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PIMPINELLA SAxfrRAGA (Common Burnet Saxifrage) 



14. PIMPINELLA (Burnet Saxifrage). 



1. P. Saxifraga (Common Burnet Saxifrage). A 

 slender plant, 1 2 feet high, common in dry pastures. 

 The lower leaves, which are pinnate, with sharply cut 

 leaflets, grow on long stalks ; the upper ones are twice 

 pinnate, and deeply cut into very narrow, sharp seg- 

 ments. FL July, August. Perennial. 



P. magna (Greater Burnet Saxifrage) is stouter and 

 larger than the last, and has all the leaves pinnate, the 

 terminal leaflet on each being 3-lobed. It grows in 

 shady places, but is far from common. 



