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tions, common. Campsie hills and Dumbarton moorSj Hopk. 

 Goat-fell in Arran, Mr. Murray. Ft. June, July. 11 . 

 Slightly hairy. Scapes 2 5 inches high, with a minute bractea at each 

 ramification of the small panicle. Fl. white, 2 yellow spots at the 

 base of each petal. Cal. reflexed. 



2. S. nivalis (clustered alpi?ie Saxifrage), leaves obovate sub - 

 petiolate acutely crenate, scape (rarely branched) terminated 

 by a dense cluster of flowers, capsule half inferior. Lig/ilf. 

 Scot. p. 221. /. 12. E. B. t. 440. 



HAB. Summits of the Highland mountains, but not common. E.side 

 of Craigalleach in Breadalbane, Dr. Stuart. Ben Lomond, Smith, 

 Mr. Murray. BenLawers, Maugh., Hook. Fl. Aug. If. . 



A stouter plant than the last, but about the same height. Leaves sub- 

 coriaceous , glabrous above. Scape glanduloso-pubescent, some- 

 times a little branched. Floivers clustered. Cal. teeth always erect. 

 Petals externally reddish. 



3. S. umbrosa (London Pride], leaves obovate petiolate subre- 

 tuse with cartilaginous acutely crenate margins, scape panicled, 

 capsule superior. E. B. t. 663. 



HAB. Woods Bothwell, and on the banks of the Cart, at Cartside, 

 Glasgow, Hopk. Corstorphine hill, Edinb., Maugh. Auchindenny 

 woods, Mr. Sommerville and Mr. Kennedy. FL June, Jury. I/. 



Leaves large, glabrous. Scape 6 10 inches high, slender, a good 

 deal branched, pubescent upwards. Flowers small, pale rose colour, 

 with purple spots. Cal. reflexed. 



** Stem leafy. Leaves undivided. 



4. S. oppositifolia (purple Mount ain Saxifrage), leaves ovate 

 opposite imbricated ciliated, flowers solitary terminal. Lightf. 

 p. 222. E. B. t. 9. 



HAB. Frequent on rocky places in the Highland mountains. Ben 



Lawers, Ben Lomond, &c. Fl. May. "I/. . 

 Plant in small dense tufts. Flowers large^ beautiful purplish red. 



Capsule half inferior. 



5. S. aizoides (yellow Mountain Saxifrage] , lower leaves nu- 

 merous crowded^ the rest scattered linear-lanceolate subciliate, 

 stem ascending. Lig/iff. p. 222 (S. autunmalis) . E. B. t. 39. 



HAB. Abundant in alpine rills and springy places. Fl. July, Sept If. . 

 Five to seven inches high, branching below. Flowers panicled, subco- 



rymbose, bright yellow ; each petal beautifully spotted with orange. 



Caps, half inferior. 



*** Stem leafy. Leaves variously divided ((specially the radical ones). 



6. S. granulata (while Saxifrage), radical leaves reniform on 

 long footstalks obtusely lobed those of the upper part of the 

 stem nearly sessile acutely lobed, stem panicled, root granu- 

 lated. Lightf. p. 224. E. B. t. 500. 



HAB. Dry banks. Salisbury Craigs and King's Park, Edinb. Banks 

 of the Clyde, near Lanark, Lightf. Frequent near Glasg., espe- 

 cially by the Clyde, towards Bothwell, Hoph. Fl. June. If. . 



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