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Sazifra^a — continued, 



with axillary, scarlet buds. Stem erert. simple, one to three- 

 flf>\vere(l. fi. 2in. to 6in. Kiiropp (Uritain), America, <fec. The 

 flowers are rarely produced in this country. (Sy. En. B. 554.) 



S. ciliata (ciliated). A variety of S. lujulata. 



S. cordifolia (heart-shape-leaved). ft. red, large ; petals 

 roundish. March to I\Iay. I. orbicularly cordate, serrated, 

 glabrous. /(. 1ft. Siberia, 1779. 



S. COrtussefoUa (t'ortusa-leaveil).* ft. white, unspotted, on 

 slender pedicels ; petals linear, the one to three longer ones iin. 

 to |in. long ; scape stout, liearing an open panicle often 7in. to 

 8in. long. October. I. on stout petioles, orbicular, cordate or 

 sub-reniform at base, 2in. to 5in. in diameter, shallowly five to 

 many-lobed, briglit green above, fading to bright red-brown or 

 red. Japan, 1883. J*lant stemless, probably very variable. 

 (B. M. 6680.) 





Frc. 427. Saxifraga CoxvLRnoN, showing Habit, and detached 

 Flower and i^eaf. 



S. Cotyledon (Cotyledon).* ft. white, dotless, large ; calyx 

 densely glandular ; petals conspicuously three-nerved, oblong- 

 spathulate. May to July. I. flat, spathulate, cartilaginously 

 serrated, the edges silvery. Stem erect, branched in a pyramidal 

 form, many-flowered, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Alps, 1596. Plant tufted. 

 See Fig. 427. (F. d. 8. 1443.) S. nepalemis (of gardens) and 

 .S'. pyramidalis are simply robust forms of this species. 



S. crassilolia (thick-leaved).* ft. red, large, disposed in th>Tsoid 

 panicles ; petals elliptic-oblong. March to May. /. large, fleshy, 

 oval or obovate, very blunt, glabrous, serrulated. Root thick aiicl 

 woody, h. 1ft. Siberia, 1765. See Fig. 428. ^B. M. 196.) 



S. cuscutsBformiS (Cuscuta-like). ft. white ; calyx very short, 

 spreading ; petals very shortly clawed, lanceolate-elliptic ; panicle 

 branches two or three-flowered ; scape slender, ascending, loosely 

 secuud-paniculate below the middle. June and July. " I., basal 

 ones rather thick, sub-orbicular or ovate, deeply or' undulately 

 toothed, h. 6in. Japan, 1815. (B. M. 2631 ; L. B. C. 186.) 



S. Cymbalaria (Cyml.>alaria). ft. citron-yellow ; petals cordate at 

 base, distinctly unguiculate, thrice as long as the calyx segments. 

 iVIay to August. I. brown-striated ; lower ones nearly twice as 

 long as the petioles, reniform, seven to eleven-lobed, the middle 

 lobe largest ; upper ones shortly petiolate, five to seven-lobed. 

 Stems nearly erect, or more or less flexuous, bx"anched. Hima- 

 layas, &c. 



S. decipiens (deceptive), ft., calyx lobes ovate, obtuse, as long 

 as the tube. /. of all the ".shoots rosulate, three to seven-cleft ; 

 lobes abruptly acuminate. This is regarded by Hooker as a 

 sub-species of S. h>/pnoides. (L. B. C. 1510; Sy. En. B. 557.) 

 ganmifcra (Sy. En. B. 562) and Dlah/pefala (Sy.En. B. 561) are 

 varieties. 



S. densa (dense). A synonym of S. bronchialis. 



S. diapensioides(Diapensia-like). ft. white, three, fouv, or five, 

 campanulate, disposed in a terminal' head ; petals narrow at the 

 base, the limb orbicular. April to June. I. linear, erect, keeled, 

 aggi-egate, imbric^ited, cretaceously glaucous, cartilaginous on 

 the margins, cihated at base, and with one or two perforated 

 dots at the obtuse apex. Stem many-leaved, few-flowered. 

 h. liin. Alps, 1825. Plant densely tufted. 



Saxifrag^a — continued. 



S. diversifolia (variable-leaved).* ft. yellow, obscurely spotted, 

 Ain. to iin. in diameter, peilicellate, erect ; petals twice as hmg us 

 the sepals, spicadiiig and recurved ; corymb few or maiiyliranched 

 and fliiweied, ttie I'raiii'hes erecto-patent. July. /., radical ones 

 liiug stalktd. Iin. to 2in. long, ovate or cordate, acute; cauline 

 ones sonu'tinu\s very numerous, smaller, sessile, semi-amplexicaul. 

 Stem erect. 6in. to" 16in. hitih. simple or corymbosely branched 

 above. India, etc., 1882. (B. M. 6ti03.) 



S. elongata (elongated). A form of S. inrginiensis. 



S. flagellaris (whip-like), ft. yellow ; petals pennanent. May 

 tn July. /., radical and lower cauline ones obovate-spathulate 

 upper tme^ rather villous. Stems erect, simple, one to flve-flowered, 

 and (as well as the ailvces) glandular-pubescent. Stolons or 

 flagell;i' filiform, k. 3in! . Caucasus, &c., 1819. (B. M. 4621; 

 T.. J. K. 237.) 



S. florulenta (slow-flowering), ft. pale lilac, Mn. long, slightly 

 nodding ; petals twice as long as the calyx lobes, spathulate, 

 obtuse ; panicle narrow, thyrsoid, 5in. to 12in. high, more or less 

 densely hairy. Rarely produced. I. Jin. to 2in. long, innermost 

 ones the shortest, very numerous, densely imbricated, si)athu- 

 late, mucronate, bristly-ciliate below. Rosettes 5in. to Tin. in 

 diameter. Maritime Alps. " A striking species, but exceedingly 

 ditticult to grow. It probably lives to a great age before flower- 

 ing, after which it dies " (Hooker). (B. M. 6102 ; R. G. 782.) 



S. Fortune! (Fortune'.-?).* ft. white, disposed in an erect, many- 

 flowered panicle ; petals very unequal, one or more being elongated 

 and saw-edged. L reniforni-cordate, lobed and lacinintely tontbed. 

 Japan. 1863. A pretty, half-hardv perennial, with the lialut of 

 S. ayrtima-Jolm. See Fig. 429. (B. M. 5377 ; F. M. 221.) 



Fig. 428. Saxifraga crassifolia. 



S. geranioides (rjeranium-like). ft. white, numerous, sub-coryn;- 

 bn.se ; .mIvx seuiiients erect, longer than the tube ; petals ol)- 

 ovate-ol.luiii;, biug-olawed, about twice as long as the calyx. 

 July. L, lower ones slightly pilose, sub-orbicular-reniforv.'. 

 palmately tritid, the lateral lobes bifid, entire or two or three- 

 tootheil ; cauline ones cuneate-ovate, with narrow lobes. Stems 

 numerous, slightly woody, h. 6in. Pyrenees, 1770. (R. (i. 9^9.) 



S. Geum (Ueum). /. orbicular, more or less reniform or cordate, 

 crenale or tootlied, on slender petioles. According to Hookei, 

 this is merely a sub-species of S. umbrosa. (Sy. En. B. 543-545.) 

 elegans and i/racilis are varieties. 



S. gramilata (granulate).* Fair Maids of France ; First of May ; 

 Meadow Saxifrage, ft. white, inclined or drooping, campanulate, 

 Iin. in diameter ; petals obovate. April and May. /. petioled, 

 reniform, palmately lobulate ; radical ones |in. to IJin. in 

 diameter, on slender petioles ; cauline ones sessile, deeper and 

 more acutely cut. Stem 6in. to 18in. high, erect, bulbiferous at 

 base, branched and many-flowered above. Europe (Britain), Ac. 

 (Sy. En. B. 556.) There is a pretty double form of this species in 

 cultivation. 



S. Guthrieana (Outhrie's). A hybrid, very similar to, or identi- 

 cal with. S. A mf re Hf!i i . 



S. hieracifolia (Hieracium-leaved). ft. white ; petals ovate, 

 acute ; sciipe erect, racemose, the branches four to six-flowered 



