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paucis sparsis capillis albis. lolia radicalia 2-4 ; lamina *5-3 cm. longa, 
petiolo ad 2 cm. longo fragili, minora spathulata Integra^ majora ovata 
grosse dentata fere lobata ; folia caulina 1-2, 1-2 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. 
lata, late ovata, interdum latiora quam longa, sessilia, grosse dentata, 
fere glabra paucis albis capillis, Saxifraga pallidoi more carnosula. 
Pedicelli 8-15 mm. longi. Flores 1-3, terminales et axillares; interdum 
subflore terminall alter parvula bractea lanceolata. Torus latus. Sepala 
5, patentia, 5 mm. longa, viridia, ovario paulum adnata, lobis 3 mm. 
longis 2 mm. latis ovato-oblongis obtusis glabris. Fetala 3*5-1 mm. 
longa, patentia, calycem paulum excedentia, lobis obovatis integris 
vel subeinarginatis rubris. Stamina 10, dimidium corollse sequantia, 
filamentis purpureis. Ovarium disciforme, 1 mm. altum, diametro 
5 mm. X 4 mm., carpellis margine subtrilobatis vesiculosis viridibus ; 
styli ad 1 mm. longi, saepius minores, virides, apice purpureo, 
paralleli, interdum adpressi sed usque ad basin distinct!. Semina non 
visa. 
Chola Range, East Sikkim at 14-15,000 ft.. Nos. 3809, 3989, 
Smith ! A species very distinct from all the other Himalayan saxifrages 
and remarkable for its disc-like ovary. 
Order — UMBELLI FER^E. 
Pimpinella radiata W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Glabra. Folia pinnata vel bipinnata, segrnentis omnium foliorum 
ovatis vel ovatis-lanceolatis acutis serratis. Fedunculi in fructu ad 3 
cm longi, rigidi, circumradiati, pedicellis brevissimis 1 mm. longis vel 
interdum nullis. Fructus ovatus. 'Pimpinella Rookeri valde affihis 
est. 
Sikkim Himalaya at Yeumtong, 11,000 feet, No. ^Qammiel 
and Sebu Valley, 13,000 feet, Gammie ! 
The three species — Pimpinella Rookeri Clarke, P. ienera Benth. and 
P radiata sp. nov — form a natural group among the Himalayan Pimpi- 
nellas The most striking common feature is the frequency of exces- 
sively elongate tails to the petals. This is not uniformly present, as 
Clarke points out (FI. Brit. India Vol. II, p. 686) in the case of P. Rookeri 
and P tenera nor in P. radiata as I have myself noted. P. radiata is 
closely allied to P. Rookeri and is distinguished by the peculiar 
character of the umbel which, when the fruit is mature, shows a circum* 
