LippoldiancB . N. O. Saxifragece. 



TAB. CCLXXIX 



Saxifraga Maderensis. 



Surculosa glabriuscula^ foliis cordatis subquinquelobis incisis 

 inferioribus longe petiolatis, suprerais cuneatis subsessilibus^ 

 paniculis terminalibus bracteatis, pedicellis seu ramis elonga- 

 lis, ovario infero^ calycis laciniis lanceolato-subulatis, petalis 



obovatis, 

 S. Maderensis. Don^ in Linn. Trans, v. 13. j9. 414. De Cand. 



Prodr. V. 4, p. 30. 

 Hab. Madeira. Masson. Rev. R. T. Lowe. Dr Lippold. 



A very distinct species of Saxifrage, and known in a living state 

 we apprehend to very few botanists. The specimens to which 

 Mr Don had access were probably in very poor conditioni desti- 

 tute of petals, affording very imperfect materials for the descrip- 

 tion of calyx and ovary, and the leaves do not seem to accord 

 with those of our plant: for they are said to be cuneiform, 

 whereas ours are constantly cordate, except the uppermost ones, 

 which gradually pass into bracteas. The whole plant is of a 

 rigid character : the petioles peculiarly straight, firm, slender, 



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dilated only at the base. Petals large, white. 



