AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 37 
but ten is the full number. The genus Stel- 
laria belongs to Nat. Ord. CARYOPHYLLACEA, 
which may be remembered as including the 
Carnation or Pink Family, and all the genus 
Lychnis, with others. 
In the sunny spring you will find on walls 
and roofs little beds of Saxifraga tridactylites, 
Rue-leaved Saxifrage ; the plant is two to five 
inches high, has 3-cleft leaves, and small white 
flowers ; it is viscid or gummy all over, and its 
stems are more or less red. The whole plant 
is covered with glandular hairs. This genus, 
Saxtfraga, which gives name to the Nat. Ord. 
SAXIFRAGACEA, is quite distinct from the genus 
Chrysosplenium; it contains many beautiful 
and interesting species, of which 18 belong 
to our Flora. Many are cultivated in gardens, 
where we often find Saxzfraga [Hypnoides, 
Mossy Saxifrage, with cream-white flowers ; S. 
granulata, White Meadow Saxifrage, often with 
double flowers, and having grain-like bulbs at 
the base of the stem ; and, notably, S. usdrosa, 
London Pride, whose native habitat, notwith- 
standing its acquired name, is in the south and 
west of Ireland. 
A large plant of this genus common in 
