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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Saxifraga—continued. 
with axillary, scarlet buds. Stem erect, simple, one to three- 
flowered. h. 2in. to 6in. Europe (Britain), America, &c. The 
flowers are rarely produced in this country, (Sy. En, B. 554.) 
S. ciliata (ciliated). A variety of S. ligulata. 
S. cordifolia (heart-shape-leaved). nA red, large; petals 
roundish. March to May. l. orbicularly cordate, serrated, 
glabrous. h. lft. Siberia, 1779. 
S. cortusæfolia (Cortusa-leaved).* A. white, unspotted, on 
slender pedicels; petals linear, the one to three longer ones żin. 
to Zin. long; scape stout, bearing an open panicle often Tin. to 
8in. long. October. J. on stout petioles, orbicular, cordate or 
sub-reniform at base, 2in. to Sin. in diameter, shallowly five to 
many-lobed, bright green above, fading to bright red-brown or 
red. Japan, 1883. Plant stemless, probably very variable. 
(B. M. 6680.) 
FIG. 427, SAXIFRAGA COTYLEDON, showing Habit, and detached 
——— Flower and Leaf. 
S. Cotyledon (Cotyledon).* jl. white, dotless, large; calyx 
densely glandular; petals — three-nerved, oblong- 
E aire poh rs July. 9 — y 
- serrated, the es silvery. - erect, branc in a pyramidal 
——— —— — — Alps, be Plant — 
ee Fig. : “ . 1443.) S. nepalensis- gardens) an 
ua S. pyramidalis are simply robust forms of this species. 
S. crassifolia (thick-leaved).* ji. red, large, disposed in thyrsoid 
_. panicles; petals elliptic-oblong. March to Ma : l. large, fleshy, 
oval or obovate, very blunt, glabrous, 'serrulated. Root thick and 
=- woody. Ah. lft.” Siberia, 1766. See Fig. 428. (B. M. 196.) 
S. cuscutzformis (Cuscuta-like). fl. white; calyx very short, 
spreading ; petals very shortly clawed, lanceolate-elliptic ; panicle 
_ branches two or three-flowered ; scape slender, ascending, loosely 
-~ secund-paniculate below the middle. June and July. l., basal 
ones rather thick, sub-orbicular or ovate, ply or undulately 
toothed. “h. 6in, Japan, 1815.. (B. M. 2631; L. B. C. 186.) 
S. Cymbalaria (Cymbalaria). fl. citron-yellow ; petals cordate at 
base, distinctly unguiculate, thrice as long as the calyx segments. 
May to August. l. brown-striated ; lower ones nearly twice as 
long as the petioles, reniform, seven to eleven-lobed, the middle 
lobe iy petiolate, five to seven-lobed. 
largest; upper ones short! 
Stems ' less flexuous, branched. Hima- 
yas, $ 
$ nearly erect, or more or 
layas, &c. 
decipiens (deceptive). Jl., calyx lobes ovate, obtuse, as lon 
the tube. l “ * 
Saxifraga—continued. 
S. diversifolia (variable-leaved).* jl. yellow, obscurely spotted, 
4in. to Zin. in diameter, pedicellate, erect ; petals twice as long as 
the sepals, spreading and recurved ; corymb few or many-branched 
and flowered, the branches erecto-patent. July. l., radical ones 
long-stalked, lin. to 2in. long, ovate or cordate, acute ; cauline 
ones sometimes very numerous, smaller, sessile, semi-amplexicaul. 
Stem erect, 6in. to l6in. high, simple or corymbosely branched 
above. India, &c., 1882. (B. M. 6503.) ` 
S. elongata (elongated). A form of S. virginiensis. 
S. flagellaris (whip-like). jl. yellow; petals permanent. May 
to July. L, radical and lower cauline ones obovate-spathulate 
upper ones rather villous. Stems erect, simple, one to five-flowered, 
and (as well as the calyces) glandular-pubescent. Stolons or 
flagelle filiform. h. 3in. Caucasus, &c., 1819. (B. M. 4621; 
L. J. F. 287.) 
S. florulenta (slow-flowering). fl. pale lilac, in. long, slightly 
nodding; petals twice as long as the calyx lobes, spathulate, 
obtuse ; panicle narrow, thyrsoid, 5in. to 12in. high, more or less 
densely Tair . Rarely produced. J. Zin. to 2in. long, innermost 
ones the shortest, very numerous, densely imbricated, spathu- 
late, mucronate, bristly-ciliate below. Rosettes din. to Tin. in 
diameter. Maritime Alps. ‘ A striking species, but exceedingly 
difficult to grow. It probably lives to a great age before flower- 
ing, after which it dies ” (Hooker), (B. M. 6102; R. G. 782.) 
S. Fortunei (Fortune’s).* fl. white, disposed in an erect, many- 
flowered panicle ; petals very unequal, one or more being elongated 
and saw-edged. J. reniform-cordate, lobed and laciniately toothed. 
Japan, li A pretty, half-hardy perennial, with the habit of 
S. cortuscefolia. See Fig. 429. (B. M. 5377; F. M. 221.) 
Fic. 428. SAXIFRAGA CRASSIFOLIA. 
S. geranioides (Geranium-like). fl. white, numerous, sub-corym- 
bose ; calyx segments erect, longer than the tube; petals ob- 
ovate-oblong, long-clawed, about twice as long as the calyx. 
July. l, lower ones slightly pilose, sub-orbicular-renifor:', 
palmately tritid, the lateral lobes bifid, entire or two or three- 
toothed ; cauline ones cuneate-ovate, with narrow lobes. Stems 
numerous, slightly woody. A. 6in. Pyrenees, 1770. (R. G. 999.) 
S. Geum (Geum). l. orbicular, more or less reniform or cordate, 
crenate or toothed, on slender petioles. According to Hooke:, 
this is merely a sub-species of S. wmbrosa. (Sy. En. B. 543-545.) 
elegans and gracilis are varieties. 
S. granulata (granulate).* Fair Maids of France ; First of May ; 
Meadow Saxifrage. fl. white, inclined or drooping, campanulate, 
lin. in diameter; petals obovate. April and May. l. petioled, 
reniform, palmately lobulate ; radical ones Zin. to Uin. in 
diameter, on slender petioles; cauline ones sessile, deeper and 
more acutely cut. Stem 6in. to 18in. high, erect, bulbiferous at 
base, branched and many-flowered above. Europe (Britain), &c. 
(Sy. En. B. 555.) There is a pretty double form of this species in 
tivation. 
S. Guthrieana (Guthrie’s). A hybrid, very similar to, or identi- 
eal with, S. Andrewsit. 
S. hieracifolia (Hieracium-leaved). fl. white; petals ovate, 
acute ; scape erect, racemose, the branches four to six-flowered 
