] ui. sAxiFEAQACBii. (C B. Clafke.) 403 



Stem 4-18 in. high, subalate with 4-5 ridges Under thefriiit. Leaves \-2 (some- 

 times 3) in., ovate or cordate, oblbng. Petals ^ in. long, white, obovate. Ca/rpels 

 and stigmas -3 ; (Drude says 4 but they are nearly invariably 3 in the Kew plentifal 

 SJEamples). S^^s obovoid-ellipsoid, smooth ; testa reticulate, not lax. > 



6. P. ovata, Ledeb. in Mem. Acad..^ Petersb. y. 628 ; margins of petals not 

 (or slightly) fimbriate, staminodes broadly, dilated upwards 3-lob.ed, capsule 

 ■|yf inV long obcoiiic ^elQW snbhemispheiric above, style manifest ^ in. long. 

 DC. Prddr. i.:S20 ;. Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 242; PL Ross. i. 263 ; H.f. 8f T. in. 

 Jmim. iXnn.- Soc. ii. 82 ; Brude in, lAwuea, xxxix. 820. P. Turczaninovii, 

 LtM). Fl. Ross. i. 263 ; Ih-ude, I. c. 321. P. affinis, H. f. ^ ' f. I. c. ii. 81 ; 

 Drude, I. e. 317. P. Laxmanni, Pall, in Roem. 8r Sch. Syst. vi. 696 ; Ledeb. Fl. 

 Ross. i. 264. P.trinervis, J)riide, I. c. 322. 



Temperate and Alpine Himalaya from SiKKiM to Kashmir, alt. 8000-15,000 ft., 

 feequent.— DisTKiB. Altai Mts. ,, 



Stem 3-8 in. high. Leaves j-| in., ovate or ovate-phlong, often pordate ; canline 

 usually solitary in the lower half of the stem. Petals i-^ in. long, spathulate-ob- 

 ovate. Carpefe 3, rarely 4. Testa of the seed close (Drude). — This differs from P 

 mtbicola by the smaller size of all its parts and the manifest style. P. cabuUcd, 

 Planch in Herb. Griffith, differs by the stems being usually leafless. P. subacaulis, 

 Kar. & Kir. differs by the leaves being oblong narrowed at their base ; it was coU 

 lectedby Dr. Henderson near Yarkand,- and appears in his list No. 136 under the 

 name P. .Ttiaisorensis. 



7. P. pusilla, Wall, ex H.f. Sf T. in Jov/rn. Imm,. Soc. ii. 81 ; margins 

 of petals slightly fimbriate or quite entire, staminodes with a, very short claw 

 hardly longer than broad dilated upwards 3-lobed, capsule \ in. long obovoid- 

 ^llipsoid, adnate about \ its length, style manifest ^in. long. Wall. Cat. 1245 ; 

 Am. in Wight.. m.^. 45 and in Comp. Hook. Bot. Mag. ii. 315; Snide in 

 Limuea, ix. 318. 



Alpinb Himat.aya from Sikkim to Ktotawue, alt. 12-15,000 ft., Walliak, J. D. H., 

 Mnmo, &c. 



8te/m 1-2^ in. long. Leaves ^-f in., reniform or ovate-cordate ; cauline leaf usually 

 one, often in the upper half of the stem. Petals J-f in. long, obovate. Carpels 3. 

 Seeds elUpsoid, smooth ; testa reticulate not lax. — This species should probably be 

 estimated an alpine var. of P. ovata, £rom which it differs in its stunted size and 

 shorter staminodes. 



Sdci. IY. Saxifrag^astruxn. Staminodes cylindric, undivided at the 

 yertex. 



8. P. tenella, H.f.^ T. in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. ii! 80; petals J in. long 

 ^en-white reflexed obovate, capsule i in. long obcordate triquetrous. Drudi^ 

 vll tiniuea, xxxix. 323. 



SiKxiM Himalaya ; alt. 10,000-12,000 ft. ; Lachen and Lachoong,/. D. H. 

 ■ ■ jSieaj 2-5 in. long, weak. Radical feaw»|in.broad,reniform,margin minutely erose; 

 petiole with adnate fimbriate stipules at the base ; cauline usually 1 , cordate-ovate. 

 Staminodes thick, cylindric, glandtilose, clavate at its summit. Styles 3, short, but 

 ma^^ifest. Seeds (immature) of the genus. 



7. KYBRANGEA, Linn. 



" Large shrubs or trees, in their young state often subscandent with smaller 

 leaves. Corymbs terminal, with deciduojis bracts. Flowers all fertile and small, 

 or the exterior flowers of the corymb sterile apetalous-with the calyx-lobes peta- 



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