410 Lii. SAXIFEAGACEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) IBibes, 



1. R. Grossularia, Linn ; Wall. Cat. 6835 and in Roxh. Fl. Lid. ii. 

 515 ; Eng. Bot. t. 1292 iS.f.Sr T. in J<mm. Linn. Soc. ii. 86 ; Sotss. Fl. Orient. 

 ii. 815 ; Brand. For. Fl. 213. R. Himalensis, Motfklll. 235. R. alpestre, Dene. 

 in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 75. 



Alpine Western Himalaya, from Kdmaon to Kashmib, alt. 9000-12,000 ft.; 

 frequent. — IJisTBtB. North and Alpine Europe ; the Atlas, Greek and Caucasus 

 ranges. 



Frickles usually 3 beneath each axil ; stems smooth or with numerous prickly 

 setse. i«awes suborhicular, obtusely 3-5-lobed, the lobes incise-crenate, somewhat vil- 

 lous beneath. Peduncles usually solitary. Calyx-tvie long, produced above the &uit. 

 Berry ^ in. long, oblong, inedible in the Indian plant. 



Sect. U. Ribesia. Flowers racemed. Unarmed. 



* Caly.v-tvhe Iiardly produced above the fruit. 



2. R, orlentale, Pair. Diet. Su^l. ii. 856 ; sticky glandular and minutely 

 hairy, leaves round-reniform crenate obscurely 3-5-lol)ed, bracts \ in. long, linear 

 often exceeding the pedicels, berry \ in. long yellow or reddish glandular-pubes- 

 cent. Boiss. Fl. Orient, ii. 817; Brand. For. Fl. 214. R. leptostachyum, 

 Dene, in Jacq. Voy. Bot. t. 76 ; H. f. Sr T. in Journ. LAnnJ Soc. ii. 86. R vil- 

 losuiu, Wall. Cat. 6832 : aiid in Moxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 514. R. glutinosum, Jacq. 

 Journ. 



Kashmir and BAxxisTiN, alt. 8000-12,000 ft. : Jaoquemont, Munro, Boyle, &c. — 

 SiSTBiB. Cabul, Persia, Armenia, Asia Minor and Greece. 



A shrub 6 ft. high, polygamo-dioecious. Leaves 1-lj in. diam. Racemes erect, 

 somewhat dense in flower, lax and pendent in fruit. Flowers smaii, greenish. — S. he- 

 terotriahum, Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 235, only differs by the eglaudular fruits ; and 

 there is a whole series of closely allied species from the Altai to Persia. 



3. R. g-laclale, Wall, in Eo.xb. Fl. Ind. ii. 513 ; stem glabrous, leaves 

 glabrous or vnth scattered liairs above, bracts 5— | in. linear-lanceolate usually 

 much exceeding the pedicels, calyx-segments oblong, berries j in. long glabrous 

 or minutely pubescent. Wall. Cat. 6833 ; H. f. ^ T. in Jmim. Linn. Soc. 

 ii. 88 ; Brand. For. Fl. 214. R. acuminatum, Wall. Cat. 6834. 



Tempebate and Alpine H131AI.ATA, from Bhotan to Kashmir, alt. 7000-12,000 ft. ; 

 common and often epiphytic. 



Polygamo-dioecious. Leaves 1-2 in., cordate, 3-5-lobed, crenate-serrate, the 

 middle lobe often elongate; or simple, cordate-ovate, acuminate, sometimes i^ 

 in. long. Eacemes pubescent, sometimes elongate. Flowers brownish or pink. Vah. 

 2. laciniatum, H. f. & T. in Journ. lAnn. Soc. ii. 87 («p.), diflfers by the calyx- 

 segments lanceolate. (The leaves are often not more laciniate Aan in examples of 

 i?. glaciate.^ 



4. R. desmocarpiun, M f. §• T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 87 ; stem 

 glabrescent, leaves softly pubescent beneath, bracts i— i in. long linear- 

 lanceolate often exceeding the pedicels, calyx-segments ovate-oblong obtuse, 

 berry ^ in. long glandulaivpubescent. 



SiKxm and Bhotan, alt. 8500-10,000 ft. ; Crriffith ; Lachen in Sikjum, J. D. K. 



Dioecious. Leaves 1-4 in., cordate, 3-5-lobed, crenate-serrate, the lobes often 



elongate. Bacemes pubescent, often elongate. Flowers brownish. Very near if. 



gl'aciale, WaU., differing chiefly by its very hairy berries. 



5. R. luridum, S.f. 8( T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 87 ; branchlets and 

 leaves glabrous, bracts 1 in. long, spathulate-oblong much exceeding the pedicels, 

 calyx-lobes lanceolate, berries glabrous small less than i in. long. 



