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23. S^ reflexa; cano-pubescens, foliis ovatis subcoriaccis opacis inciso-serratis in petiolum 

 attenuatis, scapo mido, panicula glaberrima compacta corymbosa, pctalis obovatis bimacu- 

 latis calyce reflexo obtuso vix duplo longioribus, filamentis pluriinis abortivis dilatatis 

 petaloideis, ovario libero. (Tab. LXXXV.) 



Hab. Shores of the Arctic Sea, bct^Aeeii the Mackeiizie and Coppermine Rivers. Dr. Richardson.— 

 To-j^ether with the hai-sh and rigid folia^^e of S. nivalis, the present species has a panicle more resembling 

 that of S. vernalise but the petals have two orange spots, similar to those of S. hucantJumifolia, and the 

 free caJyx is at all times Remarkably reflexed. The pubescence gives a m hitish or hoary appt'urance to the 

 ivhole plant, the panicle excepted; hut much dependence cannot probably be placed upon this character, since 

 Ave find it to be very variable in all tlie species of the present section. 



Tab. LXXXV. S. reilexa. Fig, 1, Flower; Jig. 2, The same, more fully expanded. 



24. S, integrifolia ; tota planta pubesccnti-viscidissima, foliis radicalibus ovatis submeui- 

 braiiaceis obtusissimis integcrrimis vel Isevissime sinuato-crenatis copiosc rcticiilatiin 

 venosis, scapo elongato nudo ad apicem paniculate, panicula laxa lata vel contracta, 

 bracteata, petalis obovatis calj'ce patente glaberrinio deuiuni subrellcxo duplo longioribus, 

 staminibus brevibus, ovario omnino libero, stylis divcrgcntibus. (Tab. LXXXVI.) 



Hab. Near the mouth of the Columbia, North -West coast of America. Dr, Scouler. — The present 

 species appears to us very distinct from any other : it is clothed with a copious pubescence or tomentum, 

 which Dr. Scouler observed, in a recent state, to be extremely viscid. The root is perennial, somewhat 

 woody, throwing- out numerous slender black wiry and branching: fibres. The leaves are short in pro- 

 portion to the height of the plant, about an inch lonj^j suddenly tapering into a slender petiole of the same 

 length. The scape is from eight to ten inches in height, quite leafless, rather stout and rigid. In one of 

 our two specimens the panicle is contracted, oblong, with the flowei*s rather compact upon the primary 

 peduncles : in the other the panicle is very lax, patent, and broad, the main peduncles or branches being two 

 inches in length, slender, and filiform. The stamens are peculiarly short, not half the length of the nearly 

 ripened capsules, which latter have the styles singularly patent, and even recurved. The stigmas are 

 capitate. 



Tab. LXXXVI. S. integrifolia. Fig. 1, Flower; Jig. 2, The same, fully expanded; Jig. 3, Petal; Jig. 4, 

 Pistil; Jig. 5, Fruit: — magnijied. 



25. S. hieraciifoUa ; scapo stricto subpiloso, foliis pctiolatis obovato-spathulatis repando- 

 dentatis ciliatis coriaceis, floribus spicatis subsessilibus calycis, lobis ovatis latis tubi longitn- 

 dine, petalis ovatis rubellis marccscentibuSj calycem vix sequantibus, filamentis purpureis, 

 capsula prominente purpurea, carpellis apice divaricatis, stjlis brcvissimis, stiguiatibus 

 subhcniisph^ricis. DC.— WaldsL et Kit PL Ear, Hung, v, 1. p. 17. t 18. Sternh. Rev, 

 Saxif,p. 9. et SuppLp, 5. Don Saxifr, in Linn, Trans, v. 13.;?. 383, Seringe^ in De Cand, 

 Prodr. V. 4. p. 39. — S. plantaginifolia. Hook, in Parry's 2d Voy, App, p, cccxclv. 



* Hab. Arctic Islands, Capt Sir E. Parrij. Shores of the Arctic Sea, between the Mackenzie and 

 Coppermine Rivers. Dr. Richnrdson. — The figure in Waldstein and Kitail)el is a very excellent representa- 

 tion (though rather luxumnt) of our Arctic specimens. It is a species, indeed, which appears exactly inter- 

 mediate between S. Pennsylvanica and S. nivalis, more, however, allied to the foimer. 



26, 5. Pennsylvanica ; caule strlcto striato, striis numerosis parvis, foliis in petiolum 

 attenuatis obovato-spathulatis dentatis ciliatis obtusis fiaccidis pilosis non punctato-rugosis, 

 floribus paniculato-corymbosis, lobis calycis ovato-lanceolatis tubo multo longioribus, petalis 



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