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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Sazifraga continued. 



with axillary, scarlet buds. Stem erect, simple, one to three, 

 flowered, h. 2in. to 6in. Europe (Britain), America, &c .The 

 flowers are rarely produced in this country. (Sy. En. B. 5b4.) 



S. ciliata (ciliated). A variety of S. liffulata. 



S. oordifolia (heart-shape-leaved), fl. red, large ; petals 

 roundish. March to May. I. orbicularly cordate, serrated, 

 glabrous, h. 1ft. Siberia, 1779. 



S cortussefolia (Cortusa-leaved).* /. white, unspotted, on 

 slender pedicels; petals linear, the one to three i longer ones ijin. 

 to iin. fcng ; scape stout, bearing an open panicle often 7m. to 

 8in lone. October. I. on stout petioles, orbicular, cordate or 

 sub-ren&mn at base, 2in. to 3in. in diameter, shallowly five to 

 many-lobed, bright green above, fading to bright red-brown or 

 red. Japan, 183. Plant stemless, probably very variable. 

 (B. M. 6680.) 



FIG. 427. SAXIFRAGA COTYLEDON, showing Habit, and detached 

 Flower and Leaf. 



S. Cotyledon (Cotyledon).* fl. white, dotless, large; calyx 

 densely glandular ; petals conspicuously three-nerved, oblong- 

 spathulate. May to July. I. flat, spathulate, cartilaginously 

 serrated, the edges silvery. Stem erect, branched in a pyramidal 

 form, many-flowered, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Alps, 1596. Plant tufted. 

 See Fig. 427. (F. d. S. 1443.) S. nepalensis (of gardens) and 

 S. pyramidalis are simply robust forms of this species. 



S. crassifolia (thick-leaved).* fl. red, large, disposed in thyrsoid 

 panicles ; petals elliptic-oblong. March to May. I. large, fleshy, 

 oval or obovate, very blunt, glabrous, serrulated. Root thick and 

 woody, h. 1ft. Siberia, 1765. See Fig. 428. (B. M. 196.) 



secund-paniculate below the middle. June and July. I., basal 

 ones rather thick, sub-orbicular or ovate, deeply or undulately 

 toothed. A. 6in. Japan, 1815. (B. M. 2631 ; L. B. C. 186.) 



S. Cymbalaria (Cymbalaria). /. citron-yellow ; petals cordate at 

 base, distinctly unguiculate, thrice as long as the calyx segments. 

 May to August. I. brown-striated ; lower ones nearly twice as 

 long as the petioles, reniform, seven to eleven-lobed, the middle 

 lobe largest ; upper ones shortly petiolate, five to seven-lobed. 

 Stems nearly erect, or more or less flexuous, branched. Hima- 

 layas, Ac. 



S. decipiens (deceptive), fl., calyx lobes ovate, obtuse, as long 

 as the tube. L of all the shoots rosulate, three to seven-cleft; 

 lobes abruptly acuminate. This is regarded by Hooker as a 

 sub-species of S. hypnoides. (L. B. C. 1510; Sy. En. B. 557.) 

 tjcmmifera (Sy. En. B. 562) and platypetala, (Sy. En. B. 561) are 



S. densa (dense). A synonym of S. bronchialis. 



S. diapensioidcs (Diapensia-like). fl. white, three, four, or five, 

 campanulate, disposed in a terminal head ; petals narrow at the 

 base, the limb orbicular. April to June. I. linear, erect, keeled, 

 aggregate, imbricated, cretaceously glaucous, cartilaginous on 

 the margins, ciliated at base, and with one or two perforated 

 dots at the obtuse apex. Stem many-leaved, few-flowered. 

 A. liin. Alps, 1825. Plant densely tufted. 



Sazifraga continued. 



S. diverslfolia (variable-leaved).* /. yellow, obscurely spotted, 

 iin. to fin. in diameter, pedicellate, erect ; petals twice as long as 

 the sepals, spreading and recurved ; corymb few or many-branched 

 and flowered, the branches erecto-patent. July. L, radical ones 

 long-stalked, Iin. to 2in. long, ovate or cordate, acute ; cauline 

 ones sometimes very numerous, smaller, sessile, semi-amplexicaul. 

 Stem erect, 6in. to 16in. high, simple or corymbosely branched 

 above. India, Ac., 1882. (B. M. 6603.) 



S. elongate (elongated). A form of S. virginiensis. 



S. flagellaris (whip-like). /. yellow; petals permanent. May 

 to July. I., radical and lower cauline ones obovate-spathulate ; 

 upper ones rather villous. Stems erect, simple, one to flve-flowered, 

 and (as well as the calyces) glandular-pubescent. Stolons or 

 flagelhe filiform, h. Sin. Caucasus, &c., 1819. (B. M. 4621 ; 

 L. J. F. 237.) 



S. nornlenta (slow-flowering), fl. pale lilac, Jin. long, slighWy 

 nodding; petals twice as long as the calyx lobes, spathulate, 

 obtuse ; panicle narrow, thyrsoid, 5in. to 12in. high, more or less 

 densely hairy. Rarely produced. 1. iin. to 2in. long, innermost 

 ones the shortest, very numerous, densely imbricated, spathu- 

 late, mucronate, bristly-ciliate below. Rosettes 5in. to Yin. in 

 diameter. Maritime Alps. " A striking species, but exceedingly 

 difficult to grow. It probably lives to a great age before flower- 

 ing, after which it dies " (Hooker). (B. M. 6102 ; R. G. 782.) 



S. Fortune! (Fortune's).* fl. white, disposed in an erect, many- 

 flowered panicle ; petals very unequal, one or more being elongated 



. and saw-edged. I. reniform-cordate, lobed and laciniately toothed. 

 Japan, 1865. A pretty, half-hardy perennial, with the habit of 

 S. cortiiscefolia. See Fig. 429. (B. M. 5377 ; F. M. 221.) 



FIG. 428. SAXTFRAGA CRASSIFOUA. 



S eeranloides (Geranium-like). /. white, numerous, sub-corym- 

 bose ; calyx segments erect, longer than the tube ; petals ob- 

 ovate-oblong, long-clawed, about twice as long as the calyx. 

 July I., lower ones slightly pilose, sub-orbicular-renifonu, 

 palmately triad, the lateral lobes bifid, entire or two or three- 

 toothed ; cauline ones cuneate-ovate, with narrow lobes. Stems 

 numerous, slightly woody. A. 6in. Pyrenees, 1770. (R. G. 989.) 



S Genm (Geum). I. orbicular, more or less reniform or cordate, 

 crenate or toothed, on slender petioles. According to Hookei, 

 this is merely a sub-species of S. umbrosa. (Sy. En. B. 543-545.) 

 elegant and gracilis are varieties. 



S. granulate (granulate).* Fair Maids of France ; First of May ; 

 Meadow Saxifrage. /. white, inclined or drooping, campanulate, 

 Iin in diameter ; petals obovate. April and May. I. petioled, 

 reniform, palmately lobulate ; radical ones tin. to IJm. in 

 diameter, on slender petioles ; cauline ones sessile, deeper and 

 more acutely cut. Stem 6in. to 18in. high, erect, bulbiferous at 

 base branched and many-flowered above. Europe (Britain), &c. 

 (Sy. En. B. 55b.) There is a pretty double form of this species in 

 cultivation. 



S. Guthrleana (Guthrie's). A hybrid, very similar to, or identi- 

 cal with, S. Andrewsii. 



S. hieracifolia (Hieracium-leaved). / white ; petals ovate, 

 acute ; scape erect, racemose, the branches four to six-flowered 



