Saxifraga.] SAXIFRAGES. ( ' 7 



place in Ireland where it has yet been found. Fl. Aug. %.— This 

 again, like the preceding, (as Doctor Hooker remarks,) is very dif- 

 ferent from any other British species, though approaching in some par- 

 ticulars to the following. Mowers yellow, large, solitary. Petals 

 almost elliptical. It is singular that this plant, which Doctor Hooker 

 found in Iceland, should not be found in the north of Ireland, nor in 

 Britain further north than Berwickshire. 



8. S. aizoides, Linn. Yellow Mountain Saxifrage. Lower 

 leaves of the stem numerous, crowded, the rest scattered, linear- 

 lanceolate, fleshy, more or less ciliated ; stem branched, ascend- 

 ing ; calyx spreading ; capsule half superior. Br. FL 1 . p. 1 94. 

 E. Fl. v. ii. p. 268. E. Bot. t. 39 — Leiogyne aizoides, Don. 

 Lindl. Synops. 



Cliffs on Ben Bulben, County of Sligo, and on Connor cliffs, near 

 Dingle, Fl. July— Sept. %.— Five to seven inches high, or more, 

 branching below. Flowers panicled, subcorymbose, bright yellow ; 

 each petal beautifully spotted with orange. 



*** Calyx spreading. Leaves more or less lobed. Flowering-stems 

 erect, more or less leafy. 



9. S. granulata, Linn. White Meadow Saxifrage. Radical 

 leaves reniform, on long footstalks, obtusely lobed ; those of the 

 upper part of the stem nearly sessile, acutely lobed; stem pani- 

 cled ; root granulated. Br. Fl. 1. p. 194. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 269. 

 E. Bot. t. 500. 



In meadows and pastures, on a gravelly or sandy soil. On ditch 

 banks between Baldoyle and Portmarnock, where it was first observed 

 by Doctor Taylor. Spring-hill, near Moneymore, County of Derry ; 

 Mr. D. Moore. Fl. May. % ■ —Root consisting of numerous, small, 

 clustered tubers. Stem eight to twelve inches high, hollow, viscid, 

 loosely hairy, simple and leafy below, panicled at the top. Leaves 

 mostly radical, glabrous ; petioles glandular. Flowers large, white. 

 Germen and capsule half inferior. The double white Saxifrage of the 

 gardens is a variety of this. 



10. S. tridactylites, Linn. Rue-leaved Saxifrage. Glandular 

 and viscid ; leaves wedge-shaped, with three or five segments ; 

 the uppermost undivided ; stem panicled, leafy ; pedicels single- 

 flowered, alternate ; germen inferior. Br. Fl. I. p. 195. E. 

 Fl.v. ii. p. 271. E. Bot. t. 501. 



On old walls and thatched roofs, frequent. Walls near Stillorgan, 

 and on Feltrum-hill. On Corrigagunyel Castle, near Limerick, and on 

 basaltic rocks, at Down hill, County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. _ Fl. 

 M a y # 0._ Two to four inches high. Whole plant covered with viscid 

 hairs. Petals small, pure white, scarcely longer than the segments of 

 the calyx. Capsule almost wholly inferior, 



11. S. ccespitosa, Linn. Tufted Alpine Saxifrage. "Radical 

 leaves crowded, 3— 5-cleft, obtuse, veiny, fringed, lowermost 

 undivided ; flowers from one to five or more ; germen half in- 

 ferior, hairy ; calyx smoother, obtuse ; petals rounded, triple- 



