3? 4 Mt?. D. Don's Monograph of the Genus Sarifraga. 



nis lanceolatis, petalis obovatis sessilibus, caule folioso 



1— 3-floro. 

 S. tlagellaris. Stemb. Saxif. p. 25. t. 6. (media.) Steven 



de Saxif. Cauc. in Mem. Mosq. iv. p. 79- Marsch. d 



Bieberst. Suppl. Fl. Taur. Cauc. p. 291. 

 S. setigera. Pursh Amer. Septent. i. p. 312. 

 S. aspera. Marsch. a Bieberst. FL Taur. Cauc. i. p. 314. 



(exclus. synon.) 

 Habitat in alpibus Caucasicis ( A damn), ad Caput Newnham 



dictum ad oras occidentales America? borealis (David 



JSe/son), in Insula Melville dict<i in sinu maris Grcen- 



landici, Baffin's Bay Anglice dicto (Sabine, Fisher). 



1/ . (v. s.) 



Planta caespitosa, flagellifera. Flagelli e axillis foliorum enati, 



longissimi, capillares, nudi, patentes, ad apices coma 



parva foliata instructi. Chutes erecti, simplicissimi, ses- 



qui- bi-pollicaresve, foliosi, 1 — 3-flori, pilis glandulosis 



instructi. Folia radicalia, conferta, patentia, impetio- 



lata, spathulata, utrinque nuda, margine spinulis carti- 



lagineis ciliata, apice calloso-aristata ; caulina alterna, 



obovata. Pedicelli brevissimi, uniflori, calycesque pube 



glutinosa tecti. Flores aurei magnitudine S. Hirculi. La- 



cinicE calycince lanceolatae, acutae, extus setosae. Petala 



sessilia, obovata, multinervia : nervis parallelis apice di- 



chotomis. 



This singular species was first discovered by Mr. David Nel- 

 son, in Captain Cook's third voyage, at Cape Newnham on the 

 north-west coast of America, from whence the specimens in the 

 Banksian Herbarium were brought. It has since been found on 

 the Caucasian alps ; and in the late polar expedition it has been 

 observed in great plenty on the newly-discovered island named 



Melville 



