DECANDRIA— DIGYNIA. SaxiiVaffa. 261 



6" 



230. SAXIFRAGA. Saxifrage. 



Linn. Gen. 223. Juss. 309. Fl. Dr. 448. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. «. 3 1 . 



Tourn. t. 129. Lam. t. 3/2. Gcertn. t. 36. 

 Geum. Tourn. t. 129. 



Nat. Ord. see 7i. 229. 



Cal. inferior, half inferior, or almost perfectly superior, of 1 

 leaf, in 5 deep, permanent segments. Pet. 5, attached to 

 the calyx, spreading, contracted at the base, not always 

 uniform, deciduous. Filam. 10, attached to the calyx, 

 awl-shaped, spreading, successively incumbent, perma- 

 nent. Aiith. of 2 round lobes. Germ, superior, or more 

 or less inferior, roundish or ovate, terminating in 2 short 

 spreading styles. Stigmas obtuse, mostly downy. Caps. 

 nearly ovate, with 2 beaks formed of the permanent styles, 

 and opening between them, of 2, sometimes incom{)lete, 

 cells, with a central receptacle. Seeds minute, numerous, 

 roundish, compressed, covering the receptacle. 



Herbs, generally perennial, various in habit, often in some 

 degree hairy and glutinous, with stalked, simple, undi- 

 vided or lobed, leaves. Floivers either panicled, rarely 

 solitary, on a long naked stalk, or corymbose at the top 

 of a round leafy stem ; erect, white, yellow, or purple, 

 frequently spotted, inodorous. Natives of cool or moun- 

 tainous countries. I have profited by the arrangement 

 of my friend Mr. D. Don, Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13, with some 

 variations. 



* Calyx reflexed, inferior. Leaves undivided. Floicer-stalks 

 panicled, erect, much taller than the stems. 



1. S. Geiun. Kidney-leaved Saxifrage. 



Leaves roundish-kidney-shaped, notched, somewhat hairy. 

 Footstalks linear, channelled, much longer than the 

 leaves. Flower-stalk panicled. Capsule superior. 



S. Geum. Linn. Sp. PL 574. IVilld. v. 2.6 -iS. Engl. BoL v. 22. 



^ 1561. Comp. 65. Don Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 349. Lapei/r. 



Pijren. v.\. 46. t.24. 

 S. n.71. Gmel.Sib. v. 4. 161. t.65.f. 1. 

 Sanicula montana rotundifolia minor. Bauh. Pin. 243. 

 Sedum montanum rotundifolium minus album, non guttatum. 



Moris. V.3. 478. n.\2 ; no figure. 

 Geum folio circinato acute crenato, pistillo floiis rubro. MagnoL 



Hort. t. \3 ; not the description. 



