Mr. D. Don's Monograph of the Genus Saxifrage. 429 



S. foliis petiolatis trifidis, caule subfolioso viscido. Hall. 



Helv. n. 989. 

 S. tridactylites grcenlandica, cauliculis raldfe Poliosis . Dill. 



Eltham. p. 337. t. 353. /. 329. 

 S. tridactylites alpina minor et villosa. Tourn. Inst. 2.Y2. 

 Sedum tridactylites, alpinum minus. Bow//. Pin, 284. Prod. 



131. 

 Habitat in Lapponiae, Sueciae, Helvetian, Norvegise et Py- 



rena:orum alpibus ; etiam in Grcenlandia et rupibus alpi- 



nis Cambro-Britannise. v . (v. v. c. et s. spoilt.) 



Planta densissime caespitosa, pilis glanduliferis brevibus 

 confertissime suppedita. Surculi brevissimi, creberrimfc 

 foliosi, basi foliis emarcidis dense imbricati. Caules 

 erecti, 1 — 2-unciales aut rariiis ultra, teretes, oligcfphylli, 

 1 — 3-flori, in cultft saepius 4-flori. Folia radicatia aggre- 

 gata, imbricata, sa^pius 5-fida, nunc 3-fida aut indivisa : 

 segmenta lineari-lanceolata, obtusa, carnosa, obscure ner- 

 vosa ; caulina ima palmata, summis plerumque tripartitis : 

 segmentis linearibus. Pedicelli breves, uniflori, calyces- 

 que pube brevissima viscida tecti. Flores majusculi, lactei. 

 Lacinice calycina ovatae, obtusae, carnosae, obsolete tri- 

 nerves. Vetala obovato-rotundata, conniventia, calyce 

 duplo longiora, triplinervia : nervis simplicibus ; medio 

 recto; lateralibus curvatis. Filamenta lutea. Ant her a 

 rlava?. 



Much confusion has existed, and still exists, even in our latest 

 works on Saiifragce, regarding this species, which appears to 

 have arisen chiefly from the improper synonyms Linnaeus added 

 to his plant. No doubt, had Linnaeus seen the plant those authors 

 which he quoted intended by their imperfect figures and descrip- 

 tions, he would have been at once convinced of its being widely 



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