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SAXIFRAGA LEUCANTHEMIFOLIA. OX-EYE- 
LEAVED SAXIFRAGE. 
KKK KKK KEE EE KEE EE EE 
Class and Order. 
DecanpriA DieyniA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Saxirracez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus, inferus, vel superus, vel semisuperus, per- 
sistens. Pet. 5. Capsula birostris, intra rostra dehiscens, 
polysperma, dissepimento placentifero, seminifero. Spr. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Saxrrraca* leucanthemifolia ; foliis fere omnibus radica- 
libus cuneato-oblongis grosse serratis, scapo ramosis- 
simo divaricato, petalis inequalibus tribus petiolatis 
bipunctatis. 
Saxtrraca leucanthemifolia. Mich. Bor. Am. v. 1. p. 268. 
“ Lapeyr. Saxifr. t.25. Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. v. 1. p. 
311. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 362. 
Saxirraca Clusii. “ Gouan, Illustr. p. 28. 
Saxirraca ferruginea. Graham in Ed. Phil. Journ. July, 
1828, p. 348. 
Descr. Root fibrous, perennial. Leaves almost entirely 
radical, spreading on the ground, one to two inches long, 
obovato-cuneate, obscurely nerved, deeply and coarsely 
serrated at the margin, at the base attenuated and entire. 
Scapes, several from the same root, and from the centre of 
the expanded leaves, erect, a span high, panicled from 
much 
* From saxcum, a stone, and frango, to break: because by their roots 
penetrating into the crevices of rocks and stones they appear to break them : 
or as some say, in allusion to the supposed medicinal qualities. 
