224 
bot. t. 2214. exclusive of the synonymes. 
peyr. pyr. sax. p. 62. t. 38. S. moschata y, Sternb. sax. t. 11. 
B, f. 2. S. muscoldes lineata, Sternb. rev. sax. suppl. 1. p. 10. 
t.7. f.1.? S. muscoides a microphylla, Gaudin, syn. sax. in 
Meisner, anz. 1829. p. 69. fl. helv. 3. p. 131. D. C. prod. 4. p. 
26. Plant densely tufted, spreading close on the ground. Sur- 
culi short, rosulate, very leafy. Stems filiform, slender, few- 
leaved, 3-4-flowered, beset with glands. Flowers the smallest 
of all the section, of a yellowish colour. Calyx and pedicels 
S. moschata 8, La- 
glandular. Nerves of petals simple. Filaments short, purple. 
Pygmy Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Scotland. Pl. 1 to 2 
inches. 
153 S. Terexre’nsis (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 
398. fl. alt. 2. p. 123.) plant small, tufted ; radical leaves much 
crowded, cuneated, trifid: segments oblong-linear, obtuse, 
ciliated with a few glands ; cauline leaves few, trifid or entire ; 
stem few- flowered, glandular; petals oblong, twice the length of 
the calyx. 2. H. Native of Altaia, in rough stony places on 
tops of mountains, between the rivers Ursul and Koksun. 
Flowers pale yellow. Allied to S. moschata, but differs in the 
flowers being twice the size, and in the petals being obovate- 
oblong. 
Terek Saxifrage. Pl]. 4 foot. 
154 S. secu’npa (Moretti, tent. sax. p. 20.) plant very vil- 
lous; radical leaves aggregate, cuneiform, 3-5-cleft: lobes ob- 
tuse; stems few-leaved, rather corymbose; flowers secund; 
lobes of calyx ovate, obtuse; petals obovate, longer than the 
calyx. 2. H. Native of Italy? S. ceespitdsa, Biroli, fl. acon. 
1. p. 142. Poll. veron. 2. p. 33. but not of Lin. 
Sccund-flowered Saxifrage. Pl. + foot. 
155 S. venosa (Haw. enum. sax. p. 28.) plant almost stem- 
less ; leaves simple and trifid, nerved; scapes 1-flowered, fur- 
nished with linear entire leaves. %.H. Native of Melville 
Island. Perhaps only a variety of S. muscotdes, unifléra, or 
cespilosa. 
Veiny-leaved Saxifrage. Pl. 1 to 2 inches. 
156 S. cLaBE'LLA (Bertol. virid. bonn. 1824. p. 80.) surculi 
densely leafy; stems few-flowered, glabrous; leaves all un- 
divided, linear or spatulate, glabrous; peduncles and calyxes 
puberulous, viscid ; petals obovate, obtuse, length of the calyx, 
triple-nerved; capsule short, somewhat globose, inclosed in 
the calyx ; styles short, diverging; seeds obovate, echinated, 
dark. 2%. H. Native of Abruzzo, on humid grassy rocks. 
Said to be nearly allied to S. exarata, Tenore, append. 4. fl. 
neap. p. 19. : 
Smooth Saxifrage. FI. July, Aug. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
157 S. quinaue’Fipa (Haw. in misc. nat. p. 163. enum. suce. 
p- 26.) surculi erect; leaves cleft into 5-11 parts, pedate : seg- 
ments linear-lanceolate, furrowed by a line on the upper side. 
4%. H. Native of Scotland, on the mountains. Perhaps the 
same as S. pedatifida. 
Quinquefid-leaved Saxifrage. 
4 foot. 
158 S. sıLENIFLÒRA (Cham. ex Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 
245.) plant tufted; surculi short; leaves stiff, rosulate, dense, 
3-5-7-parted, shining, and as if they were varnished, many 
nerved, pubescent : segments linear, acutish; floriferous stems 
elongated, clothed with glandular down ; flowers panicled, rather 
large; ovarium adhering to the tube of the calyx, which is 
clothed with glandular down ; calycine segments obtuse; petals 
obovate, 3-nerved, twice the length of the calyx. Y%. H. Native 
of Behring’s Straits. The inflorescence of this plant a good deal 
resembles S. hypnoides. 
Var. B, uniflora (Hook: 1. c.) stem 1-flowered. 
Catchfly-flowered Saxifrage. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
159 S. apsce’NpENs (Vahl. inact. nat. hist. hafn. 2. 1. p. 12.) 
Fl. May, June. Scotland. PI. 
SAXIFRAGACEZ. 
I, SAXIFRAGA. 
leaves deeply tripartite; segments cuneated, multifid; pedun- 
cles many-flowered ; calycine segments ovate-oblong, bluntish; 
petals oval, entire; stem ascending, panicled. Y.H. Native 
of the Pyrenees, in springs. S. petra‘a, Gouan. ill. p. 29. t. 17. 
f. 3. S. aquatica, Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 53. t. 28. Sternb. sax, 
p. 48. t. 19. f. 1 and 2. Plant tufted. Surculi short, leafy. 
Stems ascending, a foot or more high, beset with glanduliferous 
hairs. Radical leaves 5-lobed, glabrous ; lobes deeply toothed. 
Petioles dilated at the base. Flowers disposed in coarctate 
panicles, white. Peduncles many-flowered, and are as well as 
the calyxes clothed with glandular down. Nerves of petals 
simple, reddish. Filaments yellow. This is the largest species 
of the whole section. 
Var. B, fldvida (Ser. in D.C. prod. 4. p. 29.) stems firm, 
branched ; flowers scattered, yellowish, large; anthers purple. 
Y.H. Native of the Pyrenees. S. aquatica, var. Lapeyr. fl. 
pyr. p. 53. t. 29. Sternb. var. B and ô, rev. sax. p. 48. 
t. 19. f. 2. 
Var. y, sectinda (Ser. 1. c.) flowers secund. Y%.H. Native 
of the Pyrenees. S. aquatica, var. y, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 53. 
Sternb. rev. sax. p. 48. var. y. 
Var. ò, corondta (Ser. 1. c.) peduncles lateral; stems leafy at 
the apex. Y.H. Native of Corsica. S. adscéndens y, D.C. 
fl. fr. 4. p. 370. á 
Var. £, glomeràta (Ser. |. c.) flowers nearly sessile, sub-capi- 
tate, yellow ; stems humble and weak. S. aquática (3, Lapeyr. 
fl. pyr. p. 52. 
Ascending Saxifrage. Fl. May. Clt. 1752. Pl. 1 foot. 
160 S. cunga‘ta (Willd. spec. 2. p. 658.) glabrous ; lower 
leaves on long petioles, cuneated, 5-lobed: upper ones nearly 
sessile, lanceolate, undivided ; stems ascending, panicled ; caly- 
cine segments ovate, acute; petals oblong. X. H. Native of 
Spain, on the mountains near Castellfort. S. cuneifòlia, Cav. 
icon. 3. p. 25. t. 248. but not of Lin. Lobaria cuneifòlia, Haw.. 
enum. sax. p. 19. Stems many, ascending. Lobes of leaves 
acute. Flowers panicled, white. Peduncles elongated, 1- 
flowered, smoothish. 
Cuneate-leaved Saxifrage. Pl. 4 to 4 foot. 
161 S. cropuni'rEra (Desf. atl. 2. p. 342. t. 96. f. 1.) plant 
gemmiferous ; surculi short; leaves of the surculi 5-cleft or 
trifid, and sometimes simple, lanceolate, acute, and awned; 
flowers panicled ; calycine segments oval-oblong, obtuse ; petals 
obovate. %. H. Native on the top of Mount Atlas. Plant 
tufted. Stems erect, filiform, glabrous, furnished with a few 
leaves. Segments of divided leaves lanceolate. Petioles cili- 
ated. Axils of leaves furnished with globular buds, which are 
pedunculate, and formed of simple, ciliated, imbricated leaves ; 
these buds shoot out into surculi for the following year. Flowers 
white, one half smaller than those of S. hypnoides, 5-7, dis- 
posed in a panicle. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with clammy 
down. Nerves of petals simple. 
Var. B, Gibraltdrica (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 31.) leaves 
much smaller: lobes short, ovate, acutish; buds in the axils 
of the leaves smaller, oblong, acutish; stems few-flowered. 
Y.H. Native of Gibraltar. Styles not exceeding the calyx 
at maturity. . 
Globule-bearing Saxifrage. PJ. 4 foot. ; 
162 S. uypnoipes (Lin. spec. p. 579.) plant gemmiferous ; 
surculi very long, procumbent ; radical leaves 5 or 3-parted ; 
surculine leaves simple, linear, stiff, ciliated, mucronately awned; 
calycine segments triangularly ovate, awned; petals roundish- 
obovate. %.H. Native of the Alps of Switzerland, Austria, 
Pyrenees. In Britain, in the north of England, Scotland, 
and North Wales, on high rocky mountains ; as well as on 
limestone rocks, walls, and roofs in less elevated situations, abun- 
dantly. Fl, dan. t. 348, Vill. dauph, 4. p. 674. t. 45, Lapeyr. 
