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with alternate, lanceolate, naked leaves. Capsule superior. 

 Calyx reflexed, fringed, obtuse. 

 Turfy bogs, rare.lf.8. Stem4 — 8 m. Pet. deep yellow, dotted with red 



8. S. aizoidcs, I. 39. (Yellow Mountain S.) Stem decumbent at the 



base. Leaves alternate, linear, with fringe-like teeth. Capsule 



half-superior. Floral receptacle depressed. Calyx spreading. 



Mount, rills. 2£. 7, 8. Tufted. Pet.Z-ribb.brighty ell. withred spots. 



*** Calyx spreading. Leaves partly lobed. Stigmas mostly 

 downy. Flowering stems erect, more or less leafy. 



9. S. granuldta, 7. 500. (White Meadow S.) Leaves kidney-shaped, 



lobed. Stem panicled, leafy. Root granulated. Germen half- 

 inferior. 

 Mead. If.. 5. Stem If. loosely hairy. Fl. numer. large, white. 



10. S. cernua, 10. 664. (Drooping S.) Leaves somewhat palmate, 

 stalked. Stem with aggregate, axillary bulbs. Germen altoge- 

 ther superior. Petals obovate. 



Summits of the Breadalbane Mts. If. 7. R. scaly. Fl. solit. droop, 

 white. 



11. S.rivuldris, 32. 2275. (Alpine Brook S.) Leaves palmate, 

 stalked ; the uppermost spathulate. Stem with few flowers. 

 Root fibrous. Germen half-inferior. 



Lofty Scot. mts. very rare. V-. 6, 7. 1—2 in. Fl. small, white, 

 erect. Pet. acute. 



12. S. tridactylites, 7. 501. (Rue-leaved S.) Leaves wedge-shaped, 

 with three or five segments ; the uppermost undivided. Stem 

 panicled, leafy. Stalks single-flowered, alternate. Germen in- 

 ferior. 



Walls. 0. 5. Small, fleshy, viscid, downy, reddish. Fl. small, white. 



13. S. muscoides, Hal. Opusc. t. l.f. 1. pyrenaica, &c. (Moss-like S.) 



Leaves linear, obtuse, smooth, triple-ribbed, undivided, or with 

 two small lateral lobes. Flowers few, corymbose. Petals nearly 

 linear. Calyx almost naked. 

 Alpine rocks. If.. 5. 3 in. in dense tufts. Fl.few, erect, pale yell. 



14. 8. pygmcea, S. moschata, 33. 2314. (Dwarf S.) Leaves linear, 

 abrupt, smooth, undivided. Flowers corymbose. Petals obovate, 

 scarcely longer than the very obtuse, glandular calyx. 



Highl. of Scot. If.. 6, 7. In very dense, leafy tufts. Fl. greenish 

 yell. A var. ofS. muscoides. 



15. S. ccespitosa,\2. 794. (Tufted S.) Radical leaves crowded, three- 

 or five-cleft, obtuse, veiny, fringed ; lowermost undivided. 

 Flowers one to five, or more. Germen half-inferior, hairy. 

 Calvx smoother, obtuse. Petals rounded, triple-ribbed. 



j3. S. palmata, 7. 455. A span; corymbose, with 5— -6 flowers. 

 Mts., rare. If. 5, 6. Densely tufted, 2—6 in. Pet. white. 



16. S. hirta, 32. 2291. (Hairy S.) Radical leaves rather crowded, 

 three- or five-cleft, pointed, veiny, fringed. Flowers few, corym- 

 bose. Germen half-inferior. Calyx acute. Petals obovate, triple- 

 ribbed. 



