550 ORD; XXX. Succulente. 
several-instances. He likewise found it useful as an external 
application in destroying fungous flesh, and in promoting a dis- 
charge in gangrenes and carbuncles. 
Another effect for which this plant has been esteemed is that of 
stopping intermittent fevers. 
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SAXIPRAGA GRANULATA. WHITE SAXIFRAGE. 
SYNONY MA, Saxifragaalba. Pharm, Dale. 235. Lewis. 590. 
Murray. iii. $55. Bergius. 367. Saxifraga rotundifolia alba. 
Bauh. Pin. 309. Saxifraga alba. Ger. Emac. 841. Saxifraga 
alba vulgaris. Park. Theat. AQ4, Ray. Hist.1048. Si ynop. 354, 
Haller. Stirp. Helv. n. 976. §. granulata. Hudson. Flor. Angl. 
159. Wither. Bot. Arr. 434. Ic. Flor. Dan. 514. & Flor. Lond. 
Decandria Digynia. Lin. Gen. Plant. 559. 
Gen. Ch. Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. 5-petala. Caps. 2-rostris, 1-locu- 
laris polysperma. | 
Sp. Ch.  §&. foliis caulinis reniformibus lobatis, caule ramoso, 
radice granulata. 
ROOT perennial, consisting of a number of small bulbs adhering 
to the fibrous part. Stalk somewhat branched, about a foot high, 
round, hairy towards the bottom, and scantily supplied with leaves. 
Leaves irregularly kidney-shaped, a little hairy, slightly divided | 
into lobes, concave, those near the root furnished with long hairy 
footstalks. Calyx divided into five segments, which are hairy, 
oval, pointed, viscous. Corolla consisting of five white spreading 
petals, which at the upper extremity are broad, at the base nar- 
row, and ofa yellow colour. Filaments ten, tapering, supporting 
yellow anthere. Germen roundish, standing below the corolla, 
and surrounded by a ee gland, Styles two, shorter than the 
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