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Saxifraga—continued. 
S. rivularis (brook-loving). /. white, erect, one or two, jin. 
in diameter; petals distant. July and August. Z. reniform 
— pit to Rect in diameter; lobes entire ; 
petioles as long as the decumbent, rooting stems. Britai ; 
(F. D. 118; Sy. En. B. 553.) AE siya a 
S. Rocheliana (Rochel’s). /l. white, corymbose ; petuls obovate, 
twice as long as the calyx. Summer. ¿ white at the edges, 
and with distinct, impressed dots; lower ones lingulate, gla- 
brous, ciliated at the base, disposed in tufts ; cauline ones pale 
green, clothed with clammy hairs. h. 3in. Austria. 
Fig. 434. 
S. R. coriophylla (Coris-leaved).* l., lower ones smaller and 
more horizontally expanded than in the type, pitted near the 
margins. See Fig. 434. : $ 
S. rotundifolia (round-leaved). f. white, marked with scarlet 
dots; petals lanceolate, acute, three-nerved. May and June. 
l reniform, unequally and coarsely toothed ; cauline ones petio- 
late. h. lft. Austria, &c., 1596. (B. M. 424; S. F. G. 377.) The 
variety repanda is larger and more robust, and has broader 
leaves. 
S. r. taygetea (Mount Taygetus). fl., panicle branches one or 
two-flowered, l, basal ones long-petiolate, small, with slightly 
hairy margins, reniform or nearly round, five to nine-lobed ; 
upper cauline ones linear or trifid. Greece. — 
S. sancta (holy).* fl. yellow, in a short, dense spike; petals 
spathulate-oblong. Summer. /. rigid; lower ones imbricated, 
spreading, lanceolate, acuminate, rigidly mucronate, ciliate, den- 
ticulate on the margins, keeled ; cauline ones lanceolate, mucro- 
nate. Stem glabrous, leafy. Mount Athos, 1882. Habit dense, 
tufted. 
SAXIFRAGA ROCHELIANA CORIOPHYLLA, — 
Fic. 435, SAXIFRAGA SARMENTOSA TRICOLOR, 
5S. sarmentosa (sarmentose).* Aaron’s Beard ; Creeping Sailor ; 
Mother of Thousands; Old Man’s Beard; Wandering Jew, &c. 
Saxifraga—continued. € 
J. white, two of the inner petals having a yellow spot, and the 
central one two scarlet spots, at the base; two outer petals large, 
flaccid. June and July. l. orbicularly cordate, crenate-lobed, 
pilose, red beneath. Stolons or runners creeping. A. Yin, China 
and Japan, 1815. Half-hardy. (B. M. 92.) 
S. s. minor (smaller). A smaller-growing form, (B. H. vii. 13, 
under name of S. s. minor semperflorens.) 
S. s. tricolor (three-coloured). This differs from the-type in 
—— — —— blotched with ———— and 
red. is wella or growing in vases and hanging baskets. 
See Fig. 435. j es gå * 
S. Schmidtii (Schmidt's). A. purplish, paniculate, similar to 
those of S. crassifolia. Marly summer, i ovate, rounded at both 
ends, or attenuated into the petioles,- denticulate-ciliated, 
Himalayas. (R. G. 946.) 
S. spathulata (spathulate-leaved). jl., petals obovate-oblong, 
twice as long as the calyx segments; panicle corymbose, three to 
five-flowered. June, l, lower ones spathulate, ciliated, entire, 
obtuse at apex, rarely three-toothed, three-nerved ; cauline ones 
linear, Stem slender, erect. Algiers, 
S. squarrosa (squarrose-leaved). A. white, larger than those of 
S. cæsia. Early summer. l. linear-elliptic, rather retuse, stiff, 
squarrosely imbricated, permanent, mealy when young. Stem 
— below, usually three-flowered ; branches diffuse, flaccid. 
ps. 
S. stellaris (starry). fl. few, 4in. in diameter ; petals white, with 
two purple spots above the base ; scape din. to 8in. high; eyme 
anicled. Z. rosulate, sub-sessile, cuneate-lanceolate, sin. to lin. 
ong, sub-succulent, usually coarsely toothed, ciliated, casually 
entire. Europe (Britain), &c. 
stemless. (F. D. 23; Sy. En. 
S. Sternbergli (Sternberg’s). A form of S. hypnoides, 
S. Stracheyi (General Strachey’s).* fl. pink, jin. to lin. in 
diameter ; petals — ate or orbicular ; — much- 
branched, drooping, glandular pubescent. March. ¿. closely 
sheathing at base, with orbicular stipular sheaths, obovate or 
obovate-cuneate, 3in. to 6in. long, narrowed into the short, stout 
petiole, or cordate at base ; margins irregularly toothed, ciliated, 
h. 4in, to 8in, Western Himalayas, 1851. (B. M. 5967.) S. S. alba 
(R. G. 1228) differs from the type in its less spreading, white 
petals, whitish filaments, and green styles. 
S. S, Milesii (Miles’). jl. white; calyx and peduncle glandular- 
pubescent ; petals white, with a distinct claw; corymbs dense. 
March. 4, Sin, to 12in. long, $in. to Sin. broad. 1872. A plant of 
garden origin. This resembles the type, but differs in its longer 
leaves, and the more distinct claw to its petals. 
S. S. thysanodes (coarse-fringed). fl. white, clustered in a small 
slightly branched — a sub-rotundate, longer than the 
se 
both sides, but especially benea h. 6in. India. 
(B. R. 1846, 33.) : 
S, tenella (slender . white; petals obovate-oblong, twice as 
long as tn papari ts oa ay panicle few-flowered. “June and 
July. l. linear-subulate, cuspidate -aristate, spatsely setulose- 
ciliated on the margins or glabrous, glandularly ciliated towards 
the base. Stems erect, slender, glabrous. Alps, 1819. 
h. 6in. 
LR 
fm 
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1G. 436. SAXIFRAGA TRIFURCATA, showing Habit and 
detached Leaf. 
thrice-forked). fl. 
— as long pe the calyx, obovate-oblong. May. È , 
Plant glabrous or sparsely hai 
B bia —— 
pals. April. J. obovate, —— sting tag eg hairy on — 
