402 Lii. SAXiFEAGACE^. (0. B. Clarke.) IPamasaia. 



■Westehn Tibet, ^afco»«r ; Skardo in .BiimsTAif, alt. 7500 ft. T. Thomson, C. 

 B. Clarke. — Disteib. Subalpineand subarctic regions. 



Petals ovate-elliptio ivith a broad claw. Stamens nearly hypogynous. Carpels 4. 

 Capsule superior or nearly so, oblong-elliptic, much longer than the sepals. Seeds 

 cyUndric; testa loosely reticulate. 



Sect. U. Fimbripetalum. Staminodes ending in several long gland- 

 bearing processes. Petals fimbriate. 



2. P. foliosa, ff. f. Sf T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. ii. 79 ; stem with 4-8 

 leaves, staminodes ending in 3 long processes each tipped -with a distinctly clubbed 

 gland. P. foliosa and P. Nummularia, Drvude in lAnncea, xxxix. 313. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 5000-6000 ft., Moflong to Syung and at Nonkrem, J". D. H. and 

 T. Thomson. — ^Disteib. "West China and Japan. 



Si«m 8-12 in. high. Eadieal fea«es orbicTllar, 'deeply cordate. Sspofe patent or 

 reflexed. Petals ovate above a short claw, fimbriated around their whole edge. Carpels i. 

 Capsule superior or nearly so, long-eUipsoid, much longer than the sepals. 



Drude states he had no specimen of P. foliosa. Kevt possesses both P: foliolosa 

 collected by H. f. &r T., and P. Nummularia collected by Maximowicz ; th^ two are 

 identical. 



Seci. III. MectarotrUobos. Staminodes at the vertex 3- (rarely 5-) 

 lobed, the lobes short or cylindric, not linear. iSiem 1- (or 0-) leaved. 



• CapsiUe triquetrous, xupeifiw or nearly so. . ■ 



3. P. Wig'htiana, Wall, in W. Sr A. Prodr. 35 ; petals obovate-oblong 

 margins much fimbriate, staminodes 3-5-lobed, lobes cyfindric (or in the Nil- 

 ghin plant) thickened, at the top, capsule 3-celled superior, obcordate. WdU. 

 Cat. 3756; Wigk. lU. t. 21 ; le. t. 945; Am. in Sook. Crnnp. Bot. Mag. ii. 

 315 ; S.f.^ T. in Jmjum. JAnn. Soc. ii. 80 ; Dmde in Linneea, xxxix. 314. P. 

 ornata, WM. Cat. 1247 ; Arn. in Sook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 315." P. Schmidii, 

 Zenker PI. Ind. t. 5. 



NiLQHiEi Mts., alt. 7000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 4500-6000 ft. ' Himalata,' Wal- 

 lich. KuMAON, fide S.f. S[ T. in Jawtn. lAnn. Soc. ii. 80. — X)istslb. Yunan and in- 

 terior of China. 



Stem 8-18 in. high. Leaves often 1^ in., reniform or oval, deeply cordate. ,Petals 

 (at least iu the Khasia plant) light yeUow. Placenta near the base of the capsule. 

 Seeds ellipsoid ; testa reticulate, not very lax. 



4. P. mysorensis, JSeyns in W. ^ A. Prodr. 35; petals obovate- 

 oblong, inargins not or obscurely fimbriate, staminodes 3-lobed, lobes cylindric 

 or dilated upwards, capsule 3-ceUed superior obcordate. Wall. Cat. 3754; 

 Wight lU.t. 21 ; Am. in Sook. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 316 ; S. f.^ T. in Joum. 

 Linn. Soc. ii. 80 ; Drude in Linneea, zxxiz. 317. 



EastemHimalaya;SiKKiM, alt. 8000-12,000 ft.; Lachen and Yeumtong, ,7". Z). B. 

 Mts. of the Western Peninsula. Khasia Mts. alt. 3500-5500 ft. 



Stem 3-8 in. high. Leaves ^-J in. diam., reniform, deeply cordate. Petals small, 

 white. Seeds small, ellipsoid ; testa somewhat laxly reticulate. 



'* CapsvJe half-inferior. 



5. P. nubicola, Wall, in Wight IU. t. 21; margins of petals not (or 

 slightly) fimbriate, staminodes broadly dilated upvsrards 3-lobed, capsule J in. 

 long obconic below subbemispheric above, style very short or 0. WaV,. Cat. 

 1246 ; Ai-n. in Comp. Sook. Bot. Mag. ii. 315; H.f. Sr. T. in Joum. Linn. Soc. 

 ii. 81 ; Drude in Linmea, zxxix. 315. 



Temperate and Alpine Himalaya feom SiKKiMto Kashmie, alt. 6000-12,000 ft, 

 frequent. 



