Sapifraga.} ui. saxifeagace^. (C. B. Clarke.) . 395 



20. S. perpusUla, H.f. Sp T. in Jowrn. lAnn. Soo. ii. 72 ; flowers yellow 

 on glandular peduncles :|-| in. high, uppermost leaves about ^,in. ohovate-oblong 

 concave white ciliate on edges otherwise glabrous, sepals' oiliolate erect in fruit. 

 Engler Monog. Sapcifrag. 210. 



SiKKiM, alt. 16,000-17/000 ft. ; Mt. Donkiah, J. D. if. 



Stems scarcely an inch long. Petals golden, twice the sepals, oblong, persistent. 

 Styles very short. Fruit ovate, suhquadrate, shorter than the petals.— The tufts are 

 small, the leaves and sepals very small. 



21. S. mlcroplijrlla, Bwjle in Serb. Bth. ex S.f. ^ T. inJmrn.Lim. 

 Soo, a. 72; peduncles puberulous about i in., leaves oblong glabrous, sepals 

 much adnate below erect in fruit, petals or oblong coriaceous equal tp the 

 sepals (green-white i). Enpler Monog, Saxifrag. 210, 



Western Himai,ata, Boyle. Ktjmaon, alt. 14,700 ft. ; Barji Kang Pass, Straohey 

 mid Winterbottom. 



StUl smaller than S. perpnsitla, with inconspicuous flowers. Bipe carpels acumi- 

 nated upwards, sometimes united conically to the top. 



22. S. Jacquexnontiana, Dene, in Jacq. Voy. Sot. t. 78 ; flowers 

 golden subsessile or on a glandular peduncle J in. long, uppermost leaves ob- 

 ovate-oblong, sepals broad-elliptic glandular-pubescent patent or flaally deflexed. 

 H.f. Sf T. in Jown. lAnn. Soc. ii. 71 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 'iW. 



Alpine Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmib, alt. 13,000-18,000 ft. ; Jacque- 

 mmt, Edgeworth, J. I). JS., &c. 



Lower leaves ^-^ in., orbicular or elliptic, glabrescent ; upper glandular-pubescent 

 or nearly glabrous. Petals \ in. long, nearly twice, the sepals, elliptic, persistent. 

 i'Vuii ovate, shorter than the petals. &e&" minute, ellipsoidal, smooth, testa reticu- 

 lated not tuberculate. 



Vae. 2. j3. Stella-aurea; {sp.) H. f. ^. T, in Journ. Limn. Soc. ii. 72; peduncles 

 J-2 in.— from Sikkim to Kashmir, alt. 13,300-17,000 ft. ; J. D. H. 



Sect. V. J'^ozper* yellow, on sparsely leafy peduncles 1-3 in. from tufts formed 

 by weak stems clothed upwards with subrosulate undivided spathulate-oblong 

 small leaves ^-J in. long. 



23. S. ramulosa, Wall, in Stei-nb. Saxifrag. Suppl. t. 26; peduncles 

 glandular-pubescent 1-2-flowered, upper rosulate leaves glabrous rigid oblong 

 often with 1-5 pits on their front ■ margin, sepals glandular-pubescent in fruit 

 much adnate, lobes triangular suberect. Wtdl. Cat. 446; DC. jtVodr. iv. 

 21 ; Soyle III. t. 49 (bacl) ; H.f.^ T. in Jmum. Linn. Soc. ii. 62 ; Engler Mo- 

 nog. Saxifrag. 268. S. glandulifera, Jacquem. Journ. 



Central and Western Himalata, from Nipai, to Kashmir, alt. 8500-12,000 ft. ; 

 Wallich, Jacqieemont, Sirachey ^ Winterbottom, &c. 



■Stems 2-6 in. long, branches crowded into tufts ; branches barren or producing a 

 flower-stem, terminated by rosulate crowded leaves. Eosulate leaves spathulate-ob- 

 long, sometimes very small, sometimes ^ in., margins cartilaginous ; leaves on the 

 peduncle linear-spathulate or narrow- oblong. Petals oborate, clawed, touch exceed- 

 ing the sepals. Carpels in fruit narrowed upwards. — A speeies by the texture and 

 perforations of its leaves allied to 8. imbricata ; which differs by its sessile flowers 

 and its less glandular-pubescent sepals. 



24. S. umbellulata, H.f. 8; T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 71 ; flower-stems 

 2-3 J in.j peduncles 1-5 umbeUed very glandular, rosulate leaves narrowly spa- 

 thukte glabrous or slightly ciliate-pubescent. Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 22?. 



