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2. Cotoneaster acuminata, Lindl. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 385. A 
shrub with long, slender branches. Leaves crowded, lanceolate, 
1-2 in., long-pointed, both surfaces hairy, margins flat. Flowers 
white, £ in. diam., in hairy, small, nearly sessile cymes on very 
short, lateral, leafy branchlets. Fruit oblong, | in. long, red when 
ripe. 
Huttoo ; May-July. — Temperate Himalaya, 5000-12,000 ft. 
3. Cotoneaster mierophylla, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. ii. 387. A 
dwarf, dense, usually procumbent, much-branched shrub. Leaves 
hard, ovate, £— £ in., acute or obtuse, upper surface dark green, 
shining, lower pubescent or tomentose, margins recurved. 
Flowers white, £ in. diam., usually solitary. Fruit globose, £ in. 
diam., bright red. 
Simla ; May, June. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-10,000 ft. — China. 
XXXII. SAXIFRAGACE^E 
Shrubs or herbs of various habit. Leaves alternate or opposite, 
sometimes rosulate ; stipules usually none. Flowers usually 
regular, 2 -sexual* ; inflorescence various. Calyx-tube more or 
less adnate to the ovary ; limb usually 5- or 4-lobed. Petals 5 or 4, 
rarely none. Stamens usually 5 or 10, rarely numerous, inserted 
with the petals on the mouth of the calyx-tube or on the margin 
of the ovary ; filaments free, thread-like, or, in Deutzia , flattened 
and 3-pointed ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary more or less adnate to 
the calyx-tube, usually 1- or 2-celled, sometimes 3-5-celled ; styles 
as many as the ovary-cells except in Chrysosplenium and Ribes, 
free or more or less united ; stigmas terminal, small ; ovules 
usually numerous. Fruit a capsule, often 2-beaked or, in Ribes , 
a berry ; seeds usually minute, inserted on the inner angle of the 
cells except in Parnassia . — A large Order ranging over nearly the 
whole world ; most abundant in cold and temperate regions. 
Stamens 5. 
Leaves compound, 2-pinnate. Petals none.. Herbs 
Leaves simple, sometimes lobed. Petals 5. 
Herbs. Flowers solitary, terminal, on erect scapes 
Shrubs or small trees. Flowers racemed. 
Leaves not lobed. Fruit a capsule . 
Leaves 3- or 5-lobed. Fruit a berry 
Stamens more than 5, usually 10. 
Herbs. Leaves alternate or rosulate. 
Flowers in. diam. Petals 5 
Flowers minute. Petals none 
1. Astilbe. 
4. Parnassia. 
8. Itea. 
9. Ribes. 
2. Saxifraga. 
3. Chrysosplenium, 
