of the London-pride group found in Ireland. 323 



by having transversely oval or somewhat kidney-shaped leaves, 

 never contracted below and never longer than broad, com- 

 bined with semicylindrical hairy foot-stalks which are chan- 

 nelled above. Several varieties are recorded, depending upon 

 the presence or absence of hairs upon the surfaces of the 

 leaves, or upon their under-side being reticulated with purple, 

 but they appear to be scarcely worthy of separate description. 

 Fig. 11, 12, 13, and d. represent the leaves and foot-stalks of 

 this plant, which is very common in Kerry, and found but 

 rarely in Cunnamara. 



Reichenbach states concerning all these plants, viz. S. punc- 

 tata, S. serratifolia, S. elegans, S. Geum, and S. hirsuta, " haec 

 . . . . e seminibus sine mutatione eductae." 



The following are what I consider as their respective spe- 

 cific characters : — 



1. S. umbrosa (Linn.). Leaves obovate, with cartilaginous crena- 



tions, or sharp notches tapering at the base into dilated flat 

 foot-stalks; panicle racemose; capsule superior, a. crenata, 

 leaves bluntly crenate, spreading (not a native of Britain), fi. 

 crenato-serrata, leaves acutely crenate or subserrate, spreading, 

 y. punctata (Don), leaves nearly round, acutely serrate, erect. 

 $. serratifolia (Mackay), leaves oblong, acutely serrate, erect. 

 Eng. Bot., t. 663; Reich. Iconog., t. 622, 623, 624.— Found in 

 Mayo, Galway, and Kerry, Ireland. Var. a. introduced from 

 the Pyrenees. This variety may have been found wild in En- 

 gland, but I believe it to have always been an escape from cul- 

 tivation. 



2. S. elegans (Mackay). Leaves round, smooth, shining, acutely ser- 



rate ; foot-stalks broad, flat above, convex below ; panicle race- 

 mose ; capsule superior. Reich. Icon., t. 625. — Grows on the 

 summit of Turk Mountain, near Killarney, in very small quan- 

 tity. 



3. S. hirsuta (Linn.). Leaves oval, acutely serrate ; foot- stalks linear, 



semicylindrical, channelled, hairy ; panicle racemose ; capsule 

 superior; foot-stalks slightly tapering upwards. Eng. Bot., t. 

 2322 ; Reich. Icon., t. 621.— Gap of Dunloe and Connor Hill, 

 Kerry. 



4. S. Geum (Linn.). Leaves transversely oval or reniform, acutely 



crenate or serrate ; foot-stalks linear, semicylindrical, chan- 

 nelled, hairy ; panicle racemose ; capsule superior. Eng. Bot., 

 t. 1561 ; Reich. Icon., t. 628. Leaves always rather broader 

 than long, usually hairy, sometimes glabrous, often beautifully 

 reticulated with purple beneath. — Plentiful in Kerry, rare in 

 Galway. 

 St. John's Coll., Cambridge, Nov. 29, 1841. 



[See vol. vi. pp. 217, 314, 401 ; and vol. vii. p. 48.— Ed.] 

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