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I 1S7. Saxifra^ii ni val is L. 



In Ito^'s, li»>rl)-inats, (»n rocks and t.'M ti.lil; licsl (lfvt'l(»|)('(l in snnny 

 erevices willi ahiindant inoistiirc 



Coininoii tlinuiijlKiut I lir wliolc aira. Iiiil nowlicrc occiininL^ in 

 m'j'at (|uaiititi('s. 



Widclv ranirinir in ( ii'i'rnland wilhonl nnilhcrn or sontluTii limit. 

 Asi'ciids fo (•onsidcrahlc altiliidcs. 



Ahnnda'nily llowci-in^j; and tfnilinu'. 



Ilardly snttwlcss dniini: winlcr. 



N'arics acfording lo tlir (|ualily ol Ihc lialnlat Ironi liic sinallesl 

 dwarf-fornis lo rolmst sjfigantic speciinens. 



yV I SS. Saxifraga stellaris L. 



To tilis species I only i'eckon Mie so-call"(l niainspecics: ^V. slcUans a 

 fliaracterized by richly raniified inflorescences, abundant flowcring and 

 IVuctificatioii, larije rosette-leaves and low slems, whilsi the following 

 species has a rich dovolopinent of bulhlols in the inflorescence, narrower 

 and firmer leavcs and liii^licr si oms. In I'.' I O I colli^rlcd piants of S. slel- 

 laris near Godthaal) (()4 II') and cullivalcd IImmo on Sonth Disko. 

 whei'c tilis sp(»cics docs nol occin'. Tlicy llowfr and Irnctilicate every 

 ycar and kcop tlit' normal aspcci ol Ihc vegetative parts, witiiout 

 lormin^ any transitions lo .V. coniosa. 



LiNsn.vuEn (Oesterr. Bol. /.eit. 61-i, IHi:^: nol sccn. abslracl in 

 iJol. Cenlrallil. I 2(k j). :\\)Y) lias cultivated hulhiets ol' .V. coniosa and 

 developed flowering s|)ecimens. From the ahstraet il cannot he seen 

 whether tliey also were S. romosa. wlial I siij)pose. as llowering, in my 

 opinion, does not mark a transition to A'. sirllaris. ^'ollng and lerhle 

 specimens ol' .S', cniiiosa will ol'ten show one oi' a l'ew llowcrs willioni 

 any hiilhlets al all. whilst older and more vigorous specimens de\elop 

 hnlhlets ahiindantly, with or wilhonl (levelo[>ment ol' llowers. 



S. sirllaris seems lo he ahseni in Vmcrica. wliilsl .S', roniosn is widely 

 distrihuted in Arctic .America. 



liiNDM.AHK (Bidrag lill kannedomen om de svenska Saxifraga- 

 arters yttre hyggnad och individhildning. iJili. I\. Se. \'ct . Ak. Handl. 

 28, .Afd. III, .\r. 2, 1902) lii^iii'cs. in pi. II ligs. 4 and ;"). <<r{H\^ Irom sjx-c- 

 imons from northern Swcden and stales their size lo he 0.() mm. In llie 

 lignre the seed-coal is covered hy rat hor long and coarso serialed |)a- 

 pillae (»seriatim tnhorcnlata L.\.N(.k). Seeds from firied specimens from 

 \ alders, Xorway. showod the same appearancei' The seeds ol S. 

 romosa from Greenland were somewhat larger, 0,7 0,8 inm, Ihe pa- 

 pillae were Jower, their rows (henser, their a|)pearance intende<l to he 



