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Saxifraga irrigua. Fountain Saxifrage 



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Class and Order. 

 Decandria Digynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 5-petala. Caps. 2-rostris, 1 -locularis, 

 polysperma. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Saxifraga irrigua; foliis palmato-quinquepartitis: lobis in- 

 cisis; caulinis digitalis, caule paniculato diffuso, petalis 

 oblong-is calyce plus duplo longioribus, stylis fihformibus 

 Marsch. a Bieb.fi. laur-cauc. v. 2. p. 460. — v. 3. p. 295. 

 Poir. Suppl. encycl. v. 5. p. 75. 



Saxifraga aquatica. Ft. taur-cauc. n. 784; nomine inter 

 addenda mutato. 



Saxifraga petrcea; foliis radicalibus palmato-quinquepartitis: 

 lobis lateralibus coalcscentibus multifidis, caule paniculato 

 laxo. Gouan Il/ustr. p. 29. t. 18. / 3 ?? 



Saxifraga irrigua. Marsh. Cent. pi. rar. ross. 2. t. 13. 

 Steven de saxifr. cauc. in. Mem. Mosq. 4. p. 82 n. 12. 



The whole plant is covered with glandular hairs, which 

 secrete a viscid juice. 



The figure quoted from Gouan's illustrations,, though said 

 by Marschall, in his Flora taurico-caucasica, to be a good 

 representation, is very doubtful, and probably belongs to 

 Saxifraga aquatica, which this excellent botanist at first con- 

 sidered lo be the same species with his plant, afterwards 

 separated from it under the name of irrigua. We have not 

 been able to see the figure in the Century of rare Russian 

 plants by the same author : that part not being yet arrived 

 in this country as far as we have learnt. 



Our drawing was made from a plant raised in the Chelsea 

 garden from seeds, sent by Dr. Fischer from Gorenki, and 

 communicated to us by Mr. Anderson, the worthy Curator 

 of that excellent establishment. 



