SAXIFRAGACES. 
b. f. 4.) stems nearly naked, few-flowered; leaves densely 
imbricated, lanceolate, spinosely mucronate, and ciliated, shin- 
ing beneath; flowers usually by threes, panicled ; calyx pilose: 
with ovate lobes, which end in a little spine each ; petals obtuse, 
hardly longer than the calyx. 2. H. Native country unknown. 
Chondrosea nítida, Haw. enum. sax. p. 16. Very nearly allied 
to S. tenélla. Flowers yellowish. 
Shining Saxifrage. Fl. May, Ju. Clt.? Pl. 4 foot. 
93 S. TENELLA (Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 3. p. 144. t. 17.) leaves 
crowded, linear-subulate, flat, pungent, ciliated ; stems slender, 
few-leaved, many-flowered ; calycine segments linear-lanceolate ; 
petals obovate. Y%.H. Native of the Alps of Carinthia, Car- 
niola, and of the Carpathian mountains; also about Prague. 
Chondrésea tenélla, Haw. enum. sax. p.15. Plant tufted; sur- 
culi decumbent. Leaves crowded, imbricate, deep green, keeled 
beneath. Flowers panicled, white. Calyx beset with glan- 
dular hairs. 
Delicate Saxifrage. FI. Ju. Aug. Clt. 1819. Pl. 4 foot. 
94 S. areNnarioipEs (Brignoli, fasc. rar. pl. forogul. p. 24. 
Sternb. rev. sax. p. 59.) stem erect, nearly naked, branched in 
forks; surculi creeping, prostrate, covered with imbricated 
leaves ; leaves linear, acuminated, ciliated at the base. 2%. H. 
Native of the mountains of Matajura, in the fissures of rocks. 
Flowers white. Perhaps not distinct from S. tenélla. (ex Mo- 
retti, tent. sax. p. 33.) 
Sand-wort-like Saxifrage. PI. 4 foot. 
95 S. Burseria‘na (Lin. spec. 572.) stem beset with glan- 
dular hairs ; leaves aggregate, subulate, pungent, smooth, glau- 
cous ; stems usually 1-flowered; segments of the calyx ovate ; 
petals roundish, with curled edges, and branched nerves. 2%. H. 
Native of the Alps of Carinthia and Carniola; and in Upper 
Italy, on the mountains. Wulf. in Jacq. misc. 1. p. 152. t. 17. 
f. 3. Sternb. sax. p- 33. t. 10. f. 1-2. and in Sturm, deutschl. 
fasc. 33. no. 10. f a. b. c. d. — Seguier, pl. rar. 3. p. 201. t. 5. 
f. 2. Chondrésea Burseridna, Haw. enum. sax. 15. Plant 
densely tufted. Surculi short, erect. Leaves rosulate, trique- 
trous. Flowers large, beautiful, milk-coloured, lined with 
branched, yellowish, flexuous nerves. 
Var. B, subbiflora (Sternb. l. c. t. 10. B.) stems usually 2- 
flowered. 
Burser’s Saxifrage. Fl. Mar. Ju. Clt. 1826. Pl. 4 foot. 
96 S. Vanpe’ti (Sternb. rev. sax. p. 34. t. 10. b. f. 3. ex- 
clusive of the syn. of Jacq.) plant beset with glandular hairs ; 
leaves firm, ciliated: radical ones aggregate, dense; flowers 
corymbose, pedunculate ; lobes of calyx ovate, acutish ; petals 
obovate, cuneated, much longer than the calyx. X¥.H. Na- 
tive on Mount Corni de Canzo, and of the Pyrenees. S. Bur- 
seriàna, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 35. but not of Lin. exclusive of 
many synonymes. S. Burseridna 3, spinosa, Pers. ench. 1. p. 
488. S. Burseriàna y, Vandélli, D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. 
p. 898. Chondròsea Vandélli, Haw. enum. sax. p. 15. Stem 
usually 4-flowered. Flowers milk-coloured. 
Vandelli’s Saxifrage. Pl. 2 foot. 
Seer. VII. MICRA'NTHES (from puxpoc, micros, small, and 
av8oc, anthos, a flower ; flowers small). D.Don, in Lin. trans. 
13. p. 345. Tausch, hort. canal. fasc. 1. Haw. syn. succ. p. 
$21. and enum. sax. p. 45.—Dermasea, Haw. enum. sax. p. 8. 
Calyx 5-parted (f. 45. a.), spreading. Petals small (f. 45. b.), 
sessile, Spreading, inserted in the calyx: as also the stamens ; 
filaments very short, subulate (f.45.c.). Styles very short, thick ; 
stigmas capitate, glabrous. Capsule depressed, free from the 
calyx (f. 45, d.). Seeds oblong, smooth.—Perennial herbs, with 
fibrous roots and many-flowered scapes. Leaves undivided, 
Spreading, lanceolate or ovate, serrated or crenated. Flowers 
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corymbose, small, white or yellowish, disposed in terminal 
panicles. 
97 S. nieraciroxia (Waldst. et Kit. hung. 1. p. 17. t. 18.) 
scape erect, hairy; leaves petiolate, elliptic, acute, repandly 
toothed, glabrous; pedicels aggregate, 1-flowered, disposed in 
spikes: petals lanceolate, acute. Y%.H. Native of the Car- 
pathian mountains, Greenland: shores of the Arctic Sea, between 
the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers, Arctic Islands; and of 
Siberia, at the mouth of the river Lena. S. plantaginif lia, 
Hook. in Parry’s 2d voy. append. p. 394. S. rígida, Christ. 
Smith, mss. S. uligindsa a, Fisch. in litt. 1829. S. nivalis, 
var. racemosa, Towns. itin. hung. p. 488. t. 15. S. rotundi- 
fdlia, Geners. elench. scap. no. 372. Micranthes hieracifdlia, 
Haw. enum. sax. p. 45. Leaves ciliated, with articulated hairs. 
Stem beset with glandular hairs, as well as the pedicels and 
calyxes. Bracteas lanceolate, obtuse, one under each fascicle of 
flowers. Flowers small, of a brownish-bay colour. 
Var. B, capitellata (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 39.) flowers 
few, somewhat capitate; leaves nearly entire; scape length of 
leaves. 4. H. Native of the Carpathian mountains, and the 
Island of St. Lawrence. Micranthes hirta, Haw. enum. sax. 
p. 46.7 S. uligindsa ĝ, atrata, Fisch. in litt. 
Hankmeed-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, Ju. 
4 to 1 foot. 
98 S. Pennsytva’nica (Lin. spec. 571.) leaves lanceolate, 
without petioles, sinuately denticulated, very hairy on both sur- 
faces ; scape branched; flowers disposed in corymbose heads, 
the whole forming a branched panicle; calycine segments ovate, 
acutish ; petals linear, longer than the calyx. Yy.H. Native 
of North America, in the states of New York and Virginia, in 
humid meadows ; also of Canada, but rare. S. Caroliniana and 
S. Marylandica, Hortul. S. palistris, Hort. engl. Link, enum. 
1. p. 412. Micranthes Pennsylvanica, Haw. enum. sax. p. 45. 
— Dill. elth. 337. t. 253. f. 28. Leaves attenuated at the base. 
Scape beset with viscid hairs, and the pedicels and calyxes 
with glandular ones. Flowers of a squalid white colour. 
Var. B, corymbifera (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 269.) panicle 
loose ; flowers corymbose, distant. 
Pennsylvanian Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. 
14 to 2 feet. 
99 S. semipusr’scens (Sweet, hort. suburb. p. 97.) leaves 
without petioles, oval-oblong, obtuse, quite glabrous, denticu- 
lated ; scape branched ; flowers in capitate corymbs, the whole 
forming a panicle; calycine segments ovate, acute ; petals oval, 
about equal in length to the calyx. Y%.H. Native of North 
America. Micranthes semipubéscens, Haw. syn. succ. append. 
321. S. Marylandica, Hortul. Micranthes hirta, Haw. enum. 
sax. p. 46. Stem beset with glandular hairs, as well as the 
calyxes and pedicels. Flowers small, yellowish. 
Semi-pubescent Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. 
1 to 14 foot. 
100 S. Vireinte’nsis (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 269.) leaves 
ovate, acute, toothed, stalked ; calycine segments ovate, obtuse ; 
petals oval, with branched nerves ; scape paniculately branched. 
4%. H. Native of Virginia, Carolina, and New England, on 
the mountains; also of Canada, near Montreal, and on the 
banks of the Saskatchawan. S. Virginica, Nutt. gen. amer. 1. 
p. 285. S. elongata 8, subspatulata, Sternb. append. enum. 
sax. p.4. Dermasea pilòsa, Haw. enum. sax. p. 8.—Pluk. alm. 
p. 331. t. 39. f. 1. and t. 222. f. 5. Leaves rather hairy on 
both surfaces. Scape beset with glandular hairs, naked above, 
dichotomously branched; branches elongated, ascending. Flowers 
Cit. 1789. Pl. 
Ci i732 Pi 
Cit. 1800. PI: 
disposed in unilateral spicate racemes, small, white. Pedicels 
numerous, 1-flowered, clothed with viscid down. 
Virginian Saxifrage. Fl. May, Jul. Clt.1790. Pl. 3 foot. 
101 S. verna‘xis (Willd. hort. berol. t. 43.) leaves oblong or 
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