140 White to Green and Brown Flowers 



"Scarce less the cleft-born wild-flower seems to enjoy 

 Existence, than the winged plunderer 

 That sucks its sweets." 



Saxifraga cernua, or Nodding Saxifrage, is a creamy- 

 white flower, more rare than many of its sister Saxifrages, 

 and growing from four to eight inches high. The traveller 

 will at once be struck by the little bright red bulbs that grow 

 in the axils, where each upper leaf is attached to the stalk; 

 and by this characteristic, as well as by its lower palm-like 

 leaves, the Nodding Saxifrage may be readily known. It 

 grows among the rocks at very high altitudes. 



Saxifraga Lyallii, or Lyall's Saxifrage, has a creeping 

 caudex and is sparingly branched. There are two tall very 

 branching white Saxifrages which to the ordinary eye 

 closely resemble one another, namely, Lyall's Saxifrage and 

 Tall Saxifrage, and a careful reference to the descriptions 

 of each should be made in determining a particular plant. 



Lyall's Saxifrage is the smaller of the two plants, and is 

 less branching; its leaves grow in a cluster at the base, are 

 rounded, deeply toothed, and often tinged and streaked with 

 red. The flowers, which are very numerous, are white. 

 A special distinguishing feature is the seed-pods, three or 

 four in number, which develop in the centre of each flower 

 in a cluster, and are red, with very pointed erect beaks. 



Saxifraga nntkana, or Tall Saxifrage, grows erect from 

 a fleshy caudex. The Tall Saxifrage is a larger and hand- 

 somer plant than Lyall's species. It is also more branching, 

 growing from six to eighteen inches high, and covered with 

 many tiny white blossoms, each with a bright orange or red 

 spot at the base of the blade. The leaves grow in a cluster 

 at the base, from the centre of which the flower-stalks 



