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SAXIFRAGA GRANULATA. WHITE SAXIFRAGE, 
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SYNONYMA. Saxifraga alba, Pharm. Dale. 235. Lewis. 590, 
Murray. iii. 355. Bergius. 367. Saxifraga rotundifolia alba. 
Bauh, Pin. 309. Saxifraga alba, Ger. Emac. 841, Saxifraga 
alba vulgaris. Park. Theat. 424. Ray. Hift. 1048. Synop. 354. 
Haller. Stirp. Helv. n. 976. §. granulata. Hudfan. Flor. Angl. 
159. Wither. Bot. Arr. 434. Ic. Flor. Dan. 514. && Flor. Lond. 
Decandria Digynia.. Lin. Gen. Plant. 559. 
Gen. Ch. Ea. 5-partitus. Cor. 5-petala. Caps. 2-roftris, 1-locu- 
laris poly{perma. se 
Sp. Ch. §. foliis caulinis reniformibus lobatis, caule ramofo, radice 
granulata, | 
ROOT perennial, confifting of a number of {mall bulbs adhering 
to the fibrous part. Stalk fomewhat branched, about a foot high, 
round, hairy towards the bottom, and {cantily fupplied with leaves. 
Leaves irregularly kidney-fhaped, a little hairy, flightly divided into 
lobes, concave, thofe near the root furnifhed with long hairy footftalks. 
Calyx divided into five fegments, which are hairy, oval, pointed, 
vifcous. Corolla confifting of five white {preading petals, which at 
the upper extremity are broad, at the bafe narrow, and of a yellow 
colour. Filaments ten, tapering, fupporting yellow anthere. Germen 
roundifh, ftanding below the corolla, and furrounded by a green 
gland. Styles two, fhorter than the filaments, furnifhed with hollow 
{tigmata. Capfule fomewhat oval, two-celled, and furnifhed with 
two beaks or horns. Seeds numerous, very fmall, black. : 
It is a native of England, but not very commonly met with: dry 
meadows and paftures are the fituations it affedts. Its flowers appear 
in April and May. | 
Linngus 
