1917] Fernald,— New Saxifragas 141 
Sepals 5-10 mm. long: flowering stem 0.5-3 dm. high, 1-3-flowered. 
Sepals yellowish-white within, yellowish, greenish or dull purplish outside, 
ES EC rr var. hudsoniana. 
Sepals bright-red. 
ss a sy oka a eae forma sanguinea. 
Sepals very numerous (14-16)...................-. forma polysepala. 
Sepals 1.1-1.7 cm. long, usually 5 in number: flowering stem (1.5-) 3-7 
dm. high, 1—5-flowered. 
ne NT raeno a var. Richardsiana. 
RUE SE WILO. wc cee bee ee eee forma leucantha. 
Var. HUDSONIANA DC. Syst. i. 209 (18177). A. Hudsoniana Rich- 
ardson in Franklin’s Journ. 741 (1823).— Dryish slaty or calcareous 
ridges and gravel, local, eastern Newfoundland and Anticosti Island to 
the shores of Hudson Bay and westward, locally southward to Baie 
des Chaleurs, Quebec, Restigouche River, New Brunswick, St. John 
River and tributaries, New Brunswick and Maine, and Winooski 
River, Vermont. 
Var. HUDSONIANA, forma sanguinea (Pursh),n.comb. A. Hudson- 
iana B. Sanguinea Richardson in Franklin’s Journ. 741 (1823) based 
upon A. sanguinea Pursh ined. in herb. Lamb.— Of similar range, 
often more common. 
Var. HUDSONIANA, forma polysepala, n. f., sepalis 14-16 — QUEBEC: 
banks of the Grand River, Gaspé County, June 20-July 10, 1903, 
George H. Richards (TYPE in Gray Herb.). 
Var. Richardsiana, n. var., sepalis 1.1-1.7 cm. longis rubris saepis- 
sime 5; caulibus floriferis 3-7 dm. altis 1-5-floris.— QUEBEC: gravelly 
banks of the Grand River, Gaspé County, June 20-July 10, 1903, 
George H. Richards (tyPE in Gray Herb.), June 30-July 3, 1904, 
M. L. Fernald; banks of Restigouche River, Matapedia, June 28, 
1904, M. L. Fernald. 
Var. RICHARDSIANA, forma leucantha, n. f., sepalis lacteis.— 
QvuEBEC: with the typical form, banks of the Grand River, Gaspé 
County, June 30-July 3, 1904, M. L. Fernald (TYPE in Gray Herb.). 
IV. NEW SPECIES, VARIETIES AND FORMS OF SAXIFRAGA. 
Saxifraga gaspensis, n. sp. S. nivalem simulans, differt foliis 
basilaribus angustioribus cuneato-obovatis basi angustatis subpetiola- 
tis, apice acutis acute dentatis, 1.5-3 cm. longis 5-9 mm. latis; scapo 
gracile 1-7 cm. alto minute glanduloso-piloso; inflorescentia spicato- 
racemosa maturitate 1-2.7 cm. longa 3-5-flora; bracteis inferioribus 
oblongis vel ovatis acutis 5-8 mm. longis flores superantibus; 
pedicellis 2-3 mm. longis pilosis; tubo calycis viride hemisphaerico 
1.5-2.5 mm. alto, lobis calycis oblongis vel anguste deltoideis fruc- 
tu reflexis 1.8-2 mm. longis; petalis albis lanceolatis vel anguste 
ellipticis acutis vel subacutis 1.5-2 mm. longis 0.5-0.8 mm. latis; 
filamentis filiformibus subulatis purpurascentibus 1-1.2 mm. longis; 
