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1-flowered, and are as well as the calyxes clothed with clammy 
down, Flowers snow-white ; nerves of petals branched. 
Var. P, pléna; flowers double. Common in gardens. 
Var. y, multicailis (Lapeyr. fl. pyr. t. 27.) stems numerous, 
short ; lower leaves lobed, broadly crenated: upper ones obo- 
vate, acuminated, entire, rarely 1-2-toothed; peduncles many- 
flowered. 2%. H. Native of the Pyrenees. S. granulata y, 
ramosissima, Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 36. 
Var. 6, Corsicana (Ser. in Duby, bot. gall. 1. p. 211.) plant 
very small; stem 1-4-flowered ; leaves small, crenately lobed ; 
flowers hardly smaller than those of the species. Y%.H. Na- 
tive of Corsica. S. rivularis, Ph. Th. exsic. 
Var. c, penduliflora (Ser. in Duby, bot. gall. 1. p. 211.) leaves 
reniform, broadly crenated ; flowers somewhat umbellate, pen- 
dulous ; peduncles 1-flowered, weak. %. H. Native of Au- 
vergne. S. penduliflora, Bast, in journ. bot. 1814. p. 17. and 
IDCs N fre dt ps5 9s 
Var. n, sessiliflora (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4, p. 36.) stems quite 
simple ; leaves reniform, crenated; flowers sessile, subcapitate. 
Y.H. In dry places. 
Var. ý, bulbillaris (Ser. 1. c.) stem more or less branched ; 
flowers numerous, sessile, abortive, transformed into little bulbs, 
which rise from the axils of the leaves. 2/. H. Native of 
Sicily. S. granulata gemmifera, Haw. enum. sax. p. 23. 
Granular -rooted Saxifrage. Fl. May. Brit. Pl. 4to1 ft. 
33 S. opontToPHyY'LLA (Wall. cat. no. 454.) leaves reniform, 
bluntly lobed, rather pubescent; stem few-leaved, many- 
flowered, and are as well as the pedicels and calyxes clothed 
with glandular pubescence; petals obovate, unguiculate ; stig- 
mas diverging, capitate. 2%.H. Native of Nipaul, in Kamaon. 
Roots woody, fibrous. Flowers white. Pedicels 1-flowered. 
Very like S. granulata. 
Tooth-leaved Saxifrage. Pl. 4 to 3 foot. 
34 S. BULBÍFERA (Lin, spec. 577.) radical leaves reniform, 
petiolate, crenated: cauline ones sessile, deeply lobed; calycine 
segments triangularly ovate, acute; stem branched, many- 
flowered. %.H. Native of the south of Europe, as in Spain, 
in stony meadows and shady places; also of Switzerland, on 
dry hills. Sternb- sax. p. 15. t 12: f. 1.—Mor. hist. 3. p. 
474. sect. 12. t. 9. f. 24.—Column. ecphr. 1. p. 318. t. 317. 
S. vivipara, Vest, in flora, 1820. p. 405. Flowers white, smaller 
than those of S. granuldta. Peduncles elongated, 1-flowered, 
clothed with glutinous down as well as the calyxes. Stem beset 
with viscid hairs. Leaves pilose. 
Var. P, veronicæfòlia (Sternb. rev. sax. 16. t. 12. f. 1. and 
in Sturm, deutsch]. fl. 35. witha figure). 2.H. Haw. enum. 
sax. 23. S. veroniceefolia, Bertol. amoen. p. 361. There is 
also a variety of this with a 1-flowered stem, under the name 
of S. bulbifera arctica, Haw. enum. sax. p. 24.? 
Bulb-bearing Saxifrage. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1819. Pl. 4 to 1 ft. 
35 S. cE'RNUA (Lin. spec. p. 577.) leaves glabrous, petiolate ; 
radical ones reniform, deeply lobed: cauline ones palmate ; 
calycine segments ovate, obtuse ; petals spatulate, emarginate ; 
stem quite simple, generally 1-flowered. 2%. H. Native of 
Lapland, Pyrenees, Switzerland, and Scotland, about alpine rills 
on the loftiest mountains. In North America, on the arctic 
shore and islands, and in Kotzebue’s Sound ; also of Siberia, on 
alpine rocks, at the rivers Ursal and Tschuja. In Scotland, 
on Ben Lawers and on Craigalleach. Fl. dan. t. 22. Gunn. fl. 
-norv. no. 528, t. 9. f. 2. Sternb. sax.'p. 18. t. 12. f. 2. Lo- 
baria cérnua, Haw. enum, sax, p. 20.—Lin. fl. lapp. p. 172. t. 2. 
f.4. Bulbs scaly; scales fleshy, rising from the base of the 
petioles of the primordial leaves. Stem simple, 1-flowered, 
leafy, with small aggregate bulbs rising from the upper leaves, 
Flowers solitary, large, campanulate, drooping, white ; nerves 
of petals branched. The specimens from the Rocky Mountains 
SAXIFRAGACEÆ. 
I. SAXIFRAGA. 
of North America are more leafy, especially on the stem amongst 
the bulbs, which are very numerous. 
Var. B, ramòsa (Ser. in D.C. prod. 4. p. 36.) stem a little 
branched, few-flowered; flowers nearly all transformed into 
bulbs. %. H. Nativeof the Alps of Lapland and Norway. 
Var. y, Ledeboùri; stem branched; branches elongated, l- 
flowered ; leaves crenated: lobes acutish. 3%. H. Native of 
Altaia, on alpine rocks, at the rivers Tschuja and Ursal. 
Var. ò multiflòra (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot.) 
plant branched; each branch bearing a large flower, and no 
bulbs. %. H. Native of Kotzebue’s Sound. Perhaps S. Ste- 
phaniàna, Sternb. sax. suppl. p. 8. t. 6. f. 2. may be correctly 
referred to this variety. 
Drooping-flowered Saxifrage. 
Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
36 S. Sısrrīca (Lin. spec. 577.) root granular; leaves hairy, 
petiolate : radical ones reniform, palmately lobed : cauline ones 
digitate; pedicels elongated, remote, capillary ; petals obovate, 
with simple nerves; stem much branched, filiform. 4%. H. 
Native of Siberia, Altaia, and the Alps of Caucasus, among 
rather humid shaded rocks, or among stones ; also of Labrador 
and Newfoundland. Sternb. sax. p. 23. t. 25. f. 1. Gmel, sib. 
4. p. 162. no. 74. S. granulata 3, Steven de sax. cauc. m 
mem. mosq. 4. p. 77. no. 3. S. grandiflora, Sternb. sax. t. 12. 
f.4.? S. cymbalaria, Bieb. fl. taur. 3. p. 292: no. 780. Lo- 
baria Sibirica, Haw. enum. sax. 21. Lobes of calyx ovate- 
linear. Petals white. Stem beset with viscid hairs. - 
Siberian Saxifrage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1802. Pl. ascend. 
37 S. practea'ra (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 367.) radical 
as well as cauline leaves on long petioles, reniform, and deeply 
lobed; flowers in crowded corymbs, bracteate ; stem leafy, 
flexuous, branched, ascending, clothed with viscid villi. 2. 
Native of Eastern Siberia. Flowers white, like those of S. 
cérnua, but a little larger; calycine segments broadly ovate, 
obtuse, Petals obovate, a little longer than the calycine seg- 
ments. 
Bracteated-flowered Saxifrage. Pl. 4 foot. Suche 
88 S. rivuza‘ris (Lin. spec. p. 577.) stem weak, quite sim- 
ple; leaves reniform, on long petioles, glabrous ; flowers usually 
by threes, sessile, bracteate. ©. H. Native of the higher 
Alps of Europe, as in Lapland, Norway, as well as of Siberia. 
It is also found in North America, as in Labrador, Arctic 
Sea shore and Islands, Kotzebue’s Sound, and in elevat 
places among the Rocky Mountains. In Scotland about 
Alpine rivulets, and in wet fissures of rocks, as on Ben s 
vis, near the lake in the ascent: also on Ben Lawers, T 
at Loch Rannoch. Lin. fl. lapp. no. 174. t. 2. f. 7. 5 
dan. t. 118. Smith, engl. bot. 2275. Sternb. sax. p. 19. t. 12. 
f. 3. Plant annual. Stem weak, ascending, few-leaved, fur- 
nished with viscid hairs above. Leaves 5-6-lobed; lobes ob- 
tuse. Flowers small, white, bracteate. Calycine sepe 
ovate, very blunt, obtuse, conniving. Petals oval, obtuse, tripl¢ 
nerved. 
Brook Saxifrage. Fl. June, July. Scotland. Pl. 2 inches. 
389 S. HYPERBÒREA (R. Br. in Parry’s first voy. append. p 
274.) stem woolly, 2-flowered ; leaves glabrous : radical ones 
palmate, on long petioles ; petals l-nerved. 2%. H. Native 0 
Ireland, and Arctic America. S. rivularis 8, Hook. fl. ye 
amer. 1. p. 246. Flowers white. Perhaps only a variety of 5 
rivularis. 
Northern Saxifrage. Pl. 2 inches. a 
40 S. nu‘rans (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 268.) stem rat 
pubescent, decumbent at the base, jointed in the middle, p 
furnished with one leaf at the joint: raceme drooping; ew 
flowered : radical leaves on long petioles, reniform, deeply ef 
coarsely toothed, with a few scattered stiff hairs on both su 
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