Saxifraga,] SAXlFRAGEiE. 



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. Hab. From the Saskatchawan to the Arctic Sea-shore and Islands, where it seems most abundant: 

 Bohriii-r's Straits; Cape Hope. Chamisso. Kotzebue's Sound. Missrs. Lay and Collie, in Captain 

 Beechey's Voyage. 



38. S. flagellaris ; flagellis filiformibiis, caule erecto siniplici 1-3-floro caljcibusque 

 gluntluloso-pubescentibus, foliis radicalibus caulinisque inferioribus obovato-spatlmlatis 

 ciliatis; superioribus villosiusculis, petalis persistentibus capsula semisupera longioribus. 

 Br.—WiUd. ex Sternh. Rev. Saxifr. p. 25. t 6. Broivn, in Parry's \st Voy. SuppL p. 

 cclxxiii. Don, Saxifr. in Linn. Trans, v. 13. p. 373. Seringe, in De Cand. Prodr. v. 4>.p. 

 45. Torrey, PL of RocJaj Mount in Ann. of Lye. N. York. p. 203.— S. setigera. Pursh, 

 FL Am. V. I. p. 312. (Tab. LXXXVII.) 



a. caule 1-5-floro, ovario omnino libero, sepalis oblongls.— S. flagellaris. Willd. ex Sternh. 

 Saxffr. p. 25. t 6. Bieb. FL Taur. Caucas. v. 3. p. 291. Ledeb. FL Alt. v. 2. p. 121. 

 Fjusd. " Ic. PL FL Boss. Alt. Illustr. t 321." Seringe, in De Cand. Prodr. r. 4. />. 45. 

 Torrey, PL of Bocky Mount, in Ann, Lye. N. York. p. 203.— S. aiipera. " Bieb. FL 

 Taur. Caucas. v. 1. p. 314. (excl. syn),"— S. myosotifolia. PalL in Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 

 2. p. 364? {Ledeb.) — /3. caule sub-1-floro, ovario basi adhserente, laciniis calycinis ovatis, — 

 S. flagellaris. Br. in Boss* Voy. ed. 2. v. 2. p. 192. Don, in Lin?i. Trans, v. 13. p. 373. 

 Br. in Parry's 1st Voy. App. p. cclxxiii. Hook, et Am. in Bot. of Beech. Voy. v. 1. p. 

 154. — S. setigera. Pursh, FL Am. v. \. p. 312. 



" Radix perpendicularis, fibras long*as subsimplices demittens, elevans caulem unicum, simplicissimum, 

 9-4-uncialem, foliatum, pubescentera, pilis brevibus strictis purpureo-capitatis, sursum crebrioribus, basi 

 demum glabratum. Folia indivisa, radicalia et caulina infenora coufertissinia, patentia, superiora sparsa ; 

 radicalia cuneato-obovata et subspathulata, acutiuscula, pkua, basi aiigustuta iu petlolum brevem latiuscu- 

 lum, iraraei-se nervosa, nervis lateralibus dichotomis ramis iuterioribns in extimum martini foUi approxima- 

 tum desinentibus, apicibus mox infra apicem folii confluentibiis, ibiqne callo subovali in pagina superiore 

 panim elevato aucta, marginibus longitudinaliter ciliatis, pilis subulatis strictis ri^idulis brevibus albicantibus, 

 capitulo glanduloso purpurascente demum dcciduo apiculatis, terminali dilatato pariter apiculuto ; caulina 

 inferiora conferta, radicalibus subsimilia fij,mra, ciliis marg-inalibus et pag^inis glabris ; superiora sparsa, paulo 

 minora, oblonga, acutiuscula, basi vix attenuata, subsessilia, utratjue pa^^ina margfinibiL«;que pilis brevibus 

 g^landuloso-capitatis iisque calycis et caulis similibus. Flagella ex alls foliorum radicalium et inferiorura 

 caulis solitaria, filiformia, 3-5-xincias long^a, angulato vel anguste mar^inata, arcuato-deflexa, pilis glandulosis 

 rarissimis couspersa, aphylla, apice sobolifera : gemmula parva, tuibiuata, e foliolis nauis uumerosis conui- 

 ventibus, arete imbricatis, obovatis acutiusculis, immerse nervosls, glabris, marginibus ciliis nonnullis brevi- 

 bus ornatis ; et in ipsa basi radicuUs 2-3 simplicibus singidis e vagina (colcarhiza) membranacea, primo 

 clausadeinlacerataerumpentibus." Br. — 77(jres terminales,erecti,plerumquesolitariiin a., 1-5 in /3.,peflicellati, 

 majuscuU, aurei, speclosi. Pedicelli laterales, seu exteriores, bractoati. Calyx dense gbindnloso-j)ubescens, 

 sa?pc purpureus, in «. 5-sepalus, omnino liberus, sepalis oblongis ; in (i. monophyllus campaiiulatus, tubo cum 

 basi ovarii adbserente, laciniis erectis ovatis obtusis. Petala elliptica seu obovata, obtusa, patentia, sessilia, 

 nervosa, nervis subdichotome ramosis. Stamina 10, longltudine fere pisti/li. Filamenta subulata, erecto- 

 patentia, basibus approximatis fere connexis. Anthercs subcordafae, bilobae, flavie, deciduxe, b)culis appositis, 

 basi divaricatis. Ovariumj in a. liberum seu omnino superum; in /3. basi cum calycis tubo adhu-'rente, late 

 ovatura, snbcompressum, utrinque sulcatum, stylis vel rostris 2 brevibus, erccto-patentibus terminatum. 

 Stigmata crassa, obtusa. Capsula pistillo simillima sed major, calyce corollaque submarcescente filamentis- 

 que persistentibus tecta, bilocularis, intra rostra (vacua) dehiscens, ore mcmbranaceo. Sanina oblongo- 

 obovata, mmierosa, lievia, fusca. 



