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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Saxifraga—continued. 
upper radical leaves cuneate, trifid, with pedicelled, thickened 
lJeaf-buds in their axils. Tetuan, 1827. A well-known and 
highly-prized rock plant. (B.M. 6384; G. C. 1871, p. 1355.) 
S. media (intermediate). Jl., calyx and peduncle purplish, 
densely glandular; petals erect, obovate, three to five-nerved, 
scarcely exceeding the calyx segments; inflorescence cymose- 
paniculate or racemose. June and July. l., basal ones imbri- 
cated, explanate-depressed, spathulate-lingulate, acute or obtuse ; 
cauline ones spathulate, glabrous, except the apical part. Stems 
erect. h. 6in. to 8in. Pyrenees. (G. C. n. s., xxiii. 801; 
S. F. G. 376.) ; i 
S. moschata (musky).* 7. pale yellowish or purplish, one to ten, 
racemose or paniculate; petals spreading, oblong, scarcely ex- 
ceeding the calyx segments. May and June. J. smooth, glabrous 
or aig rae phoen entire, obtuse or cuneate, trifid, rarely five-fid — 
with linear lobes, obtuse ; cauline ones scattered, trilobed or 
entire. h. 3in. Pyrenees, &c., 1819. SYN. S. muscoides. 
S. muscoides (Musk-like). A synonym of S. moschata. 
S. mutata (changeable). . fl. copper-coloured, marked with deeper- 
coloured dots, panicled ; calyx and peduncle densely glandular ; 
petals linear-lanceolate. June and July. l. flat, spathnlate, 
cartilaginously crenated, fringed with long, viscid hairs ; cauline 
ones obovate, ciliated at base. Stem erect, leafy, glandular. 
h. 6in. to 12in. Switzerland, 1779. (B. M. 351.) 
S. nepalensis (Nepaul). A garden form of S. Cotyledon. 
S. nivalis (snowy). M. white, }in. in diameter, in capitate, four 
to twelve-flowered cymes ; scape erect, simple, 3in. to 6in. high. 
July and August. J. broadly spathulate, crenate-toothed, sin. to 
lin. in diameter, sub-coriaceous, red beneath ; petioles lin. to 2in. 
long. Europe (Britain), &c. (Sy. En. B. 541.) 
S. oppositifolia (opposite-leaved).* fl. bright purple, żin. in 
diameter, solitary, sessile, on short, annual shoots, campanulate ; 
tals obovate, April and May. l. opposite, jin. long, quadri- 
ariously imbricated, thickened and obtuse at the tip, ciliated 
with stout bristles. Stems 6in. to 8in. long, creeping, leafy, 
Ewope (Britain), &c. (L. B. C. 869; R. G. 1039; Sy. En. B. 540.) 
S. o. alba (white-flowered). This only differs from the type in 
the colour of its flowers, 
S. o. major (larger). A form with larger flowers than the type, 
but not so fine as the next variety. 
S. o. pyrenaica superba (superb Pyrerean).* The rosy-lilac 
flowers of this form are very large, more than twice the size of 
those of S. oppositifolia, and the habit is more erect. (G. C. n. s., 
xxi. p. 419.) : 
S. — (pale). jl. white ; petals persistent during the ripenin 
of the fruit; ovary dull purplish-red ; peduncles’ abe gh four. 
flowered, lin. to 4in. high. Summer. l. spathulate, green, dis- 
posed in a small rosette.” h. 3in. to bin. Sikkim, 1885. A neat, 
rockwork plant. 
S. paradoxa (paradoxical). A synonym of S. »ygmaa. 
FIG. 431. SAXIFRAGA PELTATA, showing Habit and detached 
‘lower. i 
S. peltata (peltate-leaved).* Umbrella Plant. . white or very 
pale pink, 4in. in diameter; petals longer than the sepals, 
elliptic, rounded at both ends. April. 1. all sub-terminal, erect ; 
petiole lft. to 2ft. long, cylindric, as thick as a goose-quill, 
glandular-pubescent ; blade orbicular, peltate, 6in. in diameter, 
six to ten-lobed, the lobes cut and sharply toothed, pale beneath. 
_ Rootstock clothed at the tip with the broad, stipular leaf-sheaths, 
. 
Saxifraga—continued. 
California, 1873. One of the largest species of the genus. See 
Fig. 431. (B. M. 6074; F. d. S. 2441; R. G. 735.) 
S. pennsylvanica (Pennsylvanian). Swamp Saxifrage. fl 
greenish, small ; calyx lobes as long as the poms. scape many- 
flowered, erect, clammy-pubescent. May and June. l. clustered 
at the root, oblanceolate, obscurely toothed, 4in. to 8in. long, 
narrowed at base into short, broad petioles. h. lft, to 2ft. North 
America, 1732. 
S. pentadactylis (five-fingered). f. white, disposed in loose 
panicles; petals obovate, with branched nerves. May and June. 
l. on long, compressed petioles, glabrous, five-parted. Stems 
branched, terete, glabrous, flexuous. h. din. to bin. Pyrenees. 
1815. Plant densely tufted. : : 
S. petrzea (rock-loving). A synonym of S. adscendens. 
Fic. 432, SAXIFRAGA PURPURASCENS. 
+ 
. purpurascens (purplish).* Purple Large-leaved Saxifrage. — 
fl. purple, Zin. to lin. across, nodding; petals obovate-oblong, 
sometimes long-clawed; panicle few-flowered, corymbose, 
glandular-pubescent. June. l. obovate-rounded, entire, 2in. 
to Zin. Jong, highly glabrcus, sometimes obscurely sinuated, 
often impressed with dots. A. 3in. to 6in. Himalayas, 1850. 
See Fig. 4 (B. H. ix. 1; B, M. £066; F. d. S- 1401.) Syn. 
Megasea pu: purascens, 5 
— ae: 
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S 
4 
f 
* 
FIG. 433. SAXIFRAGA PYGMEA. 
S. pygmeza (pigniy).* 4. yellowish, very small; petals hardly 
longer than the calyx. May and June. J. lanceolate, nerveless, 
glabrous, blunt, and rather cut at the apex. Stems filiform, 
slender, three or four-flowered, few-leaved, glandular. A. lin to 
Zin. Pyrenees (not British). See Fig. 433. Syn. S. paradoxa. 
S. pyramidalis (pyramidal). A form of S. Cotyledon. 
the base. Ste : 
(R. G. 1110; S. B. F. G. ser. il. 49; A. F. P. 21, Fig. 2, under 
