276 DECANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Saxifraga. 



inches high^ erect, corymbose, bearing a few undivided lanceo- 

 late leaves ; and 3 or 4Jlowers, on glandular, or hairy, glutinous, 

 upright stalks. Germen in like manner hairy and viscid. Cal. 

 half inferior 5 its segments spreading, recurved, narrow, folded 

 or channelled, acute, minutely bristle-pointed, slightly glandu- 

 lar. Pet. white, oblong, twice the length of the calyx, triple- 

 ribbed, inflexed in a peculiar manner at both edges. Stigmas 

 obtuse, cloven, recurved, very hairy and glandular. Upper half 

 of the capsule, above the calyx, ribbed^ angular, membranous, 

 very smooth. 

 Very distinct from every other British species, though most re- 

 sembling the hirta, and somewhat akin, as Mr. Don observes, 

 to the exotic ajugifolia, 



18. ^. platypetala. Broad-petalled Saxifrage. 



Radical leaves five-cleft ; those of the trailing shoots three- 

 cleft ; lobes bristle-pointed. Segmentsof the calyx ovate, 

 pointed, erect. Petals nearly orbicular, flat, with many 

 lateral veins. 



S. platypetala. Sm. Tr. of L. Soc. v. 10. 341. Engl. Bot. v. 32. 

 t. 2276. Comp. 66. Don Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 422. 



On the mountains of Scotland and Wales. 



Upon Snowdon. Mr. D. Turner. On the Clova mountains, An- 

 gusshire. Mr. G. Don. 



Perennial. June. 



Much like the last in habit, with many procumbent, leafy, hairy 

 shoots, but the leaves are less lengthened out in their lower part, 

 and all their segments terminate in strong, pale, somewhat car- 

 tilaginous, bristly points. Panicle rather racemose, of 4 or 5 

 large flowers, on glandular, viscid, bracteated stalks. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx short, ovate, erect, conspicuously pointed j 

 the base most glandular. Germen broad and short. Pet. thrice 

 the length of the calyx, white, with a red stain in the bud, 

 broadly obovate, or almost orbicular, spreading, flat, entire, with 

 3 principal ribs united at their base, the 2 outermost sending 

 forth many spreading short veins. Upper half of the germen he- 

 mispherical. Styles short. Stigmas spatulate, finely downy on 

 the upper side. 



19. S. hicurvifolia. Curve-leaved Saxifrage. 



Radical leaves five-cleft ; those of the upright shoots three- 

 cleft ; segments lanceolate, obtuse, incurved. Segments 

 of the calyx ovate, acute. Petals roundish, slightly 

 cloven. 



S, incurvifolia. Don Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 423. 



