Tab. 5377. 

 SAXIFRAGA Fortunei. 



Mr. Fortune s Saxifrage. 



Nat, Orel. Saxifragace.e. — Decandria Digynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx liber v. inferne cum ovarii basi connatus, quinquefidus v. 

 5-partitus. Corolla petala 5, perigyna, uuguiculata, sequalia v. interdura inaequa- 

 lia. Stamina perigyna ; filamenta subulata, anthera biloculares, lougitudinaliter 

 dehiscentes. Ovarium liberum v. serni-inferum, biloculare, placentis dissepi- 

 mento adnatis, multiovulatis. Styli 2, distincti vel rarius basi connati ; stig- 

 mata subtruncata v. capitata. Capsula semisupera v. tandem libera, bilocu- 

 laris, birostris, inter rostra loculicide dehiscens septo utrinque placentifero. 

 Semina plurima, ovoidea; testa leevi v. rugosa, adnata. Embryo in axi albu- 

 minis carnosi, brevis, subcylindricus, orthotropus. — Herbse perennes habitu multi- 

 formi, in hemispharii borealis temperatis et frigidis, imprimis alpiuis, magna spe- 

 cierum numero luxuriantes, in summis America tropica jugis rant, in America 

 australi extratropica rarissima ; foliis radicalibus sapissime rosulalis ; caulitiis 

 allernis v. interdum oppositis, petiolorum basi plerumque dilatata ; iloribus panicu- 

 latis v. corpnbosis aid abortu solitariis. Endl. 



Saxifraga Fortunei; sarmentosa ?, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis reniformi- 

 cordatis villosis subseptem-lobatis, lobis rotundatis grosse acuteque laciniato- 

 serratis unicoloribus, petiolis basi dilatato-vaginatis, vaginis ciliato-dentatis, 

 scapo paniculato inultifloro, floribua albis, petalis inaxmalibus, 4 minori- 

 bus lanceolatis integerrimis vel subintegerrimis, quinto (inferiore) valde 

 elongate grosse laciniato-serrato. 



Most people, even if they are not botanists, are familiar with 

 the pretty Saxifraga sarmentosa of Linnaeus, figured in this 

 work at Tab. 92 (published in 1789), and popularly known as the 

 Strawberry Saxifrage, still cultivated in many cottage windows, 

 but utterly neglected in the gardens of the curious ; a native of 

 China and Japan. In those countries, comparatively little yet 

 known to botanists, other species allied to it may be looked for. 

 Siebold and Zuccarini have already published one such in their 

 S. cortuswfotia, from Japan ; and now we have to publish a second, 

 among the many discoveries of Mr. Fortune, in Mr. Standish's 

 Nursery, Bagshot. The specimen sent by the latter, and here 

 figured, does not exhibit any sannentose character, but it will 



-MAY 1st, 1863. 



