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spreading, flat, spatulate, bearded with short down (f. 43. c.). 
apsule covered by the calyx. Seeds angular, smooth or 
wrinkled.—Tufted evergreen herbs, with small opposite coria- 
ceous or thick permanent leaves. Flowers red or violaceous. 
Elegant little plants. 
69 S. OPPOSITIFÒLIA (Lin. spec. 575.) stems 1-flowered ; leaves 
imbricated, ovate or obovate, flat, obtuse, ciliated; segments of 
the calyx broadly ovate, obtuse; petals obovate, 5-nerved; 
genitals shorter than the corolla. %.H. Native of Lapland, 
Switzerland, Spitzbergen, Pyrenees, Scotland, and England, on 
alpine rocks and precipices; also of North America, as in New- 
foundland and Labrador ; Antecosti, in the Bay of St. Laurence ; 
Rocky Mountains, near the highest summits, between lat. 52° 
and 56°; Arctic sea shore and islands ; Bay of Eschscholtz, &c. 
In England on the west side of Ingleborough Hill, Yorkshire ; 
on Snowdon plentifully ; and on Ben Lomond and other Scottish 
mountains. Lin. fi. lapp. p. 179. t. 2. f. 1. Fl. dan. t. 34, All. 
pedem. 1529. t. 21. f. 3. Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 36. t. 16. Smith, 
engl. bot. t.9. Hohenwart in Reiner. itin. 1. p. 133. t.3. S. 
coerilea, Pers. ench. 1. p. 488. Antiphylla coertlea, Haw. enum. 
sax. p. 43. Plant forming a broad flat tuft ; surculi. short, pro- 
cumbent, reddish. Leaves usually perforated at the apex by 1 
or 2 pores. Flowers large, of a beautiful lilac colour. 
Var. B, distans (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 18.) leaves of the 
sterile branches loose and distant. 
of Switzerland and the Pyrenees. 
Fl. March, April. 
u.H. Native of the Alps 
Opposite-leaved Saxifrage. Britain. Pl. 
1 inch. 
70 S. retu'sa (Gouan, 
ill. 28. t. 18. f. 1.) stems 
usually 3-flowered ; leaves 
imbricated, oblong, trigo- 
nal, acute, full of perforated 
dots above; petals lanceo- 
late, acute; styles much 
longer than the corolla. %. 
H. Native of Piedmont, 
on the tops of the Alps, as 
well as of Dauphiny and 
the Pyrenees. Lapeyr. pyr. : 
sax. p. 38. t. 18. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 49. new ser. t. 49. S. 
imbricàta, Lam, fl. fr. 3. p. 531. S. purpùrea, All. pedem. 1531. 
t. 21. f. 2. S. oppositifòlia y, Willd. spec. 2. p. 648. Anti- 
phylla retùsa, Haw. enum. sax. p. 44. Plant forming a very com- 
pact harsh tuft, glaucescent ; surculi procumbent, densely leafy. 
Stems erect, few-leaved. Leaves imbricated in 4 rows, like 
those of the ,last species, trigonal, glabrous, shining, ciliated at 
the base. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with short glandular 
down. Flowers purple. Calycine segments oblong-ovate, ob- 
tuse. Petals triple-nerved, acute (f. 43.). 
Retuse-leaved Saxifrage. F). May, June. Clt. 1826. Pl. 2 ft. 
71 S. srrxora (All. pedem. 1530. t. 21. f. 1.) stem usually 
2-3-flowered ; leaves flat, spatulate, ciliated, loose ; petals linear- 
oblong ; calycine lobes obtuse ; genitals longer than the corolla. 
%. H. Native of the Alps of Switzerland and the Pyrenees, 
near the limits of perpetual snow. Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 37. t. 
17. Hohenwart and Reiner, itin. 1. p. 138. t. 2. f.2. Anti- 
phylla biflora, Haw. enum. sax. p. 44. S. oppositifdlia B, Willd. 
spec. 2, p. 648. Plant tufted, greenish purple, like S. oppo- 
silifòlia, but larger and more loose in habit. Flowers purplish 
or lilac. Leaves imbricating in 4 rows. Seeds obovate, trique- 
trous, truncate at the apex. 
Two-flowered Saxifrage. 
to 2 inches. 
72 S. Escuscuo’irzi (Sternb. rev. sax. suppl. p. 9. t. 10. f 
2.) plant small, densely tufted ; leaves closely imbricated, ob- 
Fl. April, June. Clit. 1820. Pl. 1 
SAXIFRAGACE#. 
I. SAXIFRAGA. 
ovate, concave, pectinately ciliated; flowers solitary on short 
peduncles; petals cochleate, ciliated; calycine segments obtuse, 
ciliated. w.H. Native of the north-west coast of America, 
at Cape Newnham and Behring’s Straits. S. fimbriata, D. Don, 
in Lin. trans. 13. p. 404. Plant canescent, forming a flat 
spreading tuft. Leaves glabrous, full of pitted dots. Peduncles 
solitary, 1-flowered. Flowers probably purple. 
Eschscholtz’s Saxifrage. PJ. 1 inch. 
Secr. VI. Arzdonta (aw, aiei, always, and fwoc, zoos, 
alive; succulent plants). Tausch, hort. canal. fasc. 1. D. C. 
prod. 4. p. 18.—Chondrésea, Haw. enum. sax. p. 10.—Cotylé- 
don, Trigonophyllum, and Porophyllum, Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p. 
86. 89. and 91. Calyx 5-cleft, with a long tube adhering to the 
ovarium, erect, permanent. Petals sessile, perigynous. Stamens 
perigynous; filaments flat, gradually attenuated. Stigmas 
spreading, flat, spatulate, bearded with short down. Seeds ovate, 
triquetrous, wrinkled. Leaves alternate, thick, sessile, coriace- 
ous, glaucescent, permanent, cartilaginously margined, usually 
marked with excavated dots towards the margin: radical ones 
rosulate. Flowers white, yellow or red. 
§ 1. Leaves ligulate, obtuse, cartilaginously serrated. 
73 S. Coryze‘pon (Lin. spec. 570.) leaves flat, spatulate, car- 
tilaginously serrated ; calyx densely beset with glands: with 
linear-lanceolate obtuse segments ; petals oblong-spatulate. X. 
H. Native of the Alps of Lapland, Norway, Iceland, Switzer- 
land, and the Pyrenees. Oed. fl. dan. t. 241. S. pyramidalis, 
Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 32. Sternb. sax. p. 2. t. 2. S. pyramidata, 
Mill. dict. no. 4. S. multiflora, Ehrh. pl. sel. p. 74. Chondrosea 
pyramidalis, Haw. enum. sax. p. 10.—Lin. fl. lapp. 177. t. 2. 
f.2. Plant tufted. Stem erect, branched in a pyramidal form, 
many flowered. Leaves with silvery edges. Flowers large, 
hs dotless ; petals conspicuously 3-nerved, Angles of seeds 
rough. 
Cotyledon or Pyramidal Saxifrage. FJ. May, July. Clt. 1596. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. f 
74 S. uincura‘ra (Bell. in act. taur. 5. p. 226.) leaves linear- 
lingulate, channelled, tubercularly crenated; calyx densely be- 
set with glands : with semi-ovate obtuse segments ; petals oval. 
%.H. Native of the tops of the Alps of Switzerland ; and the 
Pyrenees, on the Alps by the sea side, and other alpine places 
about Montregal. C. Cotylédon, Mill. dict. no. 2. S. longi- 
folia, Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 26. t. 11. Chondròsea longifolia, 
Haw. enum. sax. p. 11. Plant tufted. Stem erect, flexuous, 
branched in a pyramidal form, leafy, beset with glandular hairs. 
Leaves glaucous, ciliated at the base, recurved at the apex. 
Panicle nodding. Peduncles many flowered, and are, as well as 
the calyxes, beset with rusty glandular down. Flowers flat, 
white, with numerous rose-coloured dots; petals conspicuously 
triple-nerved. 
Var. B, mèdia (Sternb. sax. p. 1. t. 1. a. and in Sturm, 
deutschl. fl. 33. f. a.) leaves shorter; stem panicled above; pa- 
nicle erect, pyramidal. 2%.H. Native of the Alps of Carim. 
thia. Chondrésea intermèdia, Haw. enum. sax. p- 11.—Hort. 
eyst. ord. 5. pl. 10. f. 1.—Pluk. phyt. t. 222. f. 1. Perhaps 4 
distinct species. 
Var. y, crustata (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 391.) plant 
4 times smaller than the species; leaves narrower, with more 
crustaceously porose margins; panicle few-flowered. Y. © 
Native of the Alps of Switzerland, Carniola, Carinthia, and oe 
Pyrenees. S. longifdlia y minor, Sternb. sax. t. 1. f- b- 3 
crustàta, Vest, man. bot. p. 656. S. lingulàta, Bell. in act. ade 
tur. 5. p. 226. S. callòsa, Smith in Rees’ cycl. vol. 31. Panicle 
straight : peduncles 2-3-flowered. 
