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Sazlfrag'a — continued. 



June and .July. I. nearly all basal, ovate-oblong; or oblonp;, re- 

 motely repantl-toothed, ililattMl at base, semi-aniplexicaul, glabrous 

 aliove. villous beneath and on the margins, h. 1ft. Europe, Ac., 

 1789. 



S. Hirculus (Hirculus).* J!. Mn. to fin. in diameter, sub-solitary ; 

 sepals rertexed ; petals obovate, dotted with red at the base, 

 where there are two tubercles. August. I., radical ones iin. 

 to lin. long, rosulat^?, petiided, lanceolate or spathulate; cauliue 

 ones linear, sometimes faintly .serrated. Stem sub-simple, erect, 

 stoloniferous. h. 4in. to Sin. Arctic and Alpine Europe (Britain), 

 &c. tSy. En. B. 550.) 



S. H. grandiflora (larj^e-tlnwered). A line variety, having flowers 

 lin. in di.nneter. (R. Li. 1055, Fi-*. 4.) 



S. hlrsuta (hair>). /. long-i)etioled, broadly ovate, rounded at 

 base or naiTowed into the petiole ; margins cartilaginous, 

 sharply toothed or serrateii. Plant more hairy than .S'. «m- 

 hri'sa. to which it is referred, by Hooker, as a sub-species, 

 (Sy. Kn. B. 546.) 



S. hirta (hairy). A sub-species of S. hypnoides. 



S, Hostli (Host's).* fi, five tr) nine in a corymb ; calyx segments 

 ovate-triaugular ; petals white, or with a few purple dots above 

 the middle, oblong or obovate-oblung ; pedicels glandular. May. 

 I., ba.sal (mes numerous, ligulatr, olituse at apex, ciliated at base ; 

 cauline ones oblong, crenate-seriatt'd. Stem erect, panicxdate 

 above. . /(. 6in. to 12iii. South ICunipe. 



S. hypnoides (Ilypnum-like).* Dovedale Moss; Eve's Cushion, 

 Ac. /. white, ^in. to lin. in diameter, campanulate ; flowering 

 shoots 3in. to 18in. long, .stout or slender. May to July. 

 I. cuneate. three to five-cleft, loose or dense, with the broad, 

 compressed petioles Ain. to lin. long ; lobes entire, or the lateral 

 ones cleft, flat or channelleil. Europe (Britain), Ac. The tufts 

 often form large cushions. 



Fig. 429. Saxifraga Fortcnei, showing Ilabit and detarlied 

 Khtwers. 



S. h, hirta (hairy), fi., calyx lobes broad ; petals obovate. flat. 



I. threelnlied ; lobes linear, suddenly contracted beyond the 



middle, acute. (Sy. En. B. 559.) allmin (Sy. En. B. 560) and 



iiiciirviUiiin (Sy. Kn. B. 558) are varieties. 

 S. h. Sternbergii (Sternberg's). Barren shoots rather long, 



their leaves witli three to five obtuse lobes. A robust variety. 

 S. imhricata (imbricated), jl. white, solitary, terminal ; petals 



obovate, with attenuated claws, trinerved. June and July. 



I. small, hollowed, ovate-oblong. sub-tri(|uetrous at apex, ciliate- 



serrulate on the margins. h. 3in. India, 1845. Plant very 



densely tnfted. 

 S. intacta (intact). A synonym of S. Aizoon. 

 S. irrigna (watered). /. white, large, campanulate ; petals 



spathulate; panicle loose, uifvny-flowered. June and July. 



Saxifrag^a — con t inued . 



l.^ radical ones palmately five-parted ; cauline ones trifid, sessile ; 

 segments cuneate-oblong. nmcronate, trifiil. Stems beset with 

 ir.inted hairs. A. 6in. to 12in. Tauria, 1817. (B. M. 2207.) 



S. juniperifolia (Juniper-leaved), fi. yellow or greenish-yellow, 

 racemose or spicate-capitate ; petals slightly exceeding the calyx 

 segments, oblong - spathulate. July, l, those of the woody 

 caudex rigitl, erect, aj)pressed, subulate, rather broader at base, 

 rigitlly mucronate ; cauline ones long-ciliated at bjuse. Stems 

 leufy, villous. Caucasus, Ac. 



S. Kotschyi (Kotschy's). fl. yellow, in cymes terminating the 

 short, leafy stems. I. small, closely imbricated, obovate-obtuse, 

 apiculate. Asia Minor, 1873. A hardy or half-hardy, bluish- 

 gi-een plant, forming densely-tufted rosettes, Ain. to jin. across. 

 (B. M. 6065.) 



S. leucanthemifolia (Leucanthemum-leaved). fl. in a spread- 

 ing, cur>nilio->e uv paniculate cyme; petals white, lanceolate, 

 unequal, the three larger ones with a heart-shaped base and a 

 pair of spots ; the two smaller ones with a tiipering base and 

 no spots. June. I. oblong, wedge-shaped or sjiathulate, coarsely 

 toothed or cut, tapering into a petiole, h. Sin. to IBin. North 

 America. 1812. (B. M. 2959 ; L. B. C. 1568.) 



S, ligulata (strap-shaped).* ft. very pale red, almost white, in 

 a dichotomous panicle ; petals broad, orbicular. March to May. 

 I. obovate, sub-cordate, denticulated, quite glkbrous on both 

 surfaces, but ciliated on the margins, h. 1ft. Nepaul, 1821. 

 (II. M. 3406 ; H. E. F. 49 ; L. B. C. 747 ; S. B. F. G. 59.) 



S. 1. ciliata (ciliated). This practically oidy differs from the type 

 in its somewhat smaller size, and in the leaves being hairy on 

 both surfaces. Nepaul and Kumaon. (B. M. 4915, under name of 

 S. ciliata.) 



S, lingnlata (tongue-shaped). /. white, with numerous rose- 

 cohtured dots, flat; calyx densely glandular, as well as the 

 l)eduncles ; petals oval, conspicuously triple-nerved. May to July. 

 I. linear-lingulate, channelled, tubercularly crenated, glaucous, 

 ciliated at base, recurved at ajiex. Stem erect, flexnous, fas- 

 tigiately branched, lu 1ft. to lAft. Alps, 1800. 



S. 1. cochlearis (spoon-like).* rf. white, in slender panicles ; 

 peiluncles (,a^ well as the branches) purplish-brown, glandular- 

 pubescent, .fune. I. iin. to lin. long, spathulate, coriaceous, 

 in tufted rosettes. Maritime Alps, 1883. (B. M. 6688.) 



En;. 430. Saxifraga LONcrFOLiA. 



S. longifoHa (long-leaved).* fl. white, slightly dotted with red. 

 disposed in a close, pyramidal thyrse, 1ft. high. July. I. linear- 

 oblong, 6in. long, of thick substance, densely rosulate, having 

 cartilaginous margins. Pyrenees, 1871. See Fig. 430. (B. M. 

 5889.) 



S. marginata (margined). H. white, iin. in diameter, disposed 

 in small, rather compact cymes. July. /. small, oblong, dotted 

 on the margins witli a series of lime incrustations, disposed 

 in dense rosettes. .Stem purplish, 2in. to 4in. high. Italy and 

 Greece, 1885. (B. M. 6702.) 



S. Maweana (Maw's).* ft. white, ^in. in diameter, shortly pedi- 

 cellate ; peduncles erect, 4in. to 6in. long ; petals obovate-spathu- 

 late, rounded at the tips. May and June. I. on flattened 

 petioles, lin. to 2iin. long ; lower ones loosely rosulate, orbicular- 

 reniform, thre^-cleft to the middle, or with the lateral lobes cleft ; 



