Saxifraga.] SAXIFRAGES. 243 



solltariis termlnalibus, calycibus ovario non coalitis, lobis obtusis ciliatis, staminibus corolla 

 brevioribus, seminibus oblongo-triquetiis rugosis. DC— Linn. Sp. PL p. 595. Engl BoL 

 t 9. Purshy FL Am, v. 1. p. 311. ElcL in FrankL 2dJoiirn. ed, 2. App, p. 13. Don, Saxifr. 

 in Linn. Trans, v. 13. p. 400. De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 19. — Antiphylla spathulata. Haw. 

 Enum. Saxifr. p. 45. 



Hab. Newfoundland and Labrador, Sir Joseph Bunks. Dr, Morrison, Aiitiscoti, \n the Bay of St 

 La^vrence. Mr. Goldie. Rocky Mountains, near tlie highest summits, between latitudes 52*^ and 6G°. 

 Dmmmond. Arctic sea-shore, and Islands. Ca^Hahi Sir John Franldin and Dr. Richardson, Captain Sir 

 E. Parry. Bay of Eschscholtz. Chamisso. — Some of the specimens gathered upon the Arctic Seu-shoro, 

 near the mouth of the Mackenzie River, have the flowering stems very much elongated, and so hare of 

 leaves as to give the idea of a peduncle, with flowers remarkably large ; while those from the Rocky 

 Mountains have their stems exceedingly short and densely tufted. 



2. S. EschscJioltzii ; parvula dense csespitosa, foliis actissime imbrlcatis obovatis coiicavls 

 pectinatim ciliatis, floi'ibus solltariis brevissime pedunculatis, petalis (calycibus Sternh,) 

 cochleatis ciliatis. — Sternh. in Rev. Saxifr. Suppl. p. 9. t 10. f. 2. De Cand. Prodr, v. 4. 

 p, 18. — S. fimbriata. Don, Saxifr. in Linn. Trans, v. IB. p. 404. (non WallicL) 



Hab. Cape Newuham, North -West coast of America, lat. oD°. David Nelson (in Herb. Banks.) Behnng*s 

 Straits, A, Menzies, Esq. — A single specimen of this we detected amongst the stems of Armaria laricifoUa, 

 gathered by Captain Sir John Franldin and Captain Back, on the Arctic sea-shore, to the west of the 

 Slackenzie River. — This most remarkable and beautiful little plant, although first described by Sternberg, 

 from Asiatic specimens, in the yeai* 1822, Mas fii-st discovered by Mr. Nelson, and then diu-ing the voyage of 

 Captain Vancouver, in the year 1787, by Mr. Menzies. The tufts do not exceed an Inch in height, and in 

 the dry state are of a silvery gi-ey colour. The leaves are thin and scariose when dry, especially at their 

 margins. There Is a central nerve, and there arise t^o opposite lateral ones near the middle, which diverge 

 and meet again just below the point Our specimens do not possess perfect flowers, but the calyx \vhlch 

 siuTOunds the base of the capsule is not remarkably fi'iuged : hence we are led to consider i\ hat Sternberg 

 has described as the segments of the calyx, to be the true petals, which he represents as singularly concave 

 or cochleate, strongly fiinged at the extremity. 



Sect. II. Aizoonia. Tausch. — Seringe, in De Cand. Prodr. 



3. S. AizooR ; pedunculis calycibusque piloso-glandulosis viscidis, foliis rosularum spa- 

 thulatis obtusis cartilagineo-serratis, floribus paniculato-corymbosisj lobis calycinis latis 

 tubi hemisphserici longitudine, petalis obovatis subcontiguis basi ssspissime rubro vel luteo 

 punctatis, stylis divergentibus calyce longioribuSj seminibus ovato-triquetris punctato-rugosis. 

 DC.—Jacq. Aiistr, v. 5. t 438. Pursh, FL Am. v. 1. p. 310. Don, Saxifr. in Linn. Trans. 

 V. 13. jo. 392. Seringe, in De Cand. Prodr. v. 4^. p. 19. 



Hab. Labrador. Kohlmeister. Br, Morrison. Saskatchawan. Dr. Richardson. Drunmond.—Tha speci- 

 mens differ in no respect from those of Europe. 



4. S. serpijllifolia ; surculis repentibus, foliis rosulatis imbricato-rcflexis oblongis obtusis 

 in petiolum attenuatis coriaceis glabcrrimis, caule filiformi oligophyllo glanduloso-pubes- 

 cente unifloro, calycibus obtusis ovario non adhaerentibus, petalis luto-ubovatis subtrinerviis. 



Pursh, FL Am. v.l.p. 310. Don, Saxifr. in Linn. Trans, v. 13. p. 405. De Cand. Prodr. 

 V. 4. p. 25.— S. Fischeri. Seringe, in De Cand. Prodr. v. A. p. 22.~S. Eschscholtzii. Cham, in 

 Lilt, (fide Seringe.)—S. planifolia. Cham, in Herb. nostr.—S. bicolor. Sternb. in Herb, nostr. 



2H2 



