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The Dictionary of Gardening, 



Saxifrag'a — contiyiued. 



upper niilic.il h-Jives cuneate, tritid, with peiUcelled, thic-kened 

 leaf-bu.ls in their axils. Tetiinn, 1827. A well-knmvn and 

 hijihly -prizf.l rock plant. (B. M. 6384 ; O. C. 1871, p. 1356.) 



S. media (intermediate). Jl., calyx and peduncle puridisli, 

 den.scly jjlantlular; pet^ila erect, ob<ivate, three to tive-nerveil, 

 scarcely exceeding the calyx segments; inflorescence cymosc- 

 paniculate or racemose. June and July. I., basal ones imbri- 

 cated, explaiiate-ilepresseil, spathulate-lingulate, acute or obtuse ; 

 canline ones spathulate, glabrous, except tlie apical part. Stems 

 erect. h. 6in. to 8in. J*yrenees. (G. C. n. s., sxiii, 801; 

 S. K. C. 376.) 



S. moschata (musky).* Jf. pale yellowish or purplish, one to ten, 

 racemnse or jianiculate ; petals spreading, oblong, scarcely ex- 

 ceeding the calyx segments. May and June. I. .''mn.ith, ;;hihrous 

 or glandular-pilose, entire, obtuse or cuneate, tritid. rartly five-tid 

 with linear lobes, obtu.se; canline ones scattered, tri]ul)ed or 

 entire. //. 3in. Pyrenees, Ac, 1819. SVN. S. miiscoidcs. 



S. muscoides (Musk-like). A synonym of S. moschata. 



S. mutata (changeable). Jl. cop]»er-coloured, marked with deeper- 

 coloured tlots, panicled ; calyx and peduncle densely glandular ; 

 petals lineardaiiceidate. June and July. I. flat, spathulate, 

 cartilaginously crenated, fringed with long, viscid bans ; cauline 

 ones obovate, ciliated at base. 8tem erect, leafy, glandular. 

 h. 6in. to 12in. Switzerland, 1779. (li. M. 351.) 



S. nepalensis (Nepaul). A garilen f(irm of S. Cot;/led<ij>. 



S. nivalis (snowy), jl. white, \m. in diameter, in capitate, four 

 to l\\clve-fluwered cymes ; scape erect, simple, 3in. to 6in. high. 

 July anil August. L broadly spathulate, crenate toothed, ^in. to 

 lin. in diameter, sub-coriaceous, red beneath ; petioles lin. to2in. 

 long. Kurojie (Britain), &c. (Sy. F.n. B. 541.) 



S. oppositifolia (opposite-leaved).* Jl. bright purple. Ain. in 

 diameter, snlitary. ses^ilc, fin short, annnal shoots, campanulate ; 

 petals obovate. April and May. /. opposite, iin. long, quadri- 

 fariously imbricatetl, tliickeneil anil idituse at the tip, ciliated 

 with stont Inistles. Stems bin. to 8in. long, creeping, leafy 

 Kuiope (Britain). Ac. (L. B. V. 869 ; R. G. 1039 ; Sy. En. B. 510.j 



S. o, alba (uhite-flowered). This only differs from the type in 

 the colour of its flowers. 



S. o, major (larger). A form with larger flowers than the type, 

 but not so fine as the next variety. 



S. o. pyrenaica superba fsuperlt Pyierean).* The rosy-lilac 

 flowers of this mrni an- very Iiiige, nmre than twice the size of 

 those of N. fij'j'i'sififi-lin, and tlic habit is more erect. (G. C. n. s., 

 xxi.p. 419.) 



S. pallida (pale) /. white; jietals persistent during the ripening 

 of the fruii ; ovary dull purplish-red; peduncles one to four- 

 flowered, lin. to 4in. In'gh. Summer. /. spathulate, green, dis- 

 posed in a .small rosette, h. 3in. to 6in. SikkJm, 1885. A neat, 

 rockwork plant. 



S. paradoxa (pa'adoxical). A synonym of .S'. injgma-a. 



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Fig. 431. Saxifuaga fkltata, showing Habit and detached 

 Flower. 



S. peltata (peltate-leaved).* Umbrella Plant. /7. white or very 

 pale pink, Ain. in diameter ; petals longer than the sepals, 

 elliptic, rounded at both ends. April. /. all sub-terminal, erect ; 

 petiole 1ft. to 2ft. Ions, cylindric, as thick as a goose-quill, 

 glandular-pubescent; blade orbicular, peltate, 6in. in diameter, 

 six to ten-lobed, the lobes cut and sharply toothed, pale beneath. 

 Rootstock clothed at the tip with the broad, stipuiar leaf-sheaths, 



Sazifrag^a — continued. 



California, 1873. One of the largest species of the genus. See 



Fig. 431. {i;. M. 6074; F. d. S. 2441; R. G. 735.) 



S. pennsylvanica (F*ennsylvanian). Swamp Saxifrage. /?• 

 greenish, small ; caly.x lobes as long as the petals; scape many 

 flowered, erect, flamuiy-pubescent. May an<l June. I. clustered 

 at the root, oblanceolate, obscurely toothed, 4in. to Sin. long, 

 narrowed at base into short, liroad petioles, h. 1ft. to 2ft. North 

 America, 1732. 



S. pentadactylis (five-fingereil). A white, disposed in loose 

 panicles; jietals obovate, with l)ranched nerves. ^May and June. 

 I. on bmg, compressed petioles, glabr^ius, five-parted. Steins 

 br.'inched, terete, glabrous, flexuous. ft. 3in. to 6in. Pyrenees. 

 1815. Plant densely tufted. 



S> petraea (rock-loving). A synonym of S. aihccinlcun. 



Fic. 432. Saxifraga I'VRruRASCE.NS. 



S, purpurascens (puiplish).* Purple Large-leaved Saxifrage. 

 jL purple, iin. to lin. across, nodding; petals obovate-oblong, 

 sometimes long - clawed ; panicle few - flowered, corjmbose, 

 glandular-pubescent. June. l. obovatc-ronnded, entire, 2in. 

 to 3in. long, highly glabn us, sometimes obscurely sinnated, 

 often impressed with dots. h. 3in. to 6in. Himalayas. 1850. 

 See Fie. 432. (B. H. ix. 1 ; B. M. £C66 ; F. d. S. KOI.) Sv.n. 

 Merjanea puipitrascenn. 



S. pygmsea (pigmy).* rf. yellowish, very small ; petals bardly 

 longer than the calyx. May and June. I, lanceolate, nerveless, 

 glabrous, Idunt, and rather cut at the apex. Stems tiliform, 

 slender, three or four-flowered, few-leaved, glandular. A. lin to 

 2in. Pyrenees (not British). See Fig. 435. Syx. S. paradoxa. 



S. pyramidalis (pyramidal). A form of S. Cotyledon. 



S. retusa (retuse-leaved).* fl. purple; petals triple-nerved, acute, 

 much shorter than the style. May and June. /. imbricated, 

 oblong, trigonal, acute, full of perforated dots above, ciliated at 

 the base. Stems few-leaved. ej*ect. h. l^in. Alps, 1826. 

 (K. <;. 1110; S. B. F. G. ser. ii, 49; A. F. P. 21, Fig. 2, under 

 name of S. purpurea.) 



