a et ee 
SAXIFRAGACEZ. 
Petals white or pale red, furnished at the base with red and 
yellow spots. 
Var. B, dentàta (Haw. enum. sax. p. 53.) leaves reniform, 
round, crenately toothed; petals marked with yellow and red 
dots. 2. H. Native on the mountains of Ireland. Robert- 
sonia dentata, Haw. syn. p. 323. Sax. dentata, Loud. hort. 
brit. p. 176. 
Var. y, crendta (Haw. l. c.) hairy; leaves reniform, round, 
bluntly crenated. 2.H. Robertsdnia crenata, Haw. l. e. S. 
crenata, Loud. hort. brit. p. 53. 
Var. ò, polita (Haw. 1. c.) hairy ; leaves reniform, roundish, 
sharply toothed, with the surface naked and smooth. %. H 
Native on the mountains of Ireland. Robertsdnia polita, Haw. 
l.c. S. polita, Loud. hort. brit. p. 176. 
Geum Saxifrage. Fl. May, July. Ireland. Pl. 1 foot. 
5 S. urrsu'ra (Lin. spec. 574.) leaves oval, acutely serrated, 
rounded at the base or cordate, pilose on both surfaces, when 
adult erect; petioles very long, nearly terete, villous ; pedicels 
elongated, 1-flowered. 2%. H. Native of the Pyrenees and 
Ireland, on moist rocks; in Ireland on mountains in the county 
of Kerry. Lapeyr. fl. pyr. sax. p. 45. t. 23. Smith, engl. bot. 
2322. Sternb. sax. p. 14. Robertsdnia hirsùta, Haw. enum. 
sax. p. 54, Petals white, furnished with numerous red and 
yellow dots. S. hirsùta, var. a, serrata, Arnott, in D. C. prod. 
4. p. 42. S. élegans and S. gracilis, Mack. ex Hook. in litt. 
S. polita, Link. et Hort. 
Var. B; leaves roundish, cordate, glabrous on both surfaces. 
Var. y, spheroidea (Haw. enum. sax. p. 54.) leaves broadly 
oval, somewhat cordate, bluntly crenated, with the surface 
naked. 2. H. Native of the Pyrenees. Robertsdnia sphe- 
roidea, Haw. syn. 322. S. spheroidea, Loud. hort. brit. 176. 
Hairy Saxitrage. Fl. May, June. Ireland. Pl. 4 to 1 ft. 
6 S. umprosa (Lin. spec. p. 574.) leaves obovate, retuse, 
cartilaginously crenated, quite glabrous, crowded and spreading 
in the adult state; petioles short, compressedly dilated ; pedicels 
few-flowered. %. H. Native of the Pyrenees and Ireland, 
in the clefts of rocks and on the mountains. In several parts 
of Ireland ; plentiful on a mountain called the Mangeston, county 
of Kerry ; on the mountains of Sligo; on Croagh Patrick, near 
the Lake of Killarney, in great abundance; in Thorp Arch 
woods, near Wetherby, Yorkshire; betwixt Arncliffe and Hor- 
ton, in Craven. Mill. fig. 141. f.2. Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 44. 
t. 22. Smith, engl. bot. 633. Sternb. sax. p. 14. Robert- 
sonia umbrosa, brévipes, et longipes, Haw. sax. p. 55. S. spa- 
tularis, Brot. fl. his. 2. p. 172. Petals oval, of a reddish white 
colour, full of scarlet and yellow dots, with 3 conspicuous 
branched nerves. The plant is very variable in habit. 
Var. B, punctata (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 352.) leaves 
roundish, sharply serrated: adult ones erect; petioles longer. 
4%.H. Native of Siberia and Ireland, on the mountains ; also 
of Kotzebue’s Sound. S. punctita, Lin. spec. p. 574. Sternb. 
suppl. f.1. S. gracilis, Step. in Sternb. sax. suppl. 1. p- 5. t. 5. 
but not of Schleich. S. géum; herb. Patrin. S. semidecandra, 
Worsm. and S. estivalis, ex Fisch. in litt. Robertsdnia punc- 
tata, Haw. enum. sax. p. 55.—Gmel. sib. 4. p. 161. no. 71. t. 66. 
Var. y, serratifolia (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 352.) 
leaves oblong-ovate, deeply serrated : adult ones erect; petioles 
longer. Y. Native of Ireland, on the mountains. S. 
serratifolia, Mackay, in lit. Robertsdnia punctata 3, serrata, 
Haw. enum. sax. p. 55. 
Shady Saxifrage, None-so-pretty, or London-pride. Fl. April, 
June. Ireland. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
7 S. cunerozia (Lin. spec. p. 574.) leaves cuneiform, re- 
pandly crenated, glabrous: adult ones crowded, spreading ; 
petioles linear, very narrow, naked ; calycine segments oblong, 
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acute ; petals spatulate. %.H. Native of the Pyrenees, Alps 
of Switzerland, Styria, Hungary, and Norway. Scop. carn. 
t. 13. Schmied. fasc. t. 12. no. 37. Waldst. et Kit. hung. 1. 
p. 43. t. 44. Sternb. sax. p. 14. S. punctata, Gunn. fl. norv. 
no. 1076. act. hafn. 10. p. 445. t. 3. f. 10.—Gesn. fase. 19. 
t. 12. f. 87. Morretti, tent. sax. p. 31. Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. 
p. 97. Robertsdnia cuneifolia, Haw. enum. sax. p. 56. S. 
cuneifòlia diversifdlia, Ser. in Meisn. anz, 1818. p. 73. Plant 
tufted. Petals spatulate, furnished with a solitary yellow spot. 
Var. B, Davirica (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 354.) leaves 
Opaque, toothed; flowers larger. %. H. Native of Siberia. 
S. Davirica, Hort. but not of Willd. Robertsonia Datrica, 
Haw. enum. sax. p. 56. 
Wedge-leaved Saxifrage. 
to 4 foot. 
8 S. paucirLora (Sternb. rev. sax. suppl. I. p. 6. t. 4. f. 2.) 
root tufted; leaves roundish or ovate-roundish, toothed, cu- 
neated at the base, running down the petiole, which is short; 
petals ovate, unguiculate, longer than the calyx. 2%. H. Na- 
tive of Siberia and Kamtschatka. Petals spotted. 
Fen-flowered Saxifrage. Pl. 4 foot. 
9 S. spica‘ra (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 354.) leaves on 
long petioles, orbicularly cordate, sharply serrated, veiny, pilose; 
petioles dilated at the base; raceme elongated, spike-formed ; 
calycine segments very short. X4. H. Native of Sledge 
Island, on the west coast of America. S. géum, Pursh, 
fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 311. but not of Lin. Plant tufted. Petals 
elliptic-oblong, dotted, 3-nerved, with the nerves branched. 
Spike-flowered Saxifrage. Pl. 1 foot. 
10 S. Netsonia‘na (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 355.) leaves 
orbicularly-cordate, somewhat peltate, deeply serrated ; petioles 
very long, filiform; thyrse ovate. 2/. H. Native of the north- 
west coast of America, at Cape Newnham, and at Kotzebue’s 
Sound. Hook. et Arn. in Beech. bot. p. 124. t. 29. Flowers 
on short pedicels; petals oval, white, dotless; filaments white. 
A beautiful species. 
Nelson’s Saxifrage. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
11 S. areu'ra (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 356.) leaves 
roundish-reniform, deeply serrated, glabrous ; petioles filiform ; 
scape slender, smooth; calycine segments oblong, acute. Y. H. 
Native of the western coast of America. Flowers white, size 
of those of S. stellaris. 
Sharp-cut-leaved Saxifrage. Pl. 4 foot. 
12 S. srevxa‘ris (Lin. spec. p. 572.) leaves aggregate, rhom- 
boid-ovate, sessile, acutely toothed, but narrowed, and quite 
entire at the base; petals ovate, acute, equal, unguiculate ; 
scape nearly simple. 2%. H. Native on most of the mountains 
of Scotland, north of England, and nearly throughout the whole 
of Europe, Siberia, and the western coast of America, on wet 
shady rocks, and by the sides of rivulets. Fl. dan. t. 23. Jacq. 
coll. 1. p: 202. t.13. Scop. carn. 1. p. 292. t. 13. Smith, 
engl. bot. t. 167. Sternb. sax. p. 11. S. Nootkana, Moc. icon. 
ined. t. 422. Spatularia stellaris, Haw. enum. sax. p. 49. 
Petals white, elegantly 3-nerved, furnished with 2 yellow spots 
at the base. 
Var. B, elata (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 357.) scapes nu- 
merous, a foot high. 2.H. Native of Siberia. 
Var. y, angustifolia (D. Don, l. c.) leaves narrower and 
longer, with few teeth at the apex. %. H. Native of Siberia. 
Var. ò Schleichért (D. Don, l. c.) leaves obovate, repandly 
crenated ; scapes humble, flexuous. 2. H. Native of Swit- 
zerland, on the Alps. S. stellaris, Schleich. in litt. 
Var. £, Bellérdi (D. Don, 1. c.) plant stemless ; leaves roundish, 
repand; flowers sessile. Y%.H. Native of the Alps of Pied- 
mont. S. Bellardi, Allion. pedem. no. 1536. t. 88. f. 1. 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 1768. Pl, 4 
