4£8 Mr. D. Don's Monograph of the Genus Saxifraga. 



nervibus, superiora indivisa, lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 

 subtus trinervia ; caulina ima tripartita, superioribus in- 

 divisis. Flores lactei, subcorymbosi. Calyx dense glan- 

 duloso-pilosus : laciniae ovatae, mucronulatae. Petala ob- 

 ovato-orbiculata, triplinervia : nervis lateralibus, conni- 

 ventibus, ramosis ; medio recto, subsimplici. Filament a 

 brevia, lutescentia. Antherce. flavae. 



Nothing is probably more interesting to botanists than species 

 of those genera, which are chiefly confined to the colder zones, 

 from tropical climates. Among the rich and highly interesting 

 harvest of plants discovered by the celebrated authors of the 

 Flora Peruviana, Ruiz and Pavon, are several species of Saxi- 

 fraga ; of each of which there are excellent specimens in the 

 Herbarium of Don Jose Pavon, now in the possession of A. B. 

 Lambert, Esq. The present is totally distinct from every other 

 species. I would have most willingly retained the name given 

 to it by its discoverer ; but as that name has been already applied 

 to a very different plant, namely, S. decipiens, to prevent any 

 ambiguity or confusion I have judged it best to change it. 



88. S. caspitosa, foliis radicalibus aggregatis 5 — 3-fidis indivi- 

 sisve : segmentis lineari-ianceolatis obtusis, caule oligo- 

 phyllo paucifloro, laciniis calycinis ovatis obtusis, petalis 

 conniventibus obo vato-rotundatis . 



S. caespitosa. Linn. Sp. PL 578. Fl. Suec. ii. n. 376. Fl. 

 Lapp. edit, alter. 142. Gunn. Norv. n. 1047. t. 7. /. 3. 

 an etiamf. 4? Smith Brit. ii. p. 455. Engl. Bot. t. 794. 

 Prod. Fl. Graze, i. p. 277- Wahlenb. Lapp. 119. 



S. groenlandica. Sp. PI. 578. Gunner. Norv. 689. t* 7- 

 f. 1. (optima.) Lapeyr. Pyren. Saxif. p. 39. t. 19. Per- 

 soon Synop. i. p. 490. Sternb. Saxif. p. .53. 



S. foliis 



