Tas. 8496, 
SAXIFRAGA Srrisryyi. 
Bulgaria. 
SAXIFRAGACEAE. Tribe SAXIFRAGEAEs 
SaxrrraGa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, vol. i. p, 635. 
Saxifraga (§ Kabschia) Stribrnyi, Velenovsky Neue Nachtr. F?. Bulgar. 1902, 
p. 5, nomen; Irving in Gard. Chron. 1909, vol. xlv. p. 259, et vol. xlvi. 
p. 195, f. 81; affinis S. mediae, Gouan, sed inflorescentiis ramosis, 
floribusque nutantibus differt. 
Herba caespitosa, caudiculis brevibus dense foliosis; caules floriferi erecti, 
ramosi, parce foliosi, patule glanduloso-pilosi. Folia inferiora rosulata, 
patula, sessilia, spathulato-oblanceolata, apice submucronata, usque ad 
2°5 em. longa et 0°6 cm. lata, carnosa, glauca, supra foveolis intramargina- 
libus vix 1°5 mm. distantibus instructa, infra carinata, margine anguste 
cartilagineo basin versus parce ciliato; folia caulina oblongo-spathulata, 
subacuta, 0°5-1 cm. longa, 1°5-3 mm. lata, viridia, interdum apicem 
versus rubella, margine inferne glanduloso-ciliata et utrinque parce 
glanduloso-pilosa. In/lorescentia cymosa, rami patentes vel leviter recurvi, 
usque ad 4 em. longi; bracteae foliis caulinis subsimiles sed breviores, 
plerumque utrinque dense glanduloso-pilosae ; pedicelli ad 1 cm. longi, 
patente glanduloso-pilosi. F/ores nutantes, circiter 7 mm. diametro. Calyx 
campanulatus, medio circiter 2°5 mm. diametro, extra rubro-purpureus, 
dense glanduloso pilosus ; lobi subaequales, oblongo-ovati, apice rotundati, 
circiter 2 mm. longi, extra glanduloso-pilosi. Petala suberecta, late 
spathulata, apice obtuse dentata, circiter 2°5 mm. longa et 1°75 mm. lata, 
carminea, glabra, Stamina petalis breviora. Styli 2, liberi, erecti, glabri. 
—S. porophylla, var. Stribrnyi, Velenovsky, Fl. Bulgar. Suppl. I. 1898, 
p. 114.—J. Huronison. 
The small Saxifrage which is here figured is a native 
of Bulgaria, where it was first found in 1893 on Mount 
Rhodope by Stribrny. Velenovsky, who at first thought 
that it might be considered a variety of S. porophylla, 
Bertol., subsequently adopted the view that it ought to be 
considered a distinct species, a view that further. investiga- 
tion has served to confirm. In 1906 it was again gathered 
in its original locality by Adamovié, and in that year the 
plant from which our illustration has been prepared was 
obtained by purchase from Mr. Sundermann, of Lindau, 
Bavaria. “According to Velenovsky S. Stribrnyi 1s in 
nature found in association with S. Frederici-Augusti, Bias, 
the affinities of which, of S. media, Gouan, and of the 
present plant have already been discussed at t. 8308 of this 
May, 1913. 
