Saxifragee.] LIX. SAXIFRAGEZE. 637 
nulatus, basi ovario adnatus, lobis 5 erectis imbricatis, Petala 5, inter lobos calycis 
inserta, parva, spathulata, marcescentia. Stamina 5, ad basin loborum calycis inserta, 
filamentis iisdem brevioribus; antherz ovato-cordatz. «Ovarium semisuperum, oblongum, 
2-loeulare, 2-rostre; styli 2, breves, stigmatibus simplicibus; ovula oo, placentis crassis in 
axi carpelli affixa. Capsula semisupera, calyce fere inclusa, ovoidea, 2-locularis, oc- 
sperma. Semina scobiformia, adscendentia, imbricata, testa laxa retieulata utrinque alata. 
—Herbie, radiee perenni, caule gracili parce foliato glanduloso-pubescente. Folia radi- 
calia longepetiolata, orbiculari-reniformia, sublobata, glaberrima, petiolo basi dilatato, 
Panieule cymoso-3-chotomse, glanduloso-pubescentes, multiflore, bracteatz. Flores parvi, 
albi, pedicellis brevibus fructiferis decurvis, 
"Species 1, civitatis Ohio Ameriez borealis ineola. ^ 4. Gray, CAlor. Bor. Amer. 38. t. 6. 
Jot. N. U. States, 144. 
10. Vahlia, TAÀunb. Nov. Gen. ii. 86. (Russelia, Lémnm. f. Suppl. 24.))—Oalycis tubus 
hemisphericus, ovario adnatus; lobi 5, ovati v. lanceolati, valvati. Petala 5, calycis 
lobis breviora, obovato-spathulata, Stamina 5, margine disci epigyni inserta, flaxientis 
subulatis. Ovarium inferum, 1-loculare ; styli 2, rarius 3, breves v. elongati, stigmatibus 
eapitellatis; ovula numerosissima, placentis ab apice loculi pendulis affixa. Capsula sub- 
globosa v. obovoidea, apice 2- rarius 3-valvi, 2-lamellosis lamellis membranaceis, poly- 
sperma. Semina minuta, oblonga.—Herbz sepe glandulose, pubescentes, annuse, erect, 
subdichotome ramossm. Folia opposita, integerrima. Stipule O. Flores pedicellati v. 
subsessiles, axillares, gemini, albidi. 
Species 4, Africz tropiez et australis, Asizque tropicze et. subtropicze incole. DO, Prod. iv. 53. 
Walp. Rep. ii. 362: Ann. ii. 087.  Harv. et Sond, Fl. Cap. ii. 306. Wight, Ill. t. 116: Ic. t. 562, 
563. Lam. Ill. t. 183. 
In V. Weldenii, Reichb. (BisrErra, Dele, Cent. Pl. Afr. 97. t. 63. f. 2) et V. Capensi, Th., 
. filamenta basi cristata, v. glandulosa, anthere et styli omnes elongati. In JV. viscosa, Roxb. 
(sessiliflora, DC.), et V. oldenlandioides, Roxb. (silenoides, A. DO.), stamina et styli perbreves 
evadunt, 
. ll. Tiarella, Linn. Gen. n. 560.— Calycis tubus brevis, basi ovario adnatus ; lobi 5, ovati. 
Petala 5, integra. Stamina 10, filamentis elongatis. Ovarium superum, compressum, 1- 
loculare, apice 2-fidum, lobis apertis in stylos 2 graciles desinentibus, stigmatibus simpli- 
cibus; ovula oo, placentis 2 parietalibus ad basin loculi affixa. Capsula supera, mem- 
branacea, obcompressa, l-locularis, inter stylos 2-valvis, valvis valde insequalibus basi oli- 
gospermis. Semina globosa v. oblonga, testa levi nitida crustacea.— Herb:e graciles, 
erectze, radice perenni. Folia pleraque radicalia, longe petiolata, simplicia v. 3-foliolata. 
Stipule parvse, petiolo adnate. | .Racemus terminalis, subebracteatus, simplex v. compo- 
situs. Flores albi, graciliter pedicellati, pedicellis remotis fructiferis nutantibus. 
Species 5, una Himalayana, exter» Ámeriem borealis temperats incole. DC. Prod. iv. 50, excl, 
$2. Walp. Rep. ii. 372, excl. sp. 5. Torr. ei Gray, Fl. N. Am. i. 0871. — Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. t. T7 
et 81. Bot, Mag. t, 1689. . Àj 
12. Tellima, Zr. in T Journ. Append. 765 ín obs.—Calycis tubus amplus, dila- 
tatus v. inflatus, campanulatus, ultra ovarium longe productus et basi eo adhwrens, 5- 
dentatus v. 5-fidus, dentibus lobisve valvatis. Petala 5, fauci calycis inserta, sepissime 
elongata, integra 3-fida v. pinnatifida, sessilia v. unguiculata, Stamina 10, eum petalis in- 
serta, parva, inclusa. Ovarium semisuperum, conicum, l-loculare; styli 2 v. 3 breves, 
stigmatibus angulatis v. capitellatis; ovula oo, placentis 2 rarius 3 parietalibus affixa. 
Capsula semisupera v. infera, calyce inclusa, membranacea, l-locularis, apice 2—3-rostris, 
2-3-valvis, polysperma. Semina parva.—Herb:s erectm, simpliciuscule, pilos v. glandu- 
lose. Folia petiolata, subrotundo-cordata, lobata, dentata. Stipule O v, basi petiolo 
adnate, Racemi terminales, elongati, multiflori; Flores pedicellati, bracteolati, nutantes, 
virescentes v. albi, petalis rarius rubescentibus. 
Species 6, Americz boreali-occidentalis incole. — DC. Prod, iv. 49. Walp. Rep. ii. 371. 
