66 SAXIFRAGES. [Saxifrage. 



(3. leaves roundish with sharp tooth-like serratures; foot- 

 stalks elongated. S. punctata. Haw. (not of Linn.) or Willd. 

 (Smith. J 



7. S- serratifolia, Sm. Don. in Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 352. 

 Leaves oblongo-ovate, grabrous, light green with deep, acute 

 serratures; footstalks oblong, flat. Robertsonia serrata. Haw. 



Plentiful in the woods at GlengarifF, near Bantry, and on Connor 

 cliffs, near Dingle. (3. On the bare summit of Curan-Tuhol, the highest 

 mountain in Kerry, Mountains of Cunnamara, on Milrea and Croagh 

 Patrick, County of Mayo. On Muekish, one of the highest moun- 

 tains in Donegal ; Mr. Templeton and Doctor Hooker, -y. Gap 

 of Dunloe, near Killarney, 1805. — The variety *. assumes a very 

 different appearance, when growing in low sheltered situations, from 

 the var. |3. which is always found at very considerable elevations. The 

 var. 7. is a well marked variety, and does not alter by cultivation. It 

 is readily distinguished by its light green leaves, which are acutely ser- 

 rated, and have frequently small sharp intermediate teeth between the 

 larger serratures. Fl. June. % . 



5. S. stcllaris, Linn. Starry Saxifrage. Leaves elliptic, 

 wedge-shaped, coarsely serrated, tapering and entire at the base; 

 panicle corymbose, of few flowers ; capsule superior. Br. Fl. 

 1 . p. 192. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 265. E. Bot. t. 167. 



Wet rocks, and by the sides of rivulets in several of the Dublin and 

 Wicklow mountains, as well as in the southern and northern counties. 

 Fl. June — Aug. 11. — Leaves with coarse teeth. Whole plant slightly 

 hairy. Flowcrstalk two to five, or six inches high, with a minute 

 bractea at each ramification of its small panicle. Flowers white, 

 with two yellow spots at the base of each, somewhat clawed petal. 



* * Calyx partly or entirely inferior. Stem leafy. Leaves undi- 

 vided. 



6. S. oppositifolia, Linn. Purple Mountain Saxifrage. Leaves 

 ovate, opposite, imbricated, ciliated ; flowers solitary, terminal. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 193. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 266. E. Bot. t. 9. 



Moist alpine rocks. Mountains in Joyce- country, near Lough Cor- 

 rib, 1807. Mountains of Ennishowen ; R. Brown, Esq. LL. D. 

 On Benyevena, County of Deny ; Mr. D. Moore. Fl. April- 

 June. %. — Grows in straggling tufts, with a habit quite different from 

 that of any other British or Irish Saxifrage. Flowers large in propor- 

 tion to the size of the plant, purple, very beautiful. The leaves are 

 retuse, ciliated, and have a pore at the extremity. Capsule half in- 

 ferior. One of the greatest ornaments of our rock-works in spring. 



7. S. Hirculus, Linn. Yellow Marsh Saxifrage. Stem erect ; 

 leaves alternate, lanceolate ; those from the root attenuated into 

 a petiole; calyx inferior, at length reflexed, obtuse, downy at 

 the margin. Br. Fl. 1. p. 193. E. Fl. v. ii./). 267. E. Bot. t. 

 1000. — Hirculus ranunculoides, Haw. 



In an extensive marsh three miles from Cloghjordan, County of Tip- 

 perary ; Mr. J. Hodgens, nurseryman, who sent me a plant ; the only 



