^80 DECANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Saxifraga. 



bright yellow anthers. Such is Mr. Don's description. I have 

 never seen this species or the next. 



24. S. IcBtevirens. Bright-green Alpine Saxifrage. 



Leaves deeply five- or three-cleft, with linear acute seg- 

 ments. Shoots long and ti'ailing. Calyx lanceolate, 

 pointed. Petals spatulate, slightly cloven. 



S. Isetevirens. Don Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 45!. 



On the loftiest rocks in the Highlands of Scotland. 



In very elevated situations, upon moist rocks, on the mountains 

 of Angusshire and Aberdeenshire. Mr. G. Don. On hills to the 

 north of Loch Lomond. Mr. D. Don. 



Perennial. 



Herb of a very bright green, densely tufted, and very smooth, be- 

 fore flowering ; afterwards loosely spreading, with long trailing 

 shoots, besprinkled with long hairs, without axillary buds. 

 Stems few, erect, smooth, 3 inches high, bearing a few leaves, 

 and about 3 Jlowers, rarely one only. The radical leaves have 

 5 segments, those of the shoots 3 ; all linear, acute, recurved 

 at the points ; those on the lower part of the stems are 5-cleft, 

 on the upper undivided, lanceolate, and pointed. Fl. white, 

 bell-shaped, drooping in the bud. Flower-stalks and cahjx 

 downy and viscid 3 segments of the latter lanceolate, 3-ribbed, 

 with recurved points. Pet. with straight, simple, green ribs, 

 united above the base. A very distinct and elegant species ac- 

 cording to Mr. Don, whose description and characters I have 

 adopted. 



25. ^. pedatijida. Web-foot-leaved Saxifrage. 



Radical leaves kidney-shaped, divided in a pedate manner 

 into seven lobes. Panicle cymose, level-topped, many- 

 flowered. Calyx superior, with linear-lanceolate seg- 

 ments, as long as the capsule. 



S.pedatifida. Ehrh. Exsicc. 15. Sm. Tr.of L. Soc. v. \0. 340. Engl. 

 Bot.v. 32. t.2273. Comp.67. Don Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 414. ; 

 excluding the variety. 



S. quinquefida. Donti Cant, ed, 5. 107. 



In the Highlands of Scotland. Mr. J. T. Mackaij. 



On the mountains of Clova, Angusshire. Mr. G. Don. 



Perennial. Maij. 



Herb larger than most of the last-described, increasing by runners, 

 each terminating in a leafy flowering tuft, from which fresh 

 runners are produced. Leaves numerous on the young runners, 

 but most crowded at their base, stalked, finely downy and glu- 

 tinous, kidney-shaped, deeply divided into 3 principal lobes, of 



