220 
p. 533.—Gouan. ill. p. 28. t. 18. f. 2. Plant tufted. Surculi 
reddish, stiff. Stems red, beset with glanduliferous hairs. 
Bracteas lanceolate, obtuse. Flowers campanulate, white ; fila- 
ments yellowish. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with clammy 
down. 
Var. B, obtusiloba (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 30.) plant hardly 
pilose ; lobes and lobules of leaves hardly toothed ; flowers sub- 
umbellate; bracteas linear. 2. H. Native of Switzerland. 
S. geranioides, Schleich. cat. 1822. p. 63. 
Geranium-like Saxifrage. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. 1770. Pl. 4 ft. 
118 S. irricua (Fisch. hort. gorenk. Spreng. cent. spec. 
min. cogn. p. 36.) radical leaves palmately 5-parted: cau- 
line ones trifid, sessile; segments cuneate-oblong, mucronate, 
trifid; panicle loose, many-flowered; calycine segments linear, 
acute; petals spatulatee 2m. or ¢. H. Native of Tauria, 
among rocks, at the Salghir fountains; and of Siberia, especially 
in boggy fields, from the Aldan to the Urak, and among rocks, on 
the banks of the Jaika. Bieb. cent. pl. rar. ross. 2. t. 73. Sims, 
bot. mag. 2207. S. petree‘a, Pall. ind. taur. Habl. taur. p. 147. 
S. aquatica, Bieb. fl. taur. 1, p. 317. exclusive of the synonyme 
of Lapeyr. and Persoon. S. geranioides p, irrigua, Ser. in 
D. C. prod. 4. p. 30. Plant rather larger than the preceding, 
much softer and looser, without any surculi. Stems green, 
beset with jointed hairs. Petioles villous, viscid. Bracteas 
palmate. Flowers large, campanulate, white; filaments green ; 
anthers yellow. Peduncles and calyxes clothed with viscid villi. 
Plashy Saxifrage. Fl. Ju. Jul. Cit. 1817. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
119 S. Maprre’nsis (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 414.) 
surculi woody; leaves crowded, cuneiform, on long petioles, 
acute at the base, unequally and deeply lobed at the apex; 
calycine segments broadly ovate, acute. Y%. F. Native of 
Madeira. Plant densely tufted. Stems numerous, ascending, 
filiform, few-leaved, and few-flowered, beset with scattered glan- 
duliferous hairs ; lobes of leaves short, ovate, acute: uppermost 
cauline leaves undivided, acute. Petioles filiform, terete, cili- 
ated. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with clammy down. 
Madeira Saxifrage. PI. 4 foot. 
120 S. peepatiripa (Ehrh. exsic. no. 15. Smith, in Lin. 
trans. 10. p. 314.) radical leaves reniform, pedatifid, clothed 
with clammy villi: segments linear-lanceolate, acute ; panicle 
fastigiate ; calycine segments linear-lanceolate, mucronate; pe- 
tals narrow, spatulate. 2/.H. Native of the Alps of Switzer- 
land and the Pyrenees; and on rocks in the highlands of Scot- 
land, especially on the Clova mountains, Angus-shire. Smith, 
engl. bot. 1278. S. quinquéfida a, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 533. Donn, 
hort. cant. ed. 5. p. 137. S. fragilis, Schrank, hort. mon. t 92. 
S. ladanifera 3 pinnatifida, Duby, in bot. gall. 1. p. 210. S. gera- 
nioides ò pedatifida, Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 30. Plant grow- 
ing in dense conical tufts. Stems erect, red, smoothish. Petioles 
villous, compressed, dilated at the base. Radical leaves 2-3- 
cleft ; lateral segments 2-3-cleft: middle one cuneately trifid or 
entire; lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, awned. Lower cauline 
leaves tripartite, with linear entire lobes: upper cauline ones 
entire, narrow. Flowers white, smaller than those of S. gerani- 
oides ; filaments yellowish green. 
Pedatifid-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. 
3 to } foot. 
121 S. viscésa (Haw. in misc. nat. 164. enum. sax. p. 26.) 
stems hairy ; radical Jeaves pedatifid: of the surculi, which are 
erect, 3-5-cleft : cauline ones trifid and lanceolate, 3-nerved. 1. 
H. Native country unknown. Allied to S. geraniotdes and S. 
pedatifida, but much smaller and more clammy. Flowers white. 
Clammy Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. PI. 4 to 4 foot. 
122 S. CERATOPRY'LLA (Dryander, in hort. kew. 3. p. 70.) 
surculi woody; leaves 2-3-parted, petiolate, stiff, glabrous: 
Scotland. Pl. 
segments subulate, with horny mucrones ; stems clammy; calyx . 
SAXIFRAGACE. 
I. SAXIFRAGA. 
brownish, glabrous : with ovate segments, which are furnished 
each with a recurved mucrone at the apex; petals oblong. 4, 
H. Native of Spain. Sims, bot. mag. 1651. S. trifureata, 
Schrad. hort. goett. fasc. 1. p. 13. t. 7. S. petrae‘a, Pavon. herb. 
Plant densely tufted, quite glabrous. Stems reddish at the base, 
covered with viscid juice. Petioles naked, channelled above. 
Flowers snow white, disposed in a loose branched panicle. Pe- 
dicels and calyxes covered with clammy juice. 
Horn-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1804. Pl. 4 
to 4 foot. 
123 S. oprusrFina (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 416.) sur- 
culi woody ; leaves 3-parted, stiff, and smooth, as well as the 
very narrow petioles; segments linear, very blunt; calyxes pu- 
bescent, with ovate obtuse segments; petals obovate. %. H: 
Native of Spain. Plant densely tufted, quite glabrous, deep 
green. Stems few-leaved. Lateral segments of leaves length- 
ened, and usually bifid. Pedicels 1-flowered, pubescent. Flowers 
campanulate, white. Petals triple-nerved : nerves 2-3-forked at 
the apex. 
Blunt-cleft-leaved Saxifrage. Pl. 4 foot. 
124 S. aJucÆæròLIa (Lin, amæn. acad. 4. p. 271.) surculi pro- 
cumbent; leaves 5-parted: segments lanceolate, mucronate ; 
stem branched; calycine segments ovate, mucronate ; petals 
flat, obovate. %.H. Native of Provence, on the mountains, 
and of the Pyrenees. Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 56. t. 31. Sternb. 
sax. p. 46. Plant green, furnished with a few viscid hairs, 
which are more dense on the petioles: densely tufted at the time 
of flowering, but growing ina loose manner afterwards. Surculi 
long, reddish, as well as the base of the stems. Leaves glabrous, 
but ciliated: cauline ones undivided, lanceolate. Flowers large, 
campanulate, white. Calyx beset with glanduliferous hairs. 
Petals triple-nerved : nerves simple. 
Var. B, Aitònis (Haw. enum. sax. p. 29.) leaves of the pros- 
trate stolons 3-5-cleft, somewhat pedate; segments linear-lan- 
ceolate, awned, twice the length of the petioles. %.H. Native 
of the mountains of Provence. S. ajugzefdlia, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 
2. vol. 3. p. 70. S. ajugæfòlia 6 longipes, Haw. l. c. 
Var. y, fimbriata (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 28.) sepals and 
petals jagged. %. H. Native of the Pyrenees. Ramond, in 
D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 372. in a note. 
Ajuga-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1825. Pl. 4 ft. 
125 S. arri nis (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 418.) surculi 
procumbent; leaves 5-parted: segments linear, mucronate; 
calycine segments linear, awned ; petals oblong, with inflexed 
edges. 2%.H. Native of Ireland, as on the top of Brandon 
mountains, county of Kerry. Plant beautiful green, furnished 
with soft and viscid hairs, densely tufted before flowering, but 
afterwards loose. Surculi elongated, reddish. Stems shining, 
smooth, few-flowered. Leaves of the surculi for the most part 
3-parted. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with viscid down. 
Flowers white, smaller than those of S. ajugef dla. Petals tri- 
ple-nerved : nerves simple. 
Allied Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. PI. 4 foot. : 
126 S. caprra‘ra (Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 55. t. 30.) stems thick- 
ish, prostrate, hardly pilose; leaves cuneated, 3-5-cleft, rather 
fleshy, nerved, crowded towards the tops of the surculi: lobes 
ovate, rather parallel; calycine lobes ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, 
length of tube when in flower; petals obovate, much longer 
than the calyx; styles very long, spatulate. Y. H. Native of 
the Pyrenees. S. ajugæfòlia B, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 371. Sternb. 
rev. sax. p. 26. Petals white, 3-nerved above the base, lateral 
nerves confluent. Very like S. ajugæfòlia, but differs in the 
leaves being thicker and denser. 
Capitate-flowered Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. - PI. 4 foot. 
127 S. pentapa’crytis (Lapeyr. fl. pyr. sax. p. 64. t- 40.) 
surculi short, erect; leaves on long petioles, glabrous, 5-parted : 
