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roundish leaves, with a whitish, serrate, rough, cartilaginous 

 edge, and delight to perch themselves on the very edge of 

 the rocks and cliffs, over which they wave their blossom, as 

 if in triumph at a sense of being in safety. This blossom is 

 a pyramidal loose panicle, a foot or two long, crowded 

 with quite white flowers, relieved by the red of the stamens 

 stem and calyx of the unopened blossoms. Most tantalizing 

 is it to see them blooming quite out of reach, and wise are 

 they who resist the temptation of getting into dangerous 

 places after them. Such being the difficulty of reaching 

 them, it was with pleasure that we received a very hand- 

 some specimen from a German gentleman, accidentally met 

 with, who added to his former kindness in answering some 

 botanical questions, by walking into the salle a manger, and 

 saying, as he held out his prize, '' I 've brought this for 

 you." On granite-rocks in Central Switzerland: Maderaner 

 Thai, top of the Brevent, Mer de Glace, foot of the 

 Aiguille du Dru. 



S. hypnoides (Fig. 36), heterophylla, or intermedia — for 

 the Mossy Saxifrage varies a good deal in its forms, and 

 according to rather slight differences has had various names 

 given to it — may be known by a leaf very different to the 

 first-mentioned, as it is divided, something like moss. The 

 flowers are rather large and white, on a stem four or five 

 inches high, rising from a moss-like cushion of leaves. It 

 is well known on the British mountains. It is perhaps the 



