398 1,11. SAXiPEAGACEJi. (C. B. Clarke.) ISaadfragct, 



Dot. t. 9 ; Hem in Tram. lAnn. Soc. xiii. 400 ; H.f. Sr T. m Joum. Linn. Soe. 

 ii. 62 ; Engler Monog. Saxifrag. 276. 



Westeen Tibet, alt. 15-17,000 ft.; Sassar, T. Thomson.— Vistrib. Alps of Eu- 

 rope and Asia, Arctic Kegions. 



Stems 1-2 in. long, mucli branched and croiyded, forming dense tufts. Leaves 

 densely crowded, Flowering stems from the ends of the branches, ^-2 in. long, -with 

 decussate opposite (or altogether alternate) leaves. Sepals ovate-oblong, nearly gla- 

 brous, erect in fruit, adnate to the ovary at the base. Petals ^ in. long, obovate- 

 oblong, twice the sepals. Seeds ellipsoid, rugulose, minutely papillose. — In Dr. 

 Thomson's specimens some flowers have 3 carpels. 



Sect. IX. Sergenla. ItooUtock stout. Leaves ample, undivided, -with a 

 large sheath at the base of the petiole. Scape Corymliose, 6^18 in. high. Pdals 

 white or red. Caly.v-lohes erect in fruit. Seeds much larger than in other sec- 

 tions, elongate, subpyiamidal, smooth. 



33. S. li^ulata, Wall, in Asiat. Mesearch. xiii. 398, with a figure ; leaves 

 orbicular or obovate quite entire ciliate, base cordate, pedicels and calyx glabrous, 

 calyx-teeth ovate not narrowed at base, fruit-pedicels cemuous. Wall: Cat. 449 ; 

 Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. 348 ; Hooh. Exot. Flora, i. t. 49 (excellent) ; Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 3406 (the sepals too acute, and the leaves too undulate) ; DC 

 Prodr. iv. 38 ; S.f.Sf T. in Jawm. LAnn. Soc. ii. 60. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Bhotan to Kashmie, alt. 7-10,000 ft., common. 

 Khasia Mts., alt. 4000 ft. ' 



Leaves a foot in diam. in Khasia ; smaller in Bhotan until 2 in. diam. in Kumaon ; 

 glabrous on both surfaces, dotted on the lower. Petals ^-1 in. long, white or rose or 

 purplish, orbicular with a claw of variable length. Fruit subglobose. Stgles veTy 

 long. Carpels sometimes 3. 



Vae. 2. ciliata ; BoyU III. t. 49 (sp.) ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4915 ; H ,f. # T. in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 60 ; leaves hirsute on both sur&ces. — ^Nipal and Kumaon, a\t. 

 6-8000 ft. ; Soyle, T. Thomson, Edgeworth, Strachey and Winterbottom. 



34. S> Stracbeyi, H.f. Sr T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 61-; leaves obovate 

 scarcely cordate at base, pedicels and calyx pubescent or puberulous, calyx-teeth 

 oblong, often wider above their base, fruit-pedicels generally erect. ? S. ligulata, 

 var. 7., H.f. §• T. in Journ. LAnn. Soc. ii. 61 ; LAndl. in Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 66. 



Kumaon and Kashmie, alt. 8000-14,000 ft., common. 



Leaves glabrous on both surfaces margin either subentire ciliate, or crenate- 

 serrate. Petals white or rose, or (according to a field note of Dr. Thomson's) yellow. 

 Prait ovate-lanceolate. Styles long. 



35. S. purpurascens, H.f. Sf T. in Jowm. LAnn. Soc. ii. 61 ; leaves 

 glabrous obovate entire, margins undulate, pedicels very pubescent, flowers nod- 

 ding, calyx-lobes very obtuse. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 6066. 



SiKKiM, alt. 10-15,000 ft.; Lachen, J. L). H. ; Yakla Pass, C. B. Clarke 

 Leaves 2-3 in. diam., punctate beneath. Petals | in. long, obovate-oblong. Styles 

 long. Carpels elliptic-lanceolate. Fruit erect. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Saxifeaga from Karnag in Tibet, stated to be near 8. diapensoidee by Kurz 

 (Flora, 1872, 286) is quite Unknown to me. It is not described. 



