312 Herbaceous plants* 



spathulate or three angled with a deeply lobed apex ; flowers 

 in loose corymbs, large, white. Height three or four inches. 

 S. Cotyledon, leaves linear-spathulate in rosettes, forming 

 neat masses of foliage. Flowers small, white, in ample com- 

 pound panicles from one to two feet high ; one of the finest. 

 S. hypnoides, the Dovedale moss of England, leaves wedge- 

 shaped, deeply cleft at the apex, forming dense, green mats ; 

 flowers white, bell-shaped, nearly an inch wide. S. longi- 

 folia, leaves six inches, linear-oblong, disposed in beautiful 

 dense rosettes ; flowers white, in tall pyramidal panicles a 

 foot high. S. nivalis, leaves spathulate, flowers white, small, 

 in capitate cymes; scapes simple, erect. 8. oppositifolia, 

 leaves opposite, rounded, imbricated ; flowers bright purple, 

 on short, leafy shoots in spring. S. HocJieliana, leaves very 

 short and broad, pointed, forming small rosettes, flowering 

 shoots, leafy, with several small white flowers. Most of 

 these flower in summer. The following species grow in 

 moist and rich soil, some on the shores of rivulets, others 

 in meadows : 8. crassifolia, leaves large, fleshy, obovate, six 

 or more inches long ; root and stem fleshy ; flowers rosy-red 

 or flesh-colored, disposed in a tall thyrsoid panicle. Hand- 

 some in moist places in rockeries or in borders. 8. Fortunei, 

 leaves cordate, rounded, slightly lobed, borne on tall petioles ; 

 flowers white in ample, loose panicles. Probably tender in 

 the far North. 8. granulata, the fair maids of France or 

 meadow saxifrage of England; leaves reniform, slightly 

 lobed ; stems simple, leafy, bearing several large white flow- 

 ers with greenish veins. Forms quite a feature in moist 

 fields and meadows and along roadsides. Grows abund- 

 antly among the grass and flowers in June. This species is 



