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



not sinuated as in S.pensylvanica ; by the stem being much less 

 hairy ! and lastly, by its oval petals, about equal the length of the 



calyx. 



43. S. virginiensis, foliis ovatis acutis dentatis petiolatis, petalis 

 ovalibus : nervis ramosis, scapo paniculatim ramoso. 



S. virginiensis. Mich. Amer. Bvr. i. p. 269- Lam. Encycl. vi. 

 p. 615. Pursh Amer. Sept. i. /;. 310. 



S. pilosa. Herb. Banks. 



S. vernalis. JVilld. Hort. Berol. p. 43. t. 43. ejusd. Enum. 

 p. 459- Sternb. Sat if. p. 8. 



S. elongata. ejusd. p. 9- t. 4. 



S. foliis cordatis ovalibus crenatis, corolla alba, caule hir- 

 sute aphyllo. Gron. \ irg. 160. 



Sanicula virginiana alba, folio oblongo mucronato. Pluk. 

 Aim. 331. t. 39. /. 1. et t. 222. f. 5. 



Habitat in Virginias, Carolinae et Novae-Anglise montibus, 

 inque Canada. U . (v. v. c r et s. sp.) 



Plant a pulchella, subcaespitosa. Folia patentia, petiolata, 

 ovata, acuta, dentata, utrinque pilis adspersa. Scapus 

 erectus, palmaris, paniculatim ramosus, pilis mollibus 

 glanduliferis undique tectus, rarius foliis 1 — 2 munitus. 

 Rami alterni, recti ; infer iores elongati ; omnes subaequa- 

 les. Flores parvi, albi. PediceUi numerosi, graciles, 

 unirlori, pube viscida suppediti. hacinia: cahjcinaz breves, 

 ovatre, obsolete 5-nerves : nervis ramosis. Petala ovalia 

 calyce longiora, trinervia : nervis rlexuosis, ramosis. 



This plant-appears to hold the same place among American 

 vegetation as the S. nivalis amidst European. This latter plant 

 is not, I am of opinion, to be found in America. I am there- 

 fore inclined to think Pursh's nivalis belongs to the present spe- 

 cies ; 



