394 LIT. saxipeagacej:. (C. B. Clarke.J [^Scwtifragd. 



1-2 in., seesilej oblong-laneeolate, with one or two acute teeth. Petals small, exceed- 

 ing the sepals. Styles short. Capsvle less than \ in. long. Seeds minute, smooth, 

 elliptic, angular. 



16. S. pallida, Wall, in Sternb. Saxifrag. Sv^l. t. 23 ; scape 3-6 in. 

 leafless with narrow bracts at the divisions of the corymb or simple, calyx in 

 fruit adnate to base of ovary for one-third its length, lobes flnaUy recurved, 

 petals twice sepals, capsule ^-| in. long. Wall. Cat. 450 ; DC.Prodr. iv,, 38 ; 

 JS". /. ^ T. in Journ. lann. Soc. ii. 65 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 140. 



Alpine Himalaya; SiKEnf, alt. 13,000-17,000 ft. ; Lachen, Kaniala, &c., J.S.R 

 NiPAL ; Gossain Than, Wallich. KtTMAoir, alt. 14,500 ft. ; Barji Xang Pass, Stracha/ 

 ^ Winterbottom. 



Slightly pubescent, sometimes glabrous. ^Radical leaves long-petioled, ovate, den- 

 tate-erenate. Flowers and fruit very variable in size, sometimes not larger than in 

 the next species. Style hardly any. Seeds ellipsoid, longitudinally striated by 10-12 

 rows of tubercles. 



17. S> micrantba, Edgw. in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xx. 50; scape 4r-8 in. 

 Mgh leafless (rarely 1-leaved) with leaflike bracts at the lower divisions of 

 the corymb, calyx in fruit shortly adnate to base of ovary, lobes finally recurved, 

 petals hardly exceeding sepals, capsule seldom more than ^ in. long. ff.f. 8^ T. 

 in Journ. lAnn. Soc. ii. 64 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 141. 



Alpine Eastern and Western HrivfAT.AYA, alt. 9000-11,000 ft. ; Edgeviorih; Dhurm- 

 §ala, C. £. Clarke; Gurwhal, Falconer. Sikxim:, alt. 10,000-14,000 ft.; Lachen, 

 TvLBga.,J.D.H. 



Pubescent. Kadical leaves long-petioled, ovate, dentate-erenate. Siyfe exceedingly 

 short. Seeds ellipsoid, longitudinally striated by 10-12 rows of tubercles. — ^This spe- 

 cies will perhaps be merged in the preceding when more material accumulates. 



Sect. IV. TCicropIiylla. Flowers solitary, yellow or white, on leafless 

 peduncles, ^2 in. high.- — Tit/ifa dense formed by the stems 1-3 in. long, branch- 

 ing and crowded, covered upwards with densely whorled undivided small obtuse 

 leaves about \ in. long. 



18. S. imbrlcata, Boyle lU. 226, t. 49; uppermost leaves with a per- 

 forated whitened pit at their apex, flowers sessile, sepals ovate obtuse glabrous or 

 slightly ciliate pubescent. S. f. 8^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 62 ; Engler 

 Monogr. Saxifrag. 264. 



AtpiNE HiMAiAYA, from SiKXiM to Kashmir, alt 12,000-17,000 ft., Eoyle, Jacjtie- 

 mont, J. D. H., &c. 



Leaves ^— j in., obovate-elliptic, glabrous or a little ciliate, hardly glandular. Pe- 

 iaZs narrow, twice the sepals, deciduous; white (C. B. Clarke noted in the field, also 

 Jacquemont and Jaeschke) ; yellow in the figure of Eoyle. Fruit less than \ in. long. 

 — All the examples now referred surely to jS. mWcatoat Kew exhibit some perforated 

 leaves ; var. y. and 5. of H. f. & T. {in Journ. Linn. Soe. ii. 62) must be referred 

 elsewhere. 



19. S. hemlspliserica, JS.f. 8f T. in Jmim. LAnn. Soc. ii. 62 ; upper- 

 most leaves with a broad scariose laciniated margin, flowers subsessUe, sepals 

 ovate obtuse erect in fruit slightly pubescent. Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 212. 



SiKxiM, alt. 17,000-18,000 ft., Mt, Donkiah, J.B.H. 



Lower leaves A in., oblong, entire, glabrescent, upper shorter, ciliate. Petals in 

 the fruiting specimens alone collected by Sir J. D. Hooker, probably deciduous as in 

 S: imbricaia. Fruit less than ^ in; long. 



