DECANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Saxifraga. 265 



Engl. Bot. V. 3. t. 167. Don Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 356. Hook. 



Lond. t. 69. Scot. 128. FL Dan. t. 23. Jacq. Coll. v. 1. 202. 



t. 13. Scop. Cam. v. 1. 292. t. 13. 

 S.n. 973. Hall. Hist. v.\. 418. 



Geum palustre minus, foliis oblongis crenatis. Rail S?jn. 354. 

 Sedum montanum hirsutum, mucronato et dentato folio, flore albo 



guttato. Moris, v. 3. 478. sect. 12. t. O.f. 13. 

 Sanicula myosotis alpina, floribus albicantibus, fere umbellatis. 



Plu/c. Almag. 33 1 . Phyt. ^ 58./. 2. t. 222. f. 4. 

 Saniculse alpinae aliquatenus affinis. Bank. Hist. v.Z. p. 2. 708./. 

 Hairy Pride. Pet. H. Brit. t. 61 ./. 5. 



On wet shady rocks, and by the sides of rivulets, on most of the 

 mountains of Wales, Scotland, and the north of England, 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root fibrous, branched at the crown, bearing several short leafy 

 stems, or rosaceous tufts, of rather fleshy deciduous leaves, be- 

 sprinkled with hairs ; sharply serrated or toothed towards the 

 extremity ; wedge-shaped and entire in their lower half j often 

 purple beneath. Flower-stalks one or more, axillary or termi- 

 nal, 3 — 5 inches high, round, naked, hairy and glutinous. 

 Panicle cymose, of a few alternate Jlowers, with 1 or 2 oblong 

 bracteas under each division. Cal. closely reflcxed. Pet. ovate 

 with a short claw, 3 -ribbed, white, with a pair of transverse 

 yellowish spots towards the base. Germen green, purple, or 

 white. Styles very short. Caps, brownish, membranous, 2- 

 celled, ribbed, smooth. Seeds roundish, rough with longitudinal 

 rows of small tubercles. • 



** Cali/x spreading, jiartlij siqierior. Leaves undivided, 

 Flcrjoer-stalks radical., paniclcd or tufted, erect. Stem none, 



5. S. nivalis. Clustered Alpine Saxifrage. 



Leaves roiindish-obovate, serrated ; tapering and entire at 



the base. Cluster dense, cajiitate, of lew flowers. Calyx 



spreading. Capsule half inferior. 



S. nivalis. Linn. Sp. PL 573. Ft. Lapp. ed.2. \44. t.2.f. 5. 



mild. V. 2. 645. Fl. Br. 449. Engl. Bot. v. 7. t. 440. Don Tr 



of L. Soc. V. 13. 387. Lighff 22 \. t. 12. Hook. Scot. 129. 



Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 1 . 7. Fl. Dan. t. 28. 

 S, foliis oblongo-rotundis dcntatis, floribus compactis. Rati Sun 



354. f. 16.,/: I. 

 Sedum serratum rotundifolium. Mcrr. Pin. 111. 

 Semj)ervivuni minus incisuni. Mart. Spitzh. 43. duip. 3. /. F. /'. a. 



I la I. cd. 100. r/,aj>.:i. 



On the loftiest mountains of Wales and JScotland, in the moist fi^- 



sures of rocks. 

 I^pon Snowdon. Dr. Mirrdl. On the summits of several hill.s 



aboirt Snowdon. Mr. Uwyd, Mr. (Jrijfiih. On I3cn Lawers, 



