Saxifraga.} lii. saxifbagace^. (O.B.Clarke.) 397 



Sect. VII. Flag^ellares. Flowers yellow, on leafy stems 2-8 in high 

 rising from a basal tuft of rosulate leaves ; from this tuft spread horizontally 

 leafless thread-like surciili which terminate in rooting buds. Stem leaves entire, 

 narrow. 



29. S. Brunonlana, Wall, in Stemi. Saxifrag.. Svppl. t. 23; stems 

 corymbosely 1-10-flowered, pedicels long often 1-2 in., leaves linear acute shin- 

 ing, margins spinulose. Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 223. S. Brunonis, Wall. 

 Cat. 444 ; JDC. Prodi: iv. 45 ; S.f.i^ T. inJourn. Linn. Soc. ii. 66. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Sikkim to Kashmib, alt. 16,000 ft.; Wallick, Jacque- 

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



Glabrous; 2-8 in. high. Eosulate Zeat;«s i-| in. ; cauline usually small. Spals 

 elliptic-obloug, small, patent in fruit. Petals 3 or 4 times the length of the sep.ils, 

 oblong-elliptic. Styles short. Seed ellipsoid, smooth, most minutely papillose. 



30. S. pillfera, H.f. ^ T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 66 ; stems corymbosely 

 1-4-flowered, pedicels short about j in., leaves hardly ^ in. spathulate-linear or 

 oblong, margins not spinulose, petals equalling the sepals. Engler Monog. Saxi- 

 frag. 223. 



Sikkim, alt. 14-16,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stems 1-3 in. high, pubescent. Leaves J-J in., cauline pubescent, rosulate, nearly 

 glabrous. Sepals much adnate in fruit into a campanulate tube ; lobes obtuse, erect. 

 Styles short. Bipe carpels very small. 



31. S.fiagrellaris, Willd. in Steimh. Saxifrag. t. 6; stems 2-8 in 

 high corymbosely 1-10-flowered, pedicels 0-2 in., cauline leaves linear-lanceolate 

 pubescent ciliate or subspinulose, petals golden much exceeding the sepals 

 sometimes J in. long. Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 373 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 45 ; 

 Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 321 ; H.f. 8/- T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 65 ; Soiss. Fl. 

 Orient, ii. 809 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 223. S. myosotifolia. Pall, ex Don in 

 Trans. lAnn. Soc. xiii. 373 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 45. S. stenophyUa, Royle III. t. 50 ; 

 H. f. ^ T. in Jown. Linn. Soc. ii. 65. S. Hoffmeisteri, Klotzsch in Peis. Pr. 

 Waldem. Sot. t. 41. S. aurea and S. radicans, Jacq. Voy. Pot. ; with some 

 others ; but S. aspera, Willd., sometimes quoted here, does not belong. 



Alpine Himalaya, from Kashmir and Kumaok, alt. 13,500-17,000 ft., common, 

 to Sikkim, alt. 18,000 ft., Lama Kongra, J. D. H. — Distbib. North Asia, Arctic 

 regions and Eocty Mountains. 



Stems pubescent upwards. Sepals oblong, pubescent, slijjhtly adnate and erect 

 in fruit. Petals often with red lines (not dots) near the base. Styles short. Seeil^ 

 - ellipsoid, smooth, testa reticulate and microscopically punctulate. — This species is 

 called polymorphic, but without very good reason, the following three varieties being 

 distinguished by trivial characters only, and running into each other. The Kocky 

 Mountain var. setigera (sp. of Pursh) is more remote by the calyx much adnate to the 

 fruit. 



Vab. 1. typica; leaves pubescent, margins a little ciliate. 



Vak. 2. mueronulata (Royle sp.) ; leaf margins more ciliate or glistening and 

 subspinulose. 



VAB. 3. stenophyUa (Royle sp.) ; lower leaves and stem less pubescent or nearly 

 glabrous. 



Sect. VIII. Forphyrlou. Leaves sub-opposite, small, often with a pore 

 at the apex. Flowers sofitary, red or pm-ple. 



82. S. opposltifolia, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. iv. 17 ; rosulate leaves \-l in. 

 obovate glabrous or the upper eiliolate, no disc surrounding the carpels. Engl. 



