lio CALYCIFLOR^ 



>vith glandular hairs ; leaves wedge-shaped, 3 to 5-cleft ; stem much 

 branched ; flowers terminal, on separate pedicles. A small species, 

 rarely more than 3 inches high, with very hairy and viscid stems 

 and small white flowers. The whole plant has usually a red tinge. 

 On the tops of walls and roofs of cottages ; common. Fl. May, June. 

 Annual. 



10. 5. nivalis (Alpine Saxifrage). Leaves all from the root, in- 

 versely egg-shaped, sharply crenate ; calyx half inferior ; flowers in 

 a crowded head. An Alpine plant 3-6 inches high, with rather 

 large white flowers, which grow in a compact head. Mountains in 

 the north; rare. Fl. July, August. Perennial. 



11. 5. stellaris (Starry Saxifrage). A mountain plant 3-5 inches 

 high, with oblong, wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed, scarcely stalked 

 leaves ; and panicles of rather large white flowers, with two yellow 

 spots at the base of each petal. Wet rocks and the sides of moun- 

 tain rivulets in Scotland, Ireland, and the north of England. 

 Fl. June, July. Perennial. 



12. S. umbrosa (London Pride, or St. Patrick's Cabbage). A well- 

 known plant, with roselike tufts of roundish, egg-shaped, fleshy 

 leaves with white notches, tapering at the base into flat stalks, and 

 panicles of small white flowers dotted with pink. It grows wild in 

 the south and west of Ireland, is naturalized in many parts of 

 England, and is very common in gardens. Though growing natu- 

 rally on mountains, there is scarcely any situation where it will not 

 make itself at home, even in the smoky gardens of London. Hence 

 it varies considerably in form, and has been subdivided by some 

 botanists into several species. Fl. June. Perennial. 



13. 5. Geum (Kidney-shaped Saxifrage). Very near S. umbrosa, 

 and only distinguished by its kidney-shaped leaves, borne on long 

 stalks, which are usually more hairy and less flattened than in that 



species. A form intermediate between the 

 two has been called S. hirsuta. Both 5. Geum 

 and S. hirsuta are very rare, only occurring 

 in Ireland. 



2. Chrysosplenium (Golden Saxifrage) 



1. C. oppositi folium (Common Golden Saxi- 

 frage). Leaves opposite, roundish heart- 

 shaped. A small aquatic plant about 6 inches 

 '^hrysosplenium high, with abundance of bright green, tender 

 (Common Golden folia g e and terminal flat clusters of yellowish 

 Saxifrage) green flowers. Sides of shady rivulets and wet 



woods ; common. Fl. April, May. Perennial. 



2. C. alternifolium (Alternate-leaved Golden Saxifrage). Leaves 

 alternate, lower ones kidney-shaped, on long stalks. Very like the 



