DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. Saxifiaga. 3ll 



niculato, raraulis dichotomis, floribiis subsessilibus, — 

 , Mich.fl.amer.l.p.lQg. 



S. pilosa. Herb. Banks. 

 Icon. Phik. aim. t. 112 J. 5. 

 On rocks and dry hills : New England to Virginia, and 



on the Carolina mountains. 11. May, June, v. v. 



Variable in size j flowers white. 

 8, S. foliis reniformibus dentatis utrinque pilosis aveniis, Geum, 



caule nudo paniculato. — Willd. sp. pi. 1. p. 6'48. 

 Icon. Lapeyr. t. 14. Magn. hurt. 88. Moris, hist. 3. 



p. 12. t.g.f. 12. 

 On the north-west coast. Nelson. 1/ . v.s. in Herb. 



Banks. Flowers small, 

 Q. S. hirsutissima ; foliis elongato-spathulatis acute dentatis, leucanthemi- 



caulibus divaricato-dichotomis, paniculis capillaribus folia. 



laxis, calyce reflexo^ petalis iu«qualibus. Mlch.Ji. 



amer. 1 , p. IQS. 

 On high mountains of Carolina. Michaux. On the 



Peaks of Otter, Virginia. P. 1/ , June. v. v. About 



eight inches high ; "flowers white, elegantly red and 



yellow punctated. This and the S. sarmentosa ought 



to form a separate genus. 



10. S. pubescens ; foliis oblongo-bnceolatls utrinque acutis ob- pensylvanica. 



solete denticulatis, caule nudo, panicula oblonga, ramis 

 summitate fasciculifloris. — IVilld. sp. pi. 2. p. 640. 



Icon. Dill. etlh. 1. 153. f 318. 



In wet meadows : New York to Virginia. 1/ . June. 

 V. V. Above a foot high 3 flowers small, yellowish- 

 green, 



11. S. glabriusculaj foliis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis eroso- crosa. 



dentatis, caule nudo, panicula oblonga, ramis divari- 

 cato-ramosissimis laxifloris, pedicellis iiliformibus. 

 In stony rivulets on the high mountains of Virginia and 

 Carolina. 1/. June, July. v. v. Resembles the 

 foregoing one in some respects very much. 



** Foliis indivisis ; caule folioso. 



12. S. csespitosa; foliis caulinis oppositis imbricatis ovaiis oppositifoba. 



obtusis, summis ciliatis, floribus terminalibus solitariis 



sessilibus.— ^r///rf. sp. pi. 2. p. 648. 

 Icon. Erigl. dot. g. Fl. dan. 34. Fi lapp. t. I.f.l. 

 In Newfoundland and Labrador. H/ . May. v. v. 3 v. s. 



in Herb. Banks. Flowers purple, large. 



