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descriptions and previous synonyms, not on individual plants. In 

 compiling his systematic works be made abundant use of the de- 

 scriptions of his predecessors. In the habitat of S. aizoides Linnaeus 

 gives " In Alpibus . . . Westmorlandicis," in that of S. autiimnalis 

 he gives " In humentibus . . . Angliae." In " Mant. Plant." ii. 

 383, Linnseus cites Haller's view as to the status of S. autumnalis : 

 "Dubitat nunc, utrum sit vere specie distincta a S. aizoide, cum 

 Jacquino, Hallerus." 



65. Saxifraga hypnoides, L. Common on the Highland moun- 

 tains ; on alpine and subalpine stony places and rock ledges. 

 Ascends to the summit of Ben Lawers (" Fl. Perthsh." 142). Ben 

 Lawers (J. Carroll, 1864, in Herb. Brit.). The type (var. gemmifera, 

 Ser., ap. Cand. Prodr. iv. 31) is apparently confined to the lime- 

 stone and basalt ; and descends to sea-level in Clare. 



66. Saxifraga quinquefida, Haworth, " Miscell. Nat." 163 (1803). 

 Ben Lawers (G. C. Druce, specimen named by Prof. Engler). 



67. Saxifraga gr&nlatidica, L. --Near the summit of Ben 

 Lawers (G. C. Druce in "Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist." 1898, p. 243). 

 If this plant is considered conspecific with S. hypnoides, then grcen- 

 landica is the earlier name of the two. There is no specimen under 

 this name in Herb. Linn. 



68. Saxifraga oppositifolia, L. On rocky alpine places ascends 

 to the summit of Ben Lawers, and descends to 366 m. on the 

 mountains of the Breadalbane district ("Fl. Perthsh." 144). 

 Summit of Ben Lawers (Watson, 1832, in Herb. Kew.). Ben 

 Lawers (G. Don, Fasc. iii. 1805, n. 57). Ben More (Watson, 1830, 

 in Herb. Kew. but no height given). Descends to sea-level in 

 Donegal. 



69. Saxifraga sponhemica, C. G. Gmelin. Rather common on 

 the alpine rocks of the Snowdon range, and first recorded from here 

 as a Welsh plant in 1821, though not under this name (P. B. 

 Williams, " Tourist's Guide through the County of Carnarvon "). It 

 is the plant referred to by Smith in " Engl. Flora," ii. 278 : "Mr. 

 Griffith has favoured me with an alpine Welsh specimen, answering 

 to Mr. Don's account of his condensata, but I cannot consider it as 

 a distinct species. Whether it be Gmelin's plant, I have had no 

 opportunity of ascertaining." Gmelin figures S. condensata in " Fl. 

 Badens." ii. p. 226, t. 3, but it does not seem possible to separate 

 the two plants by any definite characters, and S. sponhemica is 

 the earlier name. There is a specimen labelled Saxifraga caspitosa 

 in Herb. Soc. Linn, gathered by J. W. Griffith, in which the 

 calyx-lobes are lanceolate and acute (not obtuse), which may be 

 this, from Idwal lake. Summit of Snowdon (R. N. Streeten, 1839, 

 in herb. Watson) ; this specimen exactly agrees with the description 



