



■ 



Boggy 



Purlieu 



DECANDRTA. DIGYNTA. Saxifrasa. 



river Air, 8 miles above Leeds, plentifully. Mr. Wood. 

 grove on Porland Heath, near Norwich. Mr. Woodw. 

 Lane, leading from the Wytch to Mathon, Worcestersh. Mr. 

 Ballard. — River side and woods at Roslin. Mr. Brown. 

 Moorlands at Belmont, Staffordshire. Mr. Pitt. — In a wood at 

 Colton Beck Bridge in Furness Fells. Mr. Jackson. — Baydales 



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near Darlington. Mr. Robson.] 



P. March, Apr. 



C. Leaves opposite. 



400- 



oppositifo'- 

 Jium. 



H. 



Pet. 6. Q. 



Stamens in the terminating flower sometimes 10. Curt. Stem 

 upright, with 2 or 3 pair of leaves. Suckers from the base of the 

 stem, covered with leaves, creeping. Stem-leaves 2 or 3 pair, cir- 

 cular, with the base lopped on each side, indistinctly and irregu- 

 larly notched. Woodward. Stem 4-cornered. Root-leaves longer 

 than the leaf-stalks. Stamens sometimes only 6 or ?. Flowers 

 bright yellow. Linnaeus remarks, that this and the preceding 

 species are very closely allied ; but they may at once be distin- 

 guished by the very different lengths of their respective root- 

 leaves. • 



Golden Saxifrage. Opposite-leaved Sengreen. Moist shady 

 places, sides of boggy rivulets, common. [Copse on Polingland 

 Heath, near Norwich. Mr. Pitchford. Moist heaths about 



Manchester. Mr. Caley.] 



P. April, May, 



1 



SAXFFRAGA. Calyx 5 -toothed: Moss. 5 petals: 



caps, beneath ; 2-beaked, 2-celled, many- 

 seeded, opening with a hole between the 



styles. • 



(l) Leaves undivided; stem nearly leafless. 



S. Leaves serrated, oblong-inversely egg-shaped : stem Stella ris. 



naked, branched : petals spear-shaped, 2 dots upon 

 each. 



E. hot. \67~Jacq. col. i. 13-27. dan. 23-Fl. lapp. 2. 3- 



Scop. 13. n. 492. at p. 290-Pluk. 58. 2; lb. 222. 4~ 



H. ox. xii*. 9. 13-J. B. iii. 708. 1. 



Leaves close to the root, numerous, oblong-spear-shaped, nar* 

 rowing downwards. Stem a finger's length, bare. Flowers 3 to 

 5j on short fruit-stalks. Calyx bent back. Petals white, with 2 

 oblong tawny spots near the base. Linn. Leaves in one or more 

 star-like tufts from each root, wedge-shaped, entire at the base, 



