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SAXIFRAGA CERATOPHYLLA. SHINING- 
CALYXED SAXIFRAGE. 
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Cla/s and Order, 
DeEcANDRIA DicyYNIa. 
Generic Charafer. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor, 5-petala. Cap 2-roftris, 1-locularis, 
poly{perma, 
Specific Charaéter and Synonym. 
SAXIFRAGA ceratopbylla ; glabra, foliis radicalibus trilobis: , 
lobis multifidis: laciniis lateralibus falcatis, caule pani- 
culato, calycibus fucatis. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 3. p. 70. 
Descr. Grows in round tufts without runners. Leaves on 
long channelled footftalks, rigid, three-lobed: /obes generally 
trifid, lateral ones fickle-fhaped. Flowering-flems {mooth, up- 
right, nearly naked, except a fimple leaf at the divifions of the 
branches: lower ones tricufpid, upper ones fmaller and quite 
entire. Panicle lax: peduncles frequently red, efpecially at the 
axils. Calyx 5-cleft, fharp-pointed, green, covered with a re- 
finous varnifh, but not clammy. Petals obovate, quite entire, 
white, revolute, thrice the length of the calyx. Stamens 10, 
fpreading, the length of the calyx. Anthers fimple, yellow, 
Styles 2, ere&t. Stigmas club-fhaped, recurved. 
This is a very defirable little Alpine plant, its foliage being 
a particularly bright green growing in hemifpherical even tufts. 
¥t feems particularly fuited to ornament rock-work, and in fuch 
a fituation would probably bear our ordinary winters very well, 
though it will be fafer to preferve fome pots of it under a 
Native of Spain. Flowers in June. Introduced in 1804, 
Communicated by Meffrs, Matcorm and Swezt, of Stock- 
well-Common, 
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