Tas. 6102. 
SAXIF RAGA FLORULENTA. 
Native of the Maritime Alps. 
Nat. Ord. SaxirraGace #.—Tribe SAXIFRAGER. 
Genus Saxirraga, L.; (Benth. § Hook. Sf. Gen. Pl., vol. i. p. 635), 
Saxirraca (Euaizoonia) florulenta ; foliis omnibus basalibus numerosissimis 
rosulatis confertis spathulatis coriaceis mucronatis glabris margine car- 
tilagineo setaceo-ciliato apicem versus integerrimo, caule florifero erecto 
thyrsoideo fistuloso hirsuto, bracteis linearibus, pedunculis unifloris 
rarius bifloris erectis apice cernuis inferioribus longioribus, bracteolis 
sub flores fere 2 lanceolato-linearibus, calycis glanduloso-hispidi tubo 
obconico ovario adnato, lobis lanceolatis mucronulatis erectis, petalis 
atque staminibus duplo longioribus spathulatis obtusis 5-nerviis, stylis 
tribus capitatis staminibus equilongis. 
SaxirraGa florulenta, Moretti Tent. Sax. p. 9; Seringe in DC. Prodr., 
vol. iv. p. 20; Bertolon. Misc. Bot., xxi. p. 14, t. 2; Engler Monog. der 
Gatt. Saaifr., p. 248; Regel Gartenjl. 1874, p. 2, t. 782. 
This striking and extremely local species was first dis- 
covered about the year 1820 (in the Alps of Fenestre) by an 
English tourist, who forwarded specimens to Professor 
Moretti of Pavia. It was rediscovered in the same locality 
in the year 1856, since which time it has been found in 
numerous distinct habitats. I+ appears to be tolerably abun- 
dant at an altitude of from 7 000 to 9000 feet within a limited 
area of about eight miles square, in the higher regions of the 
watershed of the Maritime Alps, between the Col du Tenda 
and the valley of the Tinea north of Nice, on cliff faces and 
precipitous ravines facing the north. Mr. G. Maw, to whom 
we are indebted for the specimen figured, informs me that it 
mostly grows in single rosettes, some of which are six or 
seven inches across ; they are generally found under an over- 
hanging ledge protected from the drip and direct rainfall, the 
rosette turning downwards, and never exposed to the sun. 
The plant was first introduced alive to this country by Mr. 
Moggridge. Its cultivation is extremely difficult, from the 
all but impossibility of obtaining well-rooted plants. It is an 
JUNE Isr, 1874. : 
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