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nished with some viscid villi afterwards. Surculi very short, 
very leafy. Stems erect, few-leaved, few-flowered, purplish, 
beset with glanduliferous hairs. Petioles slender, ciliated. Pe- 
dicels and calyxes clothed with viscid’ down. Petals triple- 
nerved: nerves simple. Flowers white; filaments green. 
Tridentate-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Pl. 4 foot. 
137 S. Anprcora (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 427.) plant 
very villous; radical leaves trifid: segments lanceolate, acute : 
upper surculine leaves linear, simple, acute ; calycine segments 
ovate, acute; petals obovate-orbicular, with branched nerves. 
u. F. Native of Peru, in very cold places on Mount Rucu- 
Pichincha, at the elevation of 4000 or 5000 feet. H.B. et 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 6. p. 48. t. 519. S. villésa, Pavon, mss. 
S. Cordilleriana, Pres], in Heenk. reliq. 2. p. 55. Plant densely 
tufted. Surculi short, decumbent. Stems erect, leafy, 3-4- 
flowered, clothed with viscid villi. Lower cauline and surculine 
leaves 3-parted. Flowers milk-coloured, subcorymbose. Calyx 
densely clothed with glandular hairs. 
Andes Saxifrage. Pl. $ foot. 
138 S. caspirosa (Lin. spec. 578.) radical leaves aggregate, 
5-3-parted or undivided: segments linear-lanceolate, obtuse ; 
stems few-leaved, few-flowered; calycine segments ovate, ob- 
tuse ; petals obovate-roundish, connivent. 2%.H. Native of the 
Alps of Lapland, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, and the Pyre- 
nees ; also of the north-west coast of America, Kotzebue’s Sound, 
Arctic sea-shore, and of Greenland. In Wales and Ireland on the 
loftiest mountains ; on the rocks of Troll dû Cwn Idwell, North 
Wales ; on the lofty summits of Brandon mountains, county of 
Kerry. Gunn. fl. nory. no. 1047. t. 7. f. 3. Smith, engl. bot. 
t. 794. S. Groenlandica, Lin. spec. p. 578. Gunn. fl. norv. p. 
689. t. 7. f. 1. Lapery. pyr. sax. p. 39. t. 19.—Dill. elth. p. 
337. t. 353. f. 329. Muscaria ceespitosa, Haw. enum. sax. p. 
37. Plant densely tufted, beset with glanduliferous hairs. Sur- 
culi short, very leafy. Stems 1-3-flowered, but in cultivation 
usually 4-flowered. Lower cauline leaves palmate, upper ones 
for the most part 3-parted. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with 
viscid down. Flowers rather large, milk-coloured ; filaments 
yellow ; petals triple-nerved ; nerves simple: lateral ones curved. 
Tufted Saxifrage. Fl. June, July. Wales. Pl. 4 foot. 
139 S. univnora (R. Br. in Parry’s first voy. append. p. 
275. but not of Sternb.) radical leaves aggregate, trifid: cauline 
ones linear, undivided, distant; stem one-flowered, and is, as 
well as the inferior ovarium, viscid; down glandular, very 
short; calycine segments obtuse ; petals obovate-oblong. 4%. H. 
Native of the Arctic Islands. S. cæspitòsa, R. Br. in Ross’ voy. 
ed. 2. vol. 2. p. 192. S. cæspitòsa 3 unifléra, Hook. fl. bor. 
amer. 1. p. 244. S. vendsa, Haw. enum. sax. p. 28.? Flowers 
milk-coloured. 
One-flowered Saxifrage. PI. $ foot. 
140 S. sTELLA TAa (Pavon, mss. ex D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. 
p- 430.) leaves very numerous, adpressedly imbricated, 5-cleft 
or trifid: segments linear-oblong, obtuse; stem few-flowered ; 
calycine segments ovate, acute ; petals obovate. %. F. Native 
of Peru, on the Andes in very cold places. Plant densely tufted. 
Habit of Fragésa tomentosa, beset with glanduliferous hairs. 
Stems erect, 2-flowered. Cauline leaves simple, obtuse. Pe- 
tioles dilated. Flowers largish, milk-coloured. Calyx clothed 
with glandular down; petals obovate, triple-nerved: nerves 
simple. 
Stellate Saxifrage. PI. 1 inch. 
141 S. Boxrra' Noii (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 431.) plant 
pubescent ; leaves crowded, 5-cleft or trifid: segments linear, 
obtuse; calycine segments lanceolate, acute; petals obovate. 
Y.H. Native of the Cordillera of Peru, in cold places. S. 
Peruviana, Bonpland in Sternb. sax. p. 55. t. 22. S. Cordil- 
leriàna f Bonplandii, Presl, in reliq. Hænk. 2. p. 55. S. al- 
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SAXIFRAGACEZ. 
I. SAXIFRAGA. 
pina, Pavon, mss. Plant densely tufted, beset with short glan- 
duliferous hairs. Surculi short, very leafy. Stems clothed with 
glandular tomentum, as well as the calyxes, few-leaved. Lower 
cauline leaves 3-parted: upper cauline ones undivided, linear- 
lanceolate. Petioles narrow, short. Flowers white, terminal, 
nearly sessile, by threes, rarely solitary ; petals triple-nerved: 
nerves simple. 
Var. B, Hænkei; leaves densely glandular, 3-5-lobed : lobes 
ovate; surculi nearly globose ; corymbs 6-10-flowered. %. F. 
Native in valleys on the Cordillera of Peru. S. Cordilleriana 
var. y Heenkei, Presl, in Henk. reliq. 2. p. 55. 
Var. y, léxa ; stems elongated; leaves densely glandular, 3- 
5-lobed, loosely imbricated: lobes ovate; surculi cylindrical, 
loose; corymbs many flowered. 2. F. Native of the Cordil- 
lera of Peru, in valleys. Petals white. S. Cordilleriana ò láxa, 
Presl, in Henk. reliq. 2. p. 55. 
Bonpland’s Saxifrage. PJ. 1 inch. 
142 S. macexta’nica (Poir. dict. 6. p. 686.) stems tufted, 
procumbent; leaves linear or trifid, much crowded, glabrous; 
floriferous branches naked, axillary, very short, 1-flowered. X. 
F. Native of the Straits of Magellan. Muscaria Magellanica, 
Haw. enum. sax. p. 38. Plant tufted. Stems leafy. Lower 
leaves trifid. Flowers solitary, on short peduncles. Segments 
of the calyx linear, obtuse. Petals obovate, twice the length of 
the calyx. 
Var. a, integrifdlia (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 24.) leaves spa- 
tulate, usually entire: upper ones puberulous: lower ones gla- 
brous. 
Var. B, triloba (Ser. 1. c.) leaves all cuneated, 3-lobed at the 
apex, clammy. 4%. F. S. Magellanica, Sternb. rev. sax. p. 39. 
id Dias e ale 
Magellan Saxifrage. Pl. 4 foot. 
143 S. ranceora‘ta (Haw. syn. succ. p. 324, enum. sax. p. 
240.) leaves glabrous, ciliated; those of the surculi palmately 
7-cleft: those of the stolons, which are very short and erect, 3- 
5-cleft: cauline leaves lanceolate; petals roundish, obovate. 
%.H. Native of the Alps of Europe. Flowers white. 
Var. B, minor (Haw. enum. sax. p. 24.) leaves trifid and en- 
tire : lower cauline ones lanceolate-spatulate ; petals oblong-cu- 
neiform, distinct. 2. H. Two or three times smaller than 
bres species, and the leaves and petioles are very different. 
aw. l. c. 
Var. y, obtùsa (Haw. 1. c. p. 24.) leaves cuneiform at the 
base or obovate : those of the rosulæ deeply 1-5-toothed, and 
brownish : those of the stolons usually abortive : lower cauline 
leaves elliptic; petals orbicularly obovate. %. H. 
Lanceolate-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1800. Pl. 
4 to 4 foot. : 
144 S. picno’roma (Willd. in Sternb. sax. rev. p. 51.) radical 
leaves reniformly cordate, palmately parted: segments linear ; 
cauline leaves nearly sessile, cuneated, 3-5-parted ; flowers in 
dichotomous panicles ; peduncles and calyxes pilose ; calycine 
lobes lanceolate, acute, length of the tube. XY. H. Native of 
Spain. Haw. enum. sax. p. 27. Flowers white. 
Dichotomous Saxifrage. Pl. ł to % foot. 
145 S. exara'ra (Vill. dauph. 4. p. 674. t. 45.) plant pubes- 
cent; radical leaves 5 or 8-parted: those of the surculi 3- 
parted: segments linear, very blunt, engraven above; stem 
many flowered; calycine segments ovate-oblong, obtuse ; dope 
obovate, with simple nerves. 2%. H. Native of the Alps of 
Dauphiny, Savoy, Piedmont, and the higher Pyrenees ; also o 
North America: frequent on the Rocky Mountains between lat. 
52° and 56°. S. nervòsa, Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 63. t. 39. 
hypnoides, All. pedem. no. 1538. t. 21. f. 4. S. intermèdia, 
Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p. 122. S. striata, Hall. fil. in herb. pamai 
l. c. p. 129.? Plant densely tufted before flowering, afterwards 
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