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



different from the Swedish and Lapland plant. Indeed no two 

 species can be more dissimilar than it and the S. muscoides of 

 AVulfen, which La Peyrouse and Sternberg in their excellent 

 works still insist on as being the real ccespitosa of Linnaeus. 



S. ccespitosa varies much in size, and in the number of flowers 

 on each stalk, as well as of its cauline leaves. There are spe- 

 cimens from the Linnaean Herbarium, collected by the late 

 Dr. Solander on the Lapland alps, and preserved in the Bank- 

 sian Herbarium, which accord exactly with Gunner's figure 3. 

 They are taller and stronger than the general state of S. ccespi- 

 tosa; but in no essential points do they differ. Gunner's figure 4, 

 notwithstanding the greater number of flowers, ought also to be 

 referred to this plant ; it certainly does not represent S. decipiens. 

 I am inclined to think Willdenow's ccespitosa belongs more pro- 

 bably to S. exarata than to this. 



89. S. stcllata, foliis creberrimis appresse imbricatis 5-fidis tri- 

 fidisve : segmentis lineari-oblongis obtusis, caule bifloro, 

 laciniis calycinis ovatis acutis, petalis obovatis. 



S. stellata. Pavon Mss. 



Habitat in frigidissimis Andium Peruvian Pavon. 1/ . (v. s. 

 in Herb. Pavon. nunc in Mus. Lamb.) 



Herba dense caespitosa, Fragosce corymbosce (Fl. Per.) habitu 



admodum similis, pube glandulosa tecta. Surcidi erecti, 



conferti, foliis undique crebre imbricati. C aides erecti, 



vix unciales, graciles, biflori. Folia creberrima, appresse 



imbricata, omnia 5-fida vel trifida : segmenta lineari-ob- 



longa, obtusa, carnosa, subtus uninervia ; caulina sim- 



plicia, linearia, obtusa. Petioli breves, latissime dilatati. 



Flores lactei, majusculi. Calyces pube glandulos& brevi 



dense tecti: laciniae ovatae, acuta?. Petala obovata, tri- 



plinervia : nervis simplicibus strictis. 



Obs. 



