Mr. D. Don's Monograph of the Genus Sa.iifniga. 4 ( J/ 



Herba densissime ca^spitosa.antc anthesin glaberrima, postea 

 surculosa, villis viscidis leviter sparsa. Snrculi brevis- 

 simi, erecti, conferti, crebiv foliosi. Cauki erecti, tri- 

 unciales, graciles, oligophylli, paucirlori, purpuraseentes, 

 nitidi, pilis glanduliferis parce tecti. Folia radiealia pa- 

 tentia, 5-fida ; surculina erecta, longe petiolata (petiolis 

 gracilibus villis ciliatis), spathulata, plcrumque triden- 

 tata : dentibus brevibus ovatis mucronulatis ; latcralibus 

 minoribus. Pedicclli breves, unirlori, calycesque pube 

 brevi viscida tecti. Flores nivei. Calycis lacinicr trian- 

 gulari-ovahe, mucronata^. Pctala spathulata, tripliner- 

 via : nervis simplicibus, strictis. Stamina inaujualia ; 

 filamenta viridia : aniherce. aurea\ 



I met with this plant in Mr. Knight's exotic nursery, King's 

 Road, Chelsea. It is specifically distinct from all the species with 

 which I am acquainted. Its native country, however, I have not 

 been able to ascertain. 



87- S. andicola, villosissima ; foliis radicalibus trifidis : segmen- 

 ts lanceolatis acutis ; surculinis superioribus linearibus 

 simplicibus acutis, laciniis calycinis ovatis acutis, petalis 

 obovato-orbiculatis : nervis ramosis. 



S. villosa. Pavon Mss. 



Habitat in frigidissimis Peruvian. Pavon. ~y . (v. s. in Herb. 

 Pavon. in Mus. Lamb.) 



Herba villosissima, densissime caespitosa. Surculi breves, 

 decumbentes. Caules erecti, sesqui- vel bi-pollicares, 

 foliosi, 3 — 4-rlori, villis viscidis confertissime obsiti. Folia 

 radiealia patentia, trifida, breve-petiolata (petiolis diJa- 

 tatis subtus nervosis) ; surculina inferiora trifida : seg- 

 ments lineari-lanceolatis, acutis, subtus conspicue tri- 



nervibus. 



