SAXIFRAGACEZ. 
allied species, in the many flowered corymbs, in the surfaces of 
the leaves and margins, &c. 
Many-flowered Saxifrage. Pl. + foot. 
59 S, a’spera (Lin. spec. 575.) leaves flat, lanceolate-linear, 
scattered, pungent, remotely ciliated with spinules, glabrous; 
stem branched, few-flowered ; calycine segments ovate, cuspi- 
date; petals broadly elliptic, rounded at the apex, 5-7-nerved, 
twice the length of the calyx, and a little longer than the sta- 
mens. X.H. Native of Switzerland and the Pyrenees; also 
of Siberia. Jacq. austr. 5. append. 31. Sternb. sax. 29. t. 8. 
f.1,—Scheuch. itin. 2. p. 140. t. 20. f. 3.—Gesn. fasc. 22. 
t. 6. f. 27. S. áspera var. a elongata, Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p. 
108. S. intermèdia, Heg. fl. helv. 1. p. 288. Ciliària áspera, 
Haw. enum. sax. p. 42.—Moris. hist. 3. p. 479. sect. 12. t. 10. 
f. 25. Plant grey: surculi elongated, decumbent, villous. Stem 
branched, reddish, brittle, hispid from short hairs. Peduncles 
longish, stiff, 1-flowered, furnished with glanduliferous hairs, as 
well as on the calyxes. Nerves of petals branched. Flowers 
large, cream-coloured. 
Rough Saxifrage. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1752. Pl. 4 foot. 
60 S. Bryoipes (Lin. spec. 572.) tufts of leaves at the tops 
of surculi globose; leaves imbricated, subulate, mucronate, ci- 
liated ; calycine segments ovate, obtuse ; petals oblong; stems 
few-leaved, 1-flowered. Y.H. Native of Austria, Switzer- 
land, and the Pyrenees. Jacq. misc. 2. p. 49. t. 5. f. 1. Scop. 
carn. no. 497. t. 15. Sternb. rev. sax. p. 30. t. 8. and in Sturm, 
deutschl. fl. p. 33. with a figure. Moretti. tent. sax. p. 32. 
t. 8. Ciliaria bryoides, Haw. enum. sax. p. 42.—Scheuch. alp. 
142. t. 21. f. 2.—Col. eephr. 2. p. 66. t. 67. f. 1-2. S. áspera 
B bryoides, D. C. fl. fran. 4. p. 383. prod. 4. p. 46." Plant 
densely tufted, rosulate. Stem beset with glanduliferous pili. 
Leaves rather triangular, keeled. Flowers cream-coloured, size 
of those of S. 4spera ; calycine segments 5-nerved; petals 3- 
nerved, beset with scattered golden yellow dots ; anthers copper- 
coloured. 
Bryum-like Saxifrage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. Pl. 4 foot. 
61 S. cuerteniolpes (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 382.) 
tufts of leayes on the tops of the surculi globose ; leaves densely 
imbricated, spatulate, mucronate, ciliated; calycine segments 
Semi-ovate, obtuse ; petals obovate, 3-nerved; stems filiform, 
many-flowered. 4Y. H. Native of Kamtschatka. S. bryoides, 
Pall. mss. Plant tufted. Stems ascending, 4-5-flowered, with 
a few small adpressed leaves. Flowers corymbose, cream-co- 
loured, much smaller than those of S. bryoides. Pedicels 1- 
flowered, furnished with a few scattered glands, as well as the 
calyxes. 
Cherleria-like Saxifrage. Pl. 4 foot. 
62 S. HISPYDULA (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 380.) plant 
tufted, and hispid; stems filiform; leaves ovate, mucronate, 
bristly, with one tooth on each side; flower terminal, nearly ses- 
sile ; calyx bristly ; petals nearly orbicular, triple-nerved : 
nerves simple, straight. 2%. H. Native of Nipaul, on the 
ps. Flowers yellow, on short pedicels, drooping in the bud. 
Styles incurved at the apex. 
Rather-hispid Saxifrage. Pl. 4 foot. 
; 63 S. zvotvunoipes (Wall. cat. no. 447.) stems very simple, 
-flowered, ornamented by long capitate spreading hairs; leaves 
ovate-lanceolate, acute, furnished with 1 or 2 teeth, nerveless, 
sessile, covered with strigose pili; sepals ovate, mucronate by a 
bristle, and bearing strigose hairs; petals roundish-obovate, 
opaque, hardly longer than the calyx. Y.F. Native of Nipaul, 
P Gosaingsthan and Kamaon. Perhaps distinct from S. hisph- 
ula. Leaves small, superior ones broadest. Pedicels filiform, 
nearly twice the length of the flowers. Flowers yellow. 
Evolvulus-like Saxifrage. Pl. 4 foot. 
64 S. tz'vis (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 314. suppl. 291. but not of 
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Haw.) stems declinate, few-flowered; cauline leaves oblong, 
acutish, crowded, naked, unarmed, glaucescent ; flowers terminal, 
sessile; petals obovate-oblong, longer than the calyx. %. H. 
Native of the Alps of Caucasus. Flowers yellow. Very nearly 
allied to S. aizotdes, but differs in the flowers being smaller and 
sessile. 
Smooth Saxifrage. PI. 4 to 4 foot. 
65 S. spinutosa (Adams, in mem. soc. mosce. 5. ex Spreng. 
neue. entd. 3. p. 225.) stem nearly naked, many flowered ; leaves 
imbricate, undivided, erect, linear-lanceolate, flat, ciliated, spiny. 
y. H. Native country unknown. 
Spinulose Saxifrage. Pl. + foot. 
66 S. Cuamissor (Stern. rev. sax. suppl. 1. p. 12. t. 10. f. 1.) 
plant tufted; stem generally 4-flowered ; lower leaves cuneated, 
cuspidately trifid, ciliated ; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, quite 
entire; sepals small, obtuse; petals oblong, minute, hardly 
longer than the sepals. 2. H. Native of the Island of Una- 
laschka ; and the subalpine regions of Mount Hood. S. tricus- 
pidata 8, Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 254. Flowers minute, 
white. 
Chamisso’s Saxifrage. Pl. 4 to + foot. 
67 S. rricuspipa'ta (Retz. prod. fl. scand. ed. 2. no. 522.) 
stems straight, thick; lower leaves dense, coriaceous, cuneiform, 
tricuspidate, with the margins finely ciliated ; flowers somewhat 
corymbose ; peduncles short and stiff; calycine segments ovate ; 
petals oblong or lanceolate, 3 times longer than the calyx; cap- 
sule conical, ending in diverging styles; stigmas subcapitate. 
4. H. Native of Greenland, and of North America; from 
Lake Winepeg in lat. 50° to the Arctic sea and islands; and 
from Hudson’s Bay to the Rocky Mountains; Kotzebue’s 
Sound, Newfoundland, &c. Rottb. in act. hafn. 10. p. 446. 
t. 6. Fl. dan. t. 976. Leptasea tricuspidata, Haw. enum. 
sax. p. 40. Plant densely tufted, glabrous: surculi very short. 
Stems ascending, many flowered. Superior leaves undivided. 
Pedicels elongated, glandular, as well as the calyxes. Flowers 
yellow, size of those of S. Hirculus. Petals spotted, triple- 
nerved : nerves simple. 
Tricuspidate-\eaved Saxifrage. 
Pl. 4 to à foot. 
68 S. suntee’Rina (Bieb. fi. taur. 1. p. 314. suppl. p. 291 ) 
stems suffruticose, proliferous ; leaves crowded at intervals, su- 
bulate, triquetrous, stiff, pungent; flowers disposed in spikes ; 
petals obovate, triple-nerved. %. H. Native of the Alps of 
Caucasus, at the foot of the Kaischaur Alps frequent, and nearly 
throughout the whole of Caucasus. Sternb. sax. p. 31. t. 10. 
Chondrésea junipérina, Haw. enum. sax. p. 15. Stems nu- 
merous, crowded with leaves, proliferously branched at the 
apex. Leaves flattish on the keel beneath, bisulcate above, fur- 
nished with an acicular spine at the apex, and finely serrulated 
at the base. Spike 6-10-flowered: pedicels short, beset with 
clammy down. Bracteas linear, obtuse, ciliated with glands. 
Flowers yellow, size of those of S. áspera. 
Var. a, Steveniana (Ser. in D.C. prod. 4. p. 23.) flowers 
crowded into an ovoid spike. 
Var. 3, Adamsidna (Ser. 1. c.) flowers disposed into a capitate 
corymb, emulating that of Lycbnis alpina, Sternb. sax. p. 31. t. 
10. a middle figure. 
Juniper-like Saxifrage. 
FI. May, June. Clt. 1824. 
Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
Secr. V. Porpuy'reon (from ropgupeoc, porphyreos, purple ; 
colour of flowers). Tausch, hort. canal. fase. f. 1. D.C. prod. 
4. p. 17.—Antiphylla species, Haw. enum. sax. p. 43.—Calli- 
phyllum, Gaudin, tl. helv. 3. p. 94. Calyx 5-cleft, with a long, 
erect, permanent tube (f. 43. a.), joined to the ovarium or 
free from it. Petals sessile, perigynous. Stamens perigynous 
(f. 43. b. e.); filaments flat, gradually attenuated. Stigmas 
