Scmfraga.] iii. saxifeagace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 393 



of the flowers eeem functionally male, though in others -with no visible stigmas there 

 are perfected seeds. S. Hirculus, var. y. H.f. ^ T. in. Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 69. 

 Western Tibet; Falconer; Lanak Pass, alt. 16-17,000 ft., T. Thomson. 



12. S. nutans, S.f. Sr T. in Joum. Linn. Snc. ii. 69; pedicels short, 

 flowers 6-13 subracemose nodding, sepals with black glands and densely pubes- 

 cent. Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 124. 



SiKKiM, alt. 10,000-12,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stem 6-10 in. high, densely glandular-pubescent upwards- Radical leaves petioled, 

 oblong, obtuse ; cauline about 1 in., sessile, broadly oblong. Petals pale yellow, spa- 

 thulate, 1 J times the calyx. Styles short. 



13. S. diversifolla, Wall, in Stm-nh. Saxifrag. Suppl. t. 22 ; flowers 

 corymbose rarely 3-2, sepals ovate-oblong small, cauline leaves sessile often cor- 

 date and amplexicaul, radical leaves long-petioled often large. Wall. Cat. 462 ; 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 44 ; Hook. Land. Jcmm. Bot. iv. t. 21 ; H.f. <§■ T. in Joum. Linn. 

 Soc. ii. 70; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 125. S. pamassifolia, Wall. Cat. 451, 

 partly ; Bon in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xiii. 405 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 25 ; Stemh. Saxifrag. 

 Su^l. t. 25. S. Moorcroftiana, Wall. Cat. 453 ; Sternb. Saxifrag. Svppl. t. 24. 

 S. lysimachoides, Klotzsch in. Reis. Fr. Waldem. Bot. t. 42. 



Alpine Himalaya ; from Kashsqe to Bhotan, alt. 9000-17,000 ft., abundant. 



Stems 8-18 in. high, leafy, glandular, often finally glabrous. Eadical leaves long- 

 petioled, narrowed into the petiole or (var. parnass^olia) ovate, subcordate ; cauline 

 \-:i in., ovate or broad oblong. Sepals at length reflexed. Petals with i stalked 

 glands at their base, 1^2 times the sepals. Styles very short. Capsule ovate-oblong. 

 Seeds angular, testa smooth somewhat plaited. 



14. S. corymbosa, H.f.8[. T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 70 ; flowers corym- 

 bose rarely 3-1, leaves shining generally glabrous, radical leaves long-petioled 

 lanceolate not large, peduncles glandular upwards not villous. Engler Monog. 

 Saxifrag. 126. S. pamassifolia. Wall. Cat. 451, partly. 



SiKKiM and Eastern Nipai, alt. 11,000-14,000 ft.; Lachoong, &c., WaUanchoon, 

 J. D. H., C. B. Clarke. 



Stems 3-8 in. high, much less stout than those of S. diversifulia. &tera-leaves 

 ^-1 in., oblong or ovate, sometimes sessile and stem-clasping, sometimes narrowed 

 suddenly just above the base. Petals obovate, twice the sepals. Styles short. Capsule 

 ovate ; sepals at length deflexed. Seeds ellipsoid, snbtrigonous, smooth. 



This differs from 8. diversifoUa in being much smaller with smaller leaves and 

 flowers. The starved 1-3-flowered examples of S. corymlosa may be distinguished 

 from the Indian S. Hirculus by the peduncles being glandular but scarcely brown- 

 villose. 



Sect. HI. Borapbila (as to the Indian species). Sepals more or less 

 united, patent or reflexed in fruit. Petals white. Leaves undivided, dentate or 

 crenate. 



15. S. Strig'osa, Wall, in Sternb. Saxifrag. Svppl. t. 22 ; whole plant 

 strigose, leaves near the base of the stem falsely rosulate, upper leaves small al- 

 ternate sessile deflexed, calyx in fruit patent nearly free. Wall. Cat. 448 ; H.f. 

 Sr T, in. Joum. lAnn. Soc. ii. 64 ; Engter Monog. Saxifrag. 136. 



Central and Western Himalaya ; Nipal ; Gossain Than, Wallich ; Sikkim, alt. 

 9000-14,000 ft. ; Lachen, Lachoong, J.S.H.; Singalelah, C. B. Clarice. Bhotak, 

 Griffith. 



Stemi-Sm. high, somewhat rigid, paniculate upwards; upper axils generally 

 producing hispid bulbils, so that the flowers are only 1-3. Lower subrosulate kavei 



