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12 LEPUROPE'TALUM. 
formed. Stamens 5. 
Calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, scale- 
Styles 3, somewhat concrete at the base. 
Capsule 1-celled, 3-valved at the apex, many seeded. 
13 Vaura. Limb of calyx 5-parted. Petals 5, spreading, 
undivided. Stamens 5. Styles 2, capitate at the apex. Cap- 
sule I-celled, 2-valved at the apex, 5-furrowed, crowned by the 
lobes of the calyx. Seeds convex on the outside. 
14 Cryprope’ratum. Calyx turbinate, 5-cleft. Petals 5, 
minute, spatulate. Stamens 5. Styles 3. Capsule 1-celled, 
8-valved, opening at the cells in the free part, with a parietal 
placenta in the middle of each valve. 
Tribe II. 
Hyprance’% (plants agreeing with Hydrdngea in being 
shrubby). D.C. prod. 4. p. 13. 
15 Hypra’ncrea. Flowers usually of two forms, one fertile 
and hermaphrodite. Calyx globose, 10-ribbed, rather truncate ; 
limb 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Styles 2, distinct. 
Capsule 2-celled, with bent-in valves, dehiscing by a hole be- 
tween the styles. : 
16 Cornipia. Tube of calyx globose ; limb 4-toothed. Pe- 
tals 4. Stamens 8. Styles 3-4, thick, fleshy. Fruit 4-celled, 
many seeded. 
17 Cranitis. Limb of calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, rather 
fleshy. Stamens 10. Styles 3-5; stigmas obtuse. Berry 
crowned by the teeth of the calyx, somewhat 3-5-celled, many 
seeded. 
18 Apa‘mra. 
Stamens 10. 
Limb of calyx with 5 short teeth. Petals 5. 
Styles 5, ending in rather club-shaped 2-lobed 
stigmas. Berry crowned by the teeth of the calyx, somewhat 
5-celled, many seeded. 
19 Brovussarsta. Calyx 5-parted, hemispherical, free from 
the ovarium. Petals 5, oblong, acuminated, with the acumen 
reflexed as in umbelliferous plants. Stamens 10, hypogynous. 
Ovarium roundish, crowned by the short style and truncate 
stigma, 5-celled; cells many seeded. 
Tribe I. 
SAXIFRA‘GEE (plants agreeing with Saxifraga in being 
herbaceous). D.C. prod. 4. p. 17. Saxifragee, R. Br. gen. 
rem. exclusive of Hydrangeze. Herbs variable in habit, usually 
dwarf. Leaves exstipulate, alternate, rarely opposite. Flowers 
disposed in racemes or panicles, rarely solitary, all fertile. 
§ 1. Stamens twice the number of the petals and sepals. 
I. SAX FRAGA (from saxum, a stone, and frango, to 
break; supposed medical virtues in that disease). Lin. gen. 764. 
Juss. gen. p. 309. Lam. ill. t. 372. Geertn. fruct. 1. p. 177. t. 
36. D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 341. Sternb. enum. sax. et 
suppl. 1. Moretti, tent. sax. Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p: 83- D. C: 
prod. 4. p. 17. 
Lin. syst. Decándria, Digýnia. Calyx 5-cleft (f. 41.a. f. 
42. a. f. 46. a.). Petals 5 (f. 42. b. f. 46. c.), entire, unguicu- 
late. Stamens 10 (f. 42. c. f. 46. d.); anthers 2-celled. Styles 
2 (f. 42. e.), permanent. Capsule (f. 42. d.) 2-celled, 2-valved, 
SAXIFRAGACEÆ. 
I. SAXIFRAGA. 
2-beaked, opening within the beak by an orbicular hole, many 
seeded. Seeds minute, smooth. 
Sect. I. Bercr'wia (in honour of Charles Aug. Bergen, 
author of Flora Francofurtana, in one vol. 8vo. 1750, and other 
botanical works). Moench, meth. 664. ex D. Don, in Lin. trans, 
13. p. 343. Geryònia, Schrank, Tauch, and Sternb.—Eréphe- 
ron, Tauch, hort. canal. fasc. 1. Megasea, Haw. enum. sax. 6, 
Calyx campanulate, 5-parted, wrinkled on the outside ; segments 
conniving. Petals unguiculated, inserted in the calyx. Stamens 
inserted in the throat of the calyx; filaments subulate ; anthers 
roundish. Styles hollow inside, full of seeds, joined at the base, 
at length turgid, and changing into a profoundly bipartite cap- 
sule; stigmas semiglobose, glabrous ; seeds cylindrical.—Peren- 
nial herbs, with thick woody roots. Leaves large, fleshy. Pe- 
tioles furnished by entire membranous stipulas along both sides 
at the base. Flowers red, disposed in thyrsoid panicles. 
1 S. crasstrdtra (Lin. spec. 573.) leaves oval or obovate, 
very blunt, glabrous, serrulated ; petals elliptic-oblong. h.H. 
Native of Siberia, on the Alps. Curt. bot. mag. 196. Gmel. fi. 
sib. 4. p. 166. t. 56. Megasea crassifolia, Haw. enum. sax. 
p. 6. Flowers large, red. The root is stiptic or astringent 
when chewed. 
Var. B, Haworthiana (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 36.) leaves 
somewhat orbicularly cordate, flat, hardly crenated. 2. H. 
Native of Siberia. Megàsea mèdia, Haw. enum., sax. 7. 
Thick-leaved Saxifraga. Fl. March, May. Cit. 1765. Pl. 1ft. 
2 S. corDIròLIA (Haw. misc. nat. 157.) leaves orbicularly 
cordate, serrated, glabrous; petals roundish. %. H. Native 
of Siberia, on the Alps. Megasea cordifolia, Haw. enum. sax. 
7. Flowers large, red. 
Heart-leaved Saxifraga. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1779. Pl. 1 ft. 
3 S. ricura‘ta (Wall. in asiat. res. 13. p. 398. with a figure) 
leaves obovate, subcordate, denticulated, quite glabrous on both 
surfaces, but ciliated on the margins; panicle dichotomous ; 
petals broad, orbicular. 4. F. Native of Nipaul, and the 
east of Bengal, on the alps. Lodd. bot. cab. 747. Sweet, fl, 
gard. t. 59. S. Pacimbis, Buch. mss. Megasea ciliata, Haw. 
enum. sax. 7. Flowers very pale red, almost white. 
Var. B, minor (Wall. mss.) leaves much smaller ; flowers 
more loose, and distant, 
Ligulate-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. Mar. May. Clt. 1821. Pl. 1 ft. 
Secr. II. Gyno'rgra (from yuvn, gyne, a style, in botanical 
language, and mepa, pera, beyond; in reference to the styles 
being above the stamens). Diptera, Borkh. ex Tausch, 1. c. Au- 
laxis, Haw. syn. sax. p. 46. Hydatica, Tausch, hort. can. Neck. 
elem. 2. p. 387. Robertsonia, Haw. syn. succ. p. $11. enum. 
sax. p. 52. Calyx 5-leaved, reflexed. Petals hypogynous, 
sessile. Stamens hypogynous; filaments clavate ; anthers kid- 
ney-shaped. Styles conniving ; stigmas simple, beardless. Cap- 
sule roundish, naked. Seeds spherical.— Perennial tufted herbs, 
furnished with short surculi. Leaves fleshy, undivided, for the 
most part cartilaginously serrated. Scapes erect, branched. 
Flowers small, panicled, rose-coloured or white, dotted. 3 
4 S. cx‘um (Lin. spec. 574.) leaves reniform, crenated, pilose 
on both surfaces, adult ones crowded and spreading ; petioles 
very long, nearly terete, villous ; calycine segments ovate, ob- 
tuse. 2.H. Native of Siberia, Switzerland: and the hills in 
Ireland, especially on a mountain, near Dingle, in the county 9 
Kerry. Sternb. rev. sax. p. 15. Lapeyr. fl. pyr. t. 24. Smith, 
engl. bot. 1561. S. punctata, Sternb. sax. p. 18. S. umbrosa 
punctata, Smith, engl. fl. 1. p. 263. Sax. hirsita p, geum, 
Arnott et Ser. in D.C. prod. 4. p. 42. Robertsdnia géum, 
Haw. enum. sax. p. 53,—Gmel. sib. 3. p. 161. t. 65. f. 1. 
