312 SAXIPRAGACE^. (SAXIPRAGB FAMILY.) 



* * Unarmed. Flotcers 2-'d-gynoiis, in ^-b-floicered, woolly corymbs, 

 shorter than leaves. 



2. C. nummularia, F. et M. 5 Leaves entii-e, rouud-ovate to 

 elliptical, .01 to .013 long, glabrous above, pubescent below. Fruit 

 obovate, half as large as in last, scarlet — May — Rocks; Lebanon, 

 Antilebanon, and Jebel-ed-Duruz to Amanus, and northward. 



Order XXXVII. SAXIFRAOACEJE, (Saxifrage Family). 



Herbs or shriibs with the carpels fewer than the jpetals 

 or calyx-loles, usually 2, united below., and the 5-6 jpetals 

 inserted with the (in ours) 4-10 stamens on the calyx., 

 which is free or more or less adherent to the (in ours) 1-2- 

 celled ovary — Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, or rarely 

 dioecious. Calyx withering, persistent. Capsules or berries 

 with several to many, anatropous, albuminous seeds. 



*Herls, Fruit capsular. 



1. SAXIFRAGA. Petals deciduous. Ovary 2-celled. Styles 2. Flowers cymose, axillary, 

 or terminal. 



2. PARNASSIA. Petals marcescent. Ovary 1-celled. Stigmas .3-4, almost sessile. Flowers 

 on scapes. 



* * Shrubs. Fruit a berry. 



3. RIBES. Petals caducous. Ovary 1-celled. Styles 2. Flowers racemed. 



1. SAXIFRAGA, L. Saxipbage. 



Calyx 5-fid or -parted, with imbricated lobes. Petals 5, usually 

 equal, hypogynous or perigynous. Stamens 10. Ovary 2-celled above, 

 styles 2. Capsule 2-beaked, opening down between the beaks by a valve 

 on each side. Seeds numerous, on axillary placentae — Annual or peren- 

 nial herbs with various habit. 



* Calyx adherent to o^ary. Flowers cymose. 



1. S. tridactylites, L. Glandular; stem erect, solitary, low, 

 slender, simple or branched, leafy. Root-leaves dbovate-spathulate, 

 petioled, undivided or trifid with divergent loles. Petals obovate-cuneate, 

 twice as long as calyx — Spring — Galilee to Lebanon, Antilebanon, 

 Aleppo, Aintab, and northward. 



* * Calyx free from ovary. Flowers terminal, or from upper axils, solitary. 



2. S. hederacea, L. .1 to .2, glabrous, or glandular-hairy, 

 stems flaccid, tender. Leaves cuneate, truncate, or sub-cordate at 

 base, round-ovate in outline, obtusely 3-lobed, the upper often undi- 

 vided. Petals white, obovate, short-clawed, scarcely once and a half as 

 long as calyx — Spring — Shady, moist rocks, and walls ; coast and mid- 

 dle mountain regions, from latitude of Tripoli, northward. 



3. S. scotopliila, Boiss. © .1 to .2, glabrous, stems flaccid, 

 tender. Leaves reniform with open sinus, or cordate, or truncate at 

 base, repand or obtusely 7-9-lobed, the 3-lobed, or undivided, ovate. 

 Petals sulphuo'-colm^ed, ovate-elliptical, nearly sessile, once and a half as 

 long as calyx — Spring — Damp rocks, caves, and shady places ; Leba- 

 non ; and Nusairy Mountains to Cassius, Amanus, and northward and 

 eastward. Too near the last. 



