246 SAXIFRAGE.E. [Saxifraga. 



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flore ssepe subsolitario terminali pendulo, sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis inter se vix coalitis, 

 petalis obovato-oblongis vel obovato-retusis calyce longloribus stylls imperfectis deformatis. 

 DC, — Lin7u Sp, PL p, 577, FL Lapp, t, 2, f. 4. EngL Bot L 664. Don^ Saxifr. in Linn, 

 Trans, v. 13. p, 364. Seringe, in De Cand, Prodr. v, 4. p. 36. 



Hab. Arctic Sea-shore and Islauds, abundant, where it was found by all the Arctic travellers. Common 

 on the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. Kotzebue's Sound. Messrs. Lay and Collie in Captain Beechey's 

 Voyage. — The specimens from the Rocky Mountains are more leafy, especially on the stem amongst the 

 bulbs, which are very numerous. 



14. S. Sibirica; caule filiformi adscendente debili, foliis radicalibus reniformibus palma- 

 tis petiolatis 7-lobis pilosulis, lobis ovatis, caulinis sessilibus, pedunculis elongatis nudis, 

 lobis calycis ovato-linearibus striatis glabris, petalis cuneato-obovatis, stylis ovarlo breviori- 

 bus. DC. — Linn. Sp. PL p, 577. Pursh, FL Am. v. \, p. 313. Sternb. Bev. Saxifr, p. 23, 

 et 57. L 25. Don, Saxifr, in Linn. Trans, v, 13. p. 365. Seringe^ in De Cand. Prodr, v, 4, 

 p, 36. 



Hab. Labrador and Newfoundland, {in Herb. Banks, fide Pursh.) 



15. S. rivularis ; pygmsea, caule debili adscendente, foliis radicalibus subreniformibus 

 crenato-lobatisj petiolis basi dilatatis, superioribus subintegris lanceolatis, lobis calycis ovatis 

 latis tubum sequantibus dein brevioribus, petalis ovatis calyce vix longloribus, stigmatibus 

 globoso-depressis, capsula crassa calycem valde cxcedente stylis divergentibus brevissimis 

 coronata. DC. — Linn, Sp, PL p. 577. FL Lapp, t, 2, f. I. EngL Bot, t. 2275. Sternb. 

 Rev, Saxifr. p. 19, t. 12.^1 3. Don, Saxifr. in Linn, Trans, v. IS, p. 367. Seringe, in De 

 Cand. Prodr. v. 4:. p, 37, — /5. hyperborea; caule lanato subbifloro, S. hyperborea. Br. in 

 Parry* s \st Voy. App, p. cclxxiv. Seringe, in De Cand. Prodr. v. 4, p. 37. 



Hab, Labrador. Chafatix in Herb. Batiks. Arctic Sea-shore and Islands, abundant. Kotzebue's Sound. 

 Messrs, Lay and Collie in Captain Beechey's Voyage. Elevated places in the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. 



16. S. nutans; csespitosa, caule unifoJiato, racemo nutante paucifloro, foliis radicalibus 

 reniformibus longe petiolatis grosse iriciso-dentatis pilis rigidis brevibus adpressis onustis, 

 pedicellis brevibus calyceque piloso-glandulosisj lobis calycis lanceolatis acutis trinerviis 

 petalis obovatis triplinerviis, nervis flexuosis ramosissimis, DC. — Don, Saxifr. in Linn. 

 Trans, v, 13. p. 368. Seringe, in De Cand. Prodr. v, 4, p. 37. 



Hab. Unalaschka. David Nelson, in Herb. Banlis. 



17. S. ranuncidifolia ; subglanduloso-pubescens gracOis, foliis inferioribus longissime 

 petiolatis reniformibus tripartitis segmentis lato-cuneatis inciso-lobatis, caulinis paucis, 

 floribus corymbosis pentandris, petalis obovatis calyce acute glanduloso duplo longioribus. 

 (Tab, LXXXIII.) 



Radix ut videtur perennis, fibrosa. Caulis subpedalis, ji^acilis, erectus, flesuosus. Folia inferiora lon- 

 gissime petiolata, petiolis radicalibus ad basin bulbiteris, vix unciam loii^-a, duas uncias fere lata, circumscrip- 

 tione remiformia, profuade tripartita, venosa, membrunacea; segmentis late obovato-cuneatis, bi-trilobis, 

 incisis; Caulina pauca, sensim minora, trifida, petiole latissimo dilatato, Suprema minuta, oblonga, inte- 

 gerrima, bracteiformia. Panicula terminalis, compacta, corymbosa. Flores albi, magnitudine S, stellaris. 

 Calyx semi-supenis, extns glandulosus, segmentis ovatis acutis. Pefa/aobovatajObtusissimajbrevi-unguicu- 

 lata, calycem duplo superantia, venosa. Stamina quintiue. Filamenta longitudine pistilli, erecta. Anthera^ 

 subglobosK. Siyli erecto-patentes. 



