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



imperfect specimens of it, I am unable to decide positively to 

 which of the two it is nearest allied. It appears to be nearer akin 

 to S. obtusifida ; still, however, I think they are specifically dif- 

 ferent. At the suggestion of Sir James Edward Smith, I have 

 taken the liberty of changing the termination of the specific 

 name, as being less consonant to established rules. 



78. S. latifida, surculis erectis brevibus, foliis radicalibus surcu- 

 linisque late-cuneatis glaberrimis 3 — 5-lobis : lobis late- 

 ovatis acutis, calycibus glabris : laciniis ovato-lanceolatis 

 mucronulatis, petalis spathulatis : nervis simplicibus. 



S. adscendens. Herb. Pavon. 



Habitat in Hispanic. Pavon. y.. (v. s. in Herb. Lamb.) 



Planta glaberrima, laete-virens, caespitosa. Surculi erecti, 

 2-pollicares, rigidiusculi. Caules erecti, palmares, ra- 

 mosi, glabri, polyphylli, multiflori. Folia radicalia et sur- 

 culina late-cuneata, glaberrima, 3 — 5-loba : lobis late- 

 ovatis, mucronulatis, planis ; caulina inferiora conformia 

 sed prof undius lobata : lobis lanceolatis ; superiora indi- 

 visa. Pedunculi elongati, subbiflori, glabri. Calyces gla- 

 bri : laciniae ovato-lanceolatae, mucronulatae. Petala spa- 

 thulata, Candida, tripliner via : nervis simplicibus. Sta- 

 mina pistillis breviora; filament a lutescentia; antherce 

 aurese. 



79- S. decipiens, villosissima ; foliis 5-fidis trifidisve : segmentis 

 ovato-oblongis obtusis muticis, laciniis calycinis triangu- 

 lari-ovatis obtusis muticis, petalis orbiculatis. 

 S. decipiens. Ehrhart. Beytr. v. p. 47. Persoon Synop. i. 



p. 490. Sternb. Saxif. p. 55. t. 23. 

 S. ceespitosa. FL Dan. t. 71. 



S. petraea. 



