DECANDRIA-DIGYNIA. Chrysospleiiium. 259 



Stalk 3 inches long, erect, usually bearing one concave bractea, 

 and a solitary, large, very elegant, white, or slightly reddish, 

 Jlower, near an inch broad, with the sweet and powerful scent 

 of the Lily of the Valley. Cal. minutely fringed. Pet. much 

 larger, ovate, veiny. Stam. much shorter than the petals, and 

 lying upon them. Anth. turgid, indexed, each with a pair of 

 tubular appendages at the base, terminating in the open pores. 

 Style stout, erect. Stigma large, slightly annular at the base, 

 terminating in 5 large, spreading, pointed rays. The valves of 

 the capsule seem to have no connecting web. 

 One of the most curious and elegant of British flowers. 



DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



229. CHRYSOSPLENIUM. Golden-saxi- 

 frage. 



Linn. Gen. 222. Juss. 309. Fl.Br,447. Tourn.t.60. Lam. t. 374. 

 GcETtn. t. 44. 



Nat. Ord. Succulentce. Linn. Saxifragce. Juss. 84-. N. 222, 

 and 230 the .same. 



Cal. superior, of 1 leaf, in 4 or 5 deep, unequal, spreading, 

 permanent, internally coloured, segments ; the opposite 

 ones narrowest. Pet. none. Nect. a glandular ring, just 

 within the insertion of the stamens. Filam. 8 or 10, awl- 

 shaped, erect, very short, from the mouth of the calyx. 

 Anth. roundish, of 2 lobes. Germ, inferior, roundish ; 

 prominent at the summit. Styles awl-shaped, spreading, 

 the length of the stamens. Stigmas obtuse. CV/ps. of 1 

 cell, and 2 valves, beaked with the permanent styles, and 

 surrounded with the calyx turned green. Seeds roundish, 

 numerous, small. 



The terminal flower, being generally 5-cleft and decandrous, 

 regulates the class, as in Adoxa, n. 222. 



Procumbent, slightly hairy, and succulent, herbs ; with 

 stalked, undivided, notched, kidney-shaped leaves ; and 

 small, yellow, corymbose, terminal Jloxvers. 



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