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SAXIFRAGA ciliata. 
Fringed Saxifrage. 
DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Saxifragaceaj. 
SAXIFRAGA. L. 
S. ciliata ; foliis obovatis coriaceis grossk ciliatis denticulatis basi subauricu- 
latis, petiolo magno vaginante, pedunculo rigido scabriusculo cymoso 
paniculato, calyce 5-partito ventricoso Ilirsuto laciniis foliaceis, petalis 
spathulatis unguiculatis venosis. 
S. ciliata, Royle Illustr. FI. Himal. p. 226. t. 49. f. 2. Walpers Reperto- 
rium, 2. 365. no. 23. nec 24. 
This plant, of the section Bergenia, and very nearly allied 
to S. ligulata, is like that species a native of the mountains 
of Northern India. Dr. Royle speaks of it thus : — 
“ I have had some difficulty in naming this plant, as the 
published descriptions, as well as the distributed specimens 
of Wall. Cat. 44*92. and figures of S. ligulata , to which it is 
most nearly allied, do not correspond with one another ; in- 
deed, two distinct species pass under that name. Dr. Wallich 
(As. Fes. 13. p. 398.) describes S. ligulata with leaves 4 hasi 
angustata, — crenato — dentata, dentibus crenisque ciliis longis 
— uti omnes plantse partes lsevia, carnosa, ad lentem punc- 
tata. — Scapus crassus apice semel bisve furcatus. — Flores 
congesti in paniculam terminalem compactam subracemosam 
nudam leviter nutantem. — Calyx profunde quinquefidus ; 
lacinise leviter ciliatse.’ — A plant corresponding in every re- 
spect with this description, except in the leaves being less 
ciliated, I have found growing in Choor, Simla, and Kedar- 
kanta, and with which the specimens in the East India Her- 
barium, 4492. 2. from Buddrinath, correspond, as well as the 
figure in Loddiges’ Botanical Cabinet, t. 7^7- 
“ The plant, S. ciliata , figured in plate 49. fig. 2. is found 
on the Mussooree and Suen Range, at lower elevations than 
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