to be distinguished from 8. aristulata. Moreover Sir J. I). Hooker 

 collected in Sikkim intermediate^ forms having the woolly pubescent peduncle of 8. 

 soginoides, with the leaves and stature of S. aristulata. 



*** Upper stem-leaves not overlapping each other ; Jlowers corymhose, rarely 

 reduced to one in starved examples. 



10. S. latlflora, H.f. ^ T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 71 ; flowers 3-1 

 large, sepals ovate herbaceous large, radical leaves smaller than the stem-leaves. ■ 

 Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 122. 



Sikkim, alt. 13,000 ft. ; Kankala, J. D. H. 



Stems 4-8 in. high, glabrous below, glandular-pubescent above. Leaves oblong- 

 elliptic ; radical petiolate, glandulose-eiliate ; cauline IJ by J-1 in. Petals ovate- 

 oblong, naked at the base, a little exceeding the sepals. /Siy/es very short. Capsule 

 ovate-oblong. — Resembles S. diversifolia but has finer flowers. 



11. S. Klrculus, Linn.; DC. Prodr. iv. 44; surculi decumbent, leaves sub- 

 glabrous radical petioled narrow-spathulate cauline oblong narrowed at both 

 ends, flowers 3-1, petals narrow obovate. Bng. Bot. t. 1009 ; Lmi in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. xiii. 372 ; S.f.Sr T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 69 ; Soiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 

 808 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 122. 



Vak. 1. tyfica ; stems 6-12 in. 1-3-flowered, cauline leaves ^1 in., sepals 

 strongly deflexed, base often brown-villous externally, petals 2-3 times the sepals 

 golden with red dots and 2 pits at the base, styles very short. Not yet collected in 

 India. — Disteib. Arctic regions ; Alps of Europe to the Caucasus. 



Vab. 2. indica ; peduncles very brown villous, capsule much shorter oval-oblong, 

 sepals hardly deflexed even on the ripe fruit, petals shorter 1-2 times the calyx, 



styles often wanting, with no obvious stigmas, but the capsules produce good seed. 



North Kashmir to Sikkim, alt. 11,000-17,000 ft.. Falconer, T. Thomson, J. S. H., 

 &c. 



Vae. 3. Mrculoides {sp.) Dene, in Jacg. Voy. Bot. t. 78 ; stems 2-3 in. often very 

 villous upwards ; like var. 2 but the petals have no pits or glands at the base and are 

 shorter. than sepals, or scarcely exceed them. 



Kashmir, Jacquemont. Western Tibet, alt. 17,000 ft. ; Balch Pass, Straeh. ^ 

 Winterb. 



Vak. 4. subdioica; like var. 3, but the stems are 3-6 in. high, and carry 4-10 

 shortly corymbose or altogether congested flowers; the stigmas are obscure and some 



