208 
Var. Z, dissimilis ; leaves with deep broad teeth. Y.H. Na- 
tive of Scotland, on the western Highlands. S. dissimilis, G. 
Don, in Loud. hort. brit. p. 176. 
Var. n, uniflora (D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 379. var. a.) plant very 
minute; scapes l-flowered. 14. H. Native of Switzerland, on 
the Alps. S. stellaris 6, pumila, Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p. 100. 
Var. %ļ, acaúlis (Hall. fil. in Meisn. anz. 1818. p. 76 ) flowers 
sessile, in the heart of the leaves. Y%. H. 
Starry Saxifrage. Fl. June, Jul. Scotland. Pl. 4 foot. 
13 S. roriorésa (R. Br. in Parry’s lst voy. app. p- 275.) 
radical leaves cuneated, a little toothed ; scape divided ; branches 
bearing 1 flower at the apex, covered below by a fascicle of 
small leaves; calyx inferior, obovate; segments of the petals 
cordate-lanceolate. 4%. H. Native of Lapland, Melville Island, 
and other arctic islands. S. stellaris y, Lin. fl. lapp. ed Smith, 
p. 144. t. 2. f. 3. S. stellaris 8, comdsa, Willd. spec. 2. p. 644. 
Leafy Saxifrage. PI. 4 foot. 
14 S. LEUcanTHEMIFÒLIA (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 260.) 
clothed with clammy pubescence ; leaves crowded, lanceolate- 
cuneated, acutely and coarsely toothed, quite entire at the base ; 
scape much branched, diffuse; petals ovate, acute, unguiculate : 
3 outer ones the largest. 1%. H. Native of the Pyrenees ; 
and of North America, in Behring’s Straits, Nootka Sound, on 
the Rocky Mountains, and at Portage, near the source of the 
Columbia. Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 49. t. 25. Hook, in bot. mag. 
2959. S. Clusii, Gouan. ill. p. 28. exclusive of the synonymes. 
Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 40. S. ferruginea, Graham in edinb. 
phil. journ. 1828. p. 348. Spatularia Clusii and S. leucanthe- 
mifòlia, Haw. enum. sax. p. 48. Petals white: 3 outer ones 
the largest, and with 2 spots at the base: the 2 inner ones much 
smaller and spotless. 
Var. B; plant clothed with pubescent tomentum. Y%. H. 
Native of the north-west coast of America, on Dundas Island, 
in Queen Charlotte’s Sound. 
Leucanthemum-leaved Saxifrage. 
4 to 3 foot. 
15 S. metvarev'ca (Fisch. in Sternb. rev. sax. suppl. 3. t. 3.) 
leaves roundish ovate, acutish, somewhat denticulated, tapering 
into the petiole, glabrous; scape few-flowered, also glabrous ; 
flowers disposed in a somewhat panicled corymb ; calycine seg- 
ments ovate, acute; petals unguiculate. 2. H. Native of 
Altaia, on the Alps at the river Tschulyschm, and at Lake Te- 
letskoje Osero. S. elongata p, glabra, Sternb. rev. sax. p. 9. 
Petals obovate, pale sulphur coloured, suffused with violet on 
the outside ; filaments of a pale violet colour, Leaves greenish 
yellow ; upper part of plant of a deep violet colour. 
Black and whité Saxifrage. Pl. 4 to $ foot. 
16 S. stricdsa (Wall. cat. no. 448.) lower leaves sessile, 
somewhat rosulate, oblong-lanceolate, few-toothed, mucronate 
at the apex, clothed with strigose hairs; cauline leaves Janceo- 
late-linear, acute, entire, much smaller than the lower ones; 
stem simple, few-flowered, and is as well as the pedicels beset 
with numerous capitate hairs; sepals lanceolate, acute; petals 
3-nerved, obtuse; styles very short; stigmas thickish. %. H. 
Native of Nipaul, on the Emodi mountains at Gosainsthan, and 
at Kamoon. Leaves almost the size and form of those of 
A’rabis alpina. Filaments flat. . 
Strigose Saxifrage. Pl. 4 foot. 
17 S. sarmeEnTosa (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 240.) stolons or runners 
creeping ; leaves orbicularly cordate, lobately crenated, pilose, 
red beneath ; petals unguiculate, the 2 outer ones large and 
flaccid. Y.F. Native of China and Japan, in moist places on 
mountains, among stones. Schreb. mon. dion. p. 16. t. 2. f. 3. 
Curt. bot. mag. 92. S. stolonifera, Jacq. icon. rar. 1. t. 80. 
Ligularia sarmentdsa, Duval, pl. sec. p. 11.ex Haw. enum. sax. 
Ble June: Cto rS T Br 
SAXIFRAGACEÆ. 
_ less. 
I. SAXIFRAGA. 
p. 50. Diptera sarmentòsa, Borkh. in Roem. mag. 1. p. 29, 
S. ligulàta, Murr. comm. 1781. p. 26. t. 1. S. Chinénsis, Lour, 
coch. p. 281. Petals white: 3 inner ones cordate ; of these 3 the 
lateral ones are marked by a yellow spot at the base; and the 
central one by 2 scarlet spots at the base : but the 2 outer petals 
are large, flaccid, and 3-nerved. 
Var. B, cuscuteformis (Ser. in D.C. prod. 4. p. 43.) plant 
much smaller; stem usually 3-flowered ; leaves ovate-roundish, 
coarsely and simply toothed ; flowers less irregular ;. petals 
more acute. 2%. F. Native of China. S. cuscutzformis, Lodd. 
bot. cab. t. 186. Ligularia minor, Haw. enum. sax. p. 151, 
The stolons or runners resemble dodder very much. 
Creeping Saxifrage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1771; B 1815. 
Pl. 3 foot. 
18 S. erdsa (Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. $11.) leaves lanceo- 
late, acute, glabrous, runcinately serrated ; panicle divaricate, 
pyramidal ; pedicels elongated, 1-flowered ; petals oblong-oval, 
obtuse, unguiculate. %. H. Native of Carolina, on the higher 
mountains, in stony rivulets. S. Caroliniana, gracilis, and erdsa, 
Schleich. cat. 1821. p. 63. Robertsdnia micranthif dlia, Haw. 
syn. succ, 322. Aulaxis micranthifdlia, Haw. enum. sax. 
p- 47: Petals white, 3-nerved, with a yellow spot at the base. 
Var. B; leaves hairy. 
Erose-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, Ju. Clt.1812. Pl.1 to 1p ft. 
19 S.? Nopa (Haw. enum. sax. p. 47. under Auldais) 
leaves naked, doubly and deeply toothed. 4. H. Native 
country unknown. 
Naked-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, Ju. Cit.? Pl. j tol ft. 
Secr. III. Lrtéeyne (from Xetoc, leios, smooth ; and yuvn; 
gyne, a female; in reference to the stigmas being beardless). 
D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 344. Calyx deeply 5-cleft (f. 
41.a.). . Petals (f. 41. b.) sessile in most of the species. Sta- 
mens inserted in the throat of the calyx (f. 41.c.}; filaments 
subulate. Styles straight; stigmas orbicular, flattish, beard- 
Capsule free from the calyx (f. 41. d.). Seeds roundish. 
—Humble herbs, rarely subshrubs. Roots fibrous, but in many 
of the species they are granular. Stems flexuous, usually 
many-flowered and many-leaved. Leaves in all reniform and 
lobed. Flowers white or yellow. 
20 S. ROTUNDIFÒLIA (Lin. spec. p. 576.) leaves reniform, un- 
equally and coarsely toothed: cauline ones petiolate ; petals 
lanceolate, acute. 2.H. Native of Austria, Switzerland, and 
Siberia. Mill. fig. t. 141. Curt. bot. mag. t. 424. Lapeyr- 
pyr. sax. t. 26. Micropétalum rotundifdlium, Haw. enum. 
sax. p. 16-17. Petals white, marked with scarlet dots, 3-nerved. ` 
Var. B, repánda (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 361.) plant 
larger and more robust; leaves broader. 
the Alps of Caucasus. S. repanda, Sternb. rev. sax. p. 17. t. 5. 
S. rotundifolia, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 315. Micropétalum majus, 
Haw. enum. sax. p. 17. 
Round-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, Ju. Clt. 1596. Pl. 1 ft. 
21 S. ny’srima (Sternb. sax. p. 17. t. 8. f. 3.) radical leaves 
petiolate, roundish-cuneated, crenated: cauline ones minute, 
entire ; stem panicled. 2%.H. Native of the Pyrenees. Very 
like S. rotundifdlia, but differs in the smaller stature and slen- 
derer habit ; in the leaves being acute at the base, not cordate, 
and in the cauline ones being minute, entire, and nearly sessile. 
Hybrid Saxifrage. Pl. 1 foot. ae 
22 S. pıversiròLIA (Wall. cat. no. 452.) leaves thickish, 
more or less pilose, of many forms ; lower ones cordate, petio- 
late: cauline ones petiolate, or sessile and stem-clasping, €n- 
tire, of a different colour beneath, reticulately veined, mark 
above by small depressed dots ; flowers in panicled corymbs ; 
bracteas and calyxes more or less ciliated with short, capitate 
u. H. Native of 
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