ON A NEW BRITISH SAXIFRAGE. 571 
of leaf of Gewm and umbrosa that I could meet with, and among 
them found the very remarkable form of leaf of the plant that you 
have so kindly undertaken to draw and describe. The specimens 
of this last were collected, growing on moist cliffs in a mountain 
at the extreme termination of Glen Caragh, either Cluan or Clara- 
beg, I am not certain which. They were not in flower at the 
time of gathering. I removed roots to my garden, where they 
did not produce flowers till this season (June, 1848), when the 
more remarkable characters were apparent. I may mention that 
one of the most remarkable forms of S. serratifolia that I col- 
lected was at the entrance of Dingle Harbour, growing within the 
influence of high-water mark. So endless, however, are the forms 
of leaf and growth, in this family, that unless some good distinc- 
tion of- flower, or of fructification can be defined, and which I 
have no doubt that the present plant presents, it would be vain 
to attempt separation.” 
It is altogether on a difference in the floral organs, such as 
Mr. Andrews alludes to, that I propose to establish the present 
species, but it would greatly strengthen its claims were specimens 
flowering in a wild state collected and examined. So few persons 
visit the Kerry mountains in the early spring months, when the 
saxifrages are in blossom, that some time may yet elapse before 
the point is settled. Meanwhile our figure, taken from a culti- 
vated individual, will serve to keep the plant in memory. 
As Lam on the subject of Kerry botany, I may add that Simethis 
bicolor, Kth. (Anthericum planifolium, Vand.) which was detected 
a year or two ago in Hampshire, has been found by Mr. Thaddeus 
O'Mahony, growing in a perfectly wild situation on hills near 
Derrynane Abbey, the seat of the O‘Connells. The hills where 
this plant grows have probably never been turned up, and the 
plant has certainly never been cultivated in a neighbouring garden. 
A specimen, agreeing in all respects with a Portuguese one in the 
University Herbarium, was sent to me in June last. 
Tab. XIX. Fig. 1. Flower-bud; f. 2, petal; f. 3, anther ; 
f. 4, bud from which the petals are removed ; f. 5, section of the 
ovary :—all more or less magnified. 
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