142 POPULAR FIELD BOTANY. 
all of the same number. The leaves, too, are usually four ; 
but occasionally there are five on one plant, and I have found 
it in woods on the South Downs with six, and even seven. 
From its four cross leaves it has obtained the name of 
“True Lover’s knot.” The flowers are green, the berry 
purple, and probably, (judgmg from this circumstance) poi- 
sonous. It is found in moist and shady woods, in many 
places in England, and is very abundant in some parts of 
Sussex. ; 
DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
CALYCIFLORE. SAXIFRAGACEA. 
CHRYSOSPLENIUM. (Goxiprn Saxirrace). 
Generic Character. Calyx four or five-cleft and coloured. 
No corolla. Seed-vessel having many seeds. 
CHRYSOSPLENIUM OPPOSITIFOLIUM. (Plate IX. Fig. 33.) 
Golden Saxifrage. This plant often clothes the rocks near 
springs and rivulets in shady places, looking lke patches of 
green velvet. I found it covering the rocks near the water- 
fall in Shanklin Chine, in the Isle of Wight. Its leaves are 
opposite, and round. Flowers in small umbels, rather pale 
yellow. A good deal branched at the base. 
