130 DECAND. DIGYN. 



Root consisting of numerous, small, clustered tubers. Stem 8 12 

 inches high, glanduloso-pilose. Leaves mostly radical, glabrous 3 

 petioles glandular. Flowers large, white. Germen and caps, half 

 inferior. 



7. S. cernua (drooping bulbous Saxifrage}^ radical leaves reni- 

 form on long footstalks palmato-lobate superior ones nearly 

 sessile subtrifid, stem simple bulbiferous with one terminal 

 flower. E. B. *.664. 



HAB. Discovered by Mr. Townson on rocks on the summit of Ben 

 Lawers, 1790. lam not aware tliat it has been detected any where 

 else, but upon Craigalleach byMr.Borrer and Hook. Ft. July, Aug. 7/ . 



From 3 -4 or 5 inches, slender. Leaves glabrous, and the stem, which 

 droops at the extremity, nearly so. In the axils of the small upper 

 leaves, instead of flowers are clusters of minute reddish bulbs. Flow- 

 er white, rather large. Petals retuse. In the English Bot. figure 

 the radical leaves are much less deeply lobed than in my specimens. 



8. S. riuulfa'is (alpine Brook Saxifrage), leaves upon very long 

 footstalks palmate floral one obovate^ stem weak of about 

 two flowers. E. B. t. 2275. 



HAB. Discovered in 1790 by Mr. Townson near the summit of Ben 

 Nevis, on the E. side of the mountain. It grows near the lake, 

 on the ascent to B. Nevis,- and on Ben Lawers, Mr. Turner and 

 Hook. Loch Rannoch, Mr. Sommerville. Fl. Aug. Sept. 7/ . 



9. S. Iridac ly lit ns (Rue-leaved Saxifrage], radical leaves spa- 

 thulate entire and cuneiform trifid upper cauline ones undi- 

 vided, stern panicled, petals entire a little longer than the 

 cal. Lighlf. p. 224. E. B. t. 501. 



HAB. Rocks and walls, but rare, Sibbald. Top of a wall near Craig- 

 Lockhart, G. Don. Links a little to the E. of Cockenzie; walls 

 near Kirkcaldy, and links opposite Cromarty, Ma ugh. Fl. May, 

 June. 0. 



Two to four inches high. Whole plant covered with viscid hairs. Caps. 

 almost entirely inferior. 



10. S. muscoides (Moss-like Saxifrage), radical leaves aggre- 

 gate linear obtuse entire and trifid, stem nearly naked few- 

 flowered, petals oblong obtuse (buff coloured) a little longer 

 than the cal. SU-rnb. Sax. t. ll./. 2. and J. 11. I. f. 1. 

 E. Bot. t. 2314 (S. mosc/iata}. 



HAB. " Cultivated in the Bot. Garden, Cambridge, from roots received 

 from the Highlands of Scotland." Sm. in E. B. Fl. June, July. I/ . 



Leaves densely tufted about the roots. .Stems 2 3 inches high, with 

 2 or 3 small, simple or trifid leaves upon it, glabrous below, viscid 

 with glandular hairs above, and on the Cal. Caps, inferior. I 

 lament that I am not able to offer more sufficient authority for intro- 

 ducing this into a Scottish Flora. It seems to be rather a plant of 

 the south of Europe. It is not a Linnsean species, nor is the S. 

 mosckata, for which I think Smith has mistaken this. Murray and 

 Wulfen, who are the original authorities for the moschata, describe 

 it as having the 'f leaves and whole stem hairy and viscid :" it is 



