342 Mr. D. Don's Monograph of the Genus Saxifraga. 



I have been particularly careful in the selection of synonyms ; 

 these I have considerably augmented and corrected, as will 

 hereafter appear ; doubtful ones I have in most instances ex- 

 cluded, as they would unnecessarily increase the bulk of the 

 paper, without adding to its utility. For many of the new 

 species contained in this paper I am indebted to the splendid 

 Herbarium of the late much-lamented President of the Royal 

 Society, the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., whose 

 death will be long felt throughout the scientific world ; and 

 whose name, whose talents and liberality are too well known 

 to require any additional eulogium from my feeble pen. To 

 Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq. I am also infinitely indebted 

 for liberally permitting me to examine the species contained in 

 his vast collection ; and especially in that portion comprising 

 the Herbarium of the celebrated Pallas. 



I have divided the genus into sections and subdivisions, to 

 both of which characters are given ; those of the sections being 

 derived from the parts of fructification, and those of the sub- 

 divisions from the form of leaves and other differences in habit. 

 Without any further remark, I shall now beg leave to lay before 

 the Society a Synopsis of the genus. 



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