OS* SWTE-EAST SIKKIM. 
369 
Saxlfragae dalUdae habitus. Caulis 5 — 7 cm., longug, flexilig, supra 
pubescens, infra fere glaber, 'Folia radicalia 2 — 3, lamina lO — 15 mm. 
longa, 5 — 8 mm. lata, ovata vel elliptica, fere Integra vel remote dentata, 
ad r 5 cm. late petiolata ; folia caulina nulla. Infloresoentiae subco* 
rrmbosae, ramuli bracteis ad 12 mm. longis linearibus rarius ovato- 
lanceolatls instructi ; flores 1-nati, ad 4 mm. pedicellati ramulos termi- 
nantes, subnutantes, minbres quame is Saxifragae micranthae Edgew ; 
bnlbilli 4^ — 8, sub flore terminal! in spica nascentes, ad 4 mm. bracteati, 
virides vel purpurei, ovoidei, 1 mm. longi, interdum 1 — 2 minutis foliis 
rotundatis instructi. Sepala 5, linearia oblonga, 2 mm. longa, glabra. 
Tetala 5, vix calycem excedentia, angucte ovata vel obovata, alba. 
GyiKBceum fere globosum, 1 mm. altum, stvlis nullis, 
Tosa, Chola Range, East Sikkim at an elevation of 14 — 15,000 ft., 
No. 3985. 
This species is closely allied to Saxifraga pallida and Saxifraga micrantha. 
These two are prevalent throughout alpine Sikkim but neither in the field nor in the 
herbarium^have I seen any bulbilliferous forms. Both are found in the same area 
as Saxifraga plumarum, S. pallida ranging even higher, but the dwarf forms of each 
appear fairly distinct. Tn the Flora of British India, ii, 394 C. B. Clarke 
suggests that perhaps when more material accumulates 8. micrantha will be merged 
in 8. pallida. T have collected both many times in different areas and have never 
found a satisfactory series of intermeiiates. It seems better meanwhile to accord all 
three specific rank. 
259. Saxifragra imbricata Royle 
Tosa, 15,000 ft., No. 3983. 
369. Saxifraffa ©oarctata W. W. Smith (Rec. Bot. Surv., Ind. iv, 194). 
VAE. elliptica. 
W. of Tanka La, 14,000 ft., No. 4186. Planta laxior ; petala 
elliptica, angustiora, nec orbicularia, alba. 
261. Saiifras^a inconspicna W. W. Smith {Rec. Bot, Surv. Ind., iv, 
194). Chola, Nathui, Ningbil, 14,500—15,000 ft., Nos. 3456, 
3485, 3674, 3675, 3859, 4090. 
262. Saxifraga JacqncMontiana Dene. 
Sberabthang, Chola, 14—15,000 ft.. Nos. 3549, 4045. 
Sometimes with the petals not exceeding the sepals. 
263. Saxifrage Stella-aurea H. f. & T. 
Chakung Chu, Gaoring, 13 — 15,000 ft.. Nos. 3852, 3992, 
264. Saxifraga braebypoda Don 
Changu, Ningbil, Gnatong, 12~»13,000 ft., Nos. 4227, 4319. 
265. Saxifraga fiinbriata Wall. 
Ningbil, 12—13,000 feet, No. 4140. 
