SAXIFRAGACE.E. I. SAXIFRAGA. 



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hairs ; pedicels beset with glandular hairs. 1 . F. Native of 

 Nipaul, in Emodi, Gosaingsthan and Kamaon. Root fibrous. 

 Stern firm, leafy. Calycine lobes spreading. Petals obovate, 

 yellow, 5-nerved. Styles diverging at maturity. Stigmas thick. 



Var. a, lanceoldta (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 44.) leaves lan- 

 ceolate : lower ones not seen : but the middle ones are attenuated 

 at the base, and acutish ; calycine lobes oblong, beset with glan- 

 dular hairs. Tj.. F. S. diversifolia, Wall. 



Var. ft, parnassijolia (Ser. 1. c.) radical leaves cordate, obtuse, 

 on long petioles : cauline ones cordate, stem-clasping, obtuse ; 

 calycine lobes oblong, beset with glandular pili. If.. F. S. 

 parnassifolia, Wall. cat. no. 451. 



Var. "Y, Moorcroftiana (Ser. 1. c.) lower leaves elliptic : 

 cauline ones stem-clasping, ovate-oblong, numerous ; flowers 

 larger; calycine lobes more ciliated with glands. "H.. F. S. 

 Moorcroftiana, Wall. cat. no. 453. 



Diverse-leaved Saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



23 S. PARVIFLORA (Biv. stirp. rar. fasc. 4. p. 1. t. 3.) stem 

 branched at the base, or simple ; leaves reniform, 5-lobed : 

 superior ones 3-lobed : uppermost ones entire, lanceolate ; pe- 

 duncles spreading, opposite the leaves ; petals obovate, longer 

 than the calyx. "%. . F. Native of Sicily, in the mountains, on 

 mossy rocks. Cup. panpli. 3. t. 36. Flowers white, almost 

 like those of Stellaria media. Styles very short, diverging ; 

 stigmas spatulate, papillose. Capsule bladdery, slender. 



Var. a, ramosa (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 44.) stem branched 

 at the base, few-flowered ; lower leaves 5-lobed, crenated : su- 

 perior ones 3-lobed. y. . F. Native among rocks, on Mount 

 Maronis, near the monastery of St. Martini de Scalis. Bernard!, 

 1. c. t. 3. 



Var. ft, Bocconiana (Ser. 1. c.) stem purple, erect, 2- flowered : 

 lower leaves 3-lobed, or lanceolate, entire. 7. F. Native on 

 the mountains, about Palermo, (ex Guss. Bocc. cent. 2. p. 4. 

 t. 45. f. 2.) 



Small-flowered Saxifrage. PI. \ foot. 



24 S. CYMBALA'RIA (Lin. spec. 579.) lower leaves reniform, 

 on long petioles, very bluntly 5-lobed : upper ones 3-lobed or 

 undivided ; calycine segments oblong, obtuse ; petals ovate, 

 acute, with branched nerves. If. . H. Native of the Levant, 

 on Parnassus Delphus and other Grecian mountains. Smith, fl. 

 grsec. 378. S. hederacea, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 317. exclusive 

 of the synonymes. Lobaria cymbalaria, Haw. enum. sax. p. 18. 

 Buxb. cent. 2. p. 40. t. 45. f. 2. Vaill. itin. ed. gall. t. 362. 

 Flowers small, golden yellow. Stems numerous, leafy, slender, 

 flaccid, creeping at the base. 



Cymbalaria-like Saxifrage. PI. cr. 



25 S. HEDERA'CEA (Lin. spec. 579.) lower leaves acutely 8- 

 lobed : upper ones ovate, entire ; calycine segments ovate, 

 acute; petals roundish, unguiculate. O- H. Native of Can- 

 dia and Cyprus, among humid shaded rocks. Smith, fl. graec. 

 t. 379. Lobaria hederacea, Haw. enum. sax. 18. Plant small; 

 stems numerous, filiform. Flowers small, white. 



hy-like Saxifrage. Fl. July. Clt. 1752. PI. pr. 



26 S. ORIENTA'LIS (Jacq. obs. 2. p. 9. t. 34.) radical leaves 

 roundish : cauline ones cuneated, acutely and coarsely toothed ; 

 calycine segments ovate, acute ; petals oval, with simple nerves. 

 Q. H. Native of the Levant ; and of Caucasus, on the higher 

 mountains of Talusch, near springs and on the banks of rivulets. 

 S. reticulata, Sternb. sax. p. 21. t. 18. S. paradoxa, Sternb. 

 1. c. p. 22. t. 14.? Lobaria orientalis, paradoxa, and reticulata, 

 Haw. enum. sax. pp. 18. and 20. Stems erectish, branched, 

 decumbent at the base. Petals golden yellow, size of those of 

 S. hederacea. 



Oriental Saxifrage. PI. dec. 



27 S. Ru'ssi (Presl, del. prag. p. 140.) radical leaves petio- 

 late, repandly crenated, cordate at the base, somewhat 5-lobed : 



VOL. III. 



FIG. 41. 



cauline ones sessile : lower ones 3-lobed, middle lobe the longest; 

 uppermost leaves lanceolate, entire ; sepals ovate ; petals lan- 

 ceolate, 3-nerved, twice the length of the calyx. If. . H. Na- 

 tive of Sicily, on rocks and among stones, about Giuliana. Plant 

 2-3 inches high, beset with short glandular hairs. Flowers 

 white. 



Russo's Saxifrage. PI. -y foot. 



28 S. JAME'SII (Torrey, in ann. 

 lye. new york 2. p. 204.) plant 

 beset with glandular pubescence; 

 lower leaves on long petioles, 

 reniform, crenately lobed ; upper 

 leaves tapering into the petiole, 

 cuneated, nearly sessile ; lobes of 

 calyx triangularly ovate, acute ; 

 petals spatulate, acute, on long 

 claws ; racemes secund ; brae- 

 teas lanceolate ; pedicels of ca- 

 lyxes glandular. 1 . H. Native 

 of North America, among the 

 Rocky Mountains. Hook, fl. 

 bor. amer. 1. p. 247. t. 74. 

 Flowers about the size and colour 



of those of S. oppositifolium (fig. 41.). 

 James's Saxifrage. PI. \ foot. 



29 S. RICHARDSONII (Hook, fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 247.) stem 

 glandular, leafy, pubescent above ; leaves on long petioles, or- 

 bicularly cordate, crenately lobed, veiny, with the margins and 

 veins glandular beneath ; glands pedicellate ; racemes rather 

 compound ; bracteas lanceolate, and are as well as the pedicels 

 glandular ; petals obovate-elliptic, on short claws, very acute, 

 nerved, about twice the length of the calycine segments, which 

 are acuminated ; stamens 5. "If.. H. Native of the Arctic 

 Sea shore, between the Mackenzie and Coppermine rivers ; and 

 of Kotzebue's Sound. S. Nelsoniana, Hook, et Am. in hot. 

 Beech, p. 124. t. 29. but not of D. Don. This and the pre- 

 ceding are very elegant plants. 



Richardson's Saxifrage. PI. |- foot. 



30 S. NUDICAU'LIS (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 366.) leaves 

 reniform, palmate, glabrous : lobes ovate, mucronate ; stem 

 erect, naked, terete ; flowers panicled ; lobes of calyx triangu- 

 larly ovate, acute ; petals obovate, a little longer than the calyx. 

 If. . H. Native of the north-west coast of America, Behring's 

 Straits. S. gracilis, Steph. in Sternb. rev. sax. suppl. p. 7. 

 t. 5. f. 1. ? Flowers panicled, white, size of those of S. rivularis. 



Naked-stemmed Saxifrage. PI. -^ foot. 



31 S. HETERA'KTHA (Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 252. t. 78. 

 ft.) plant rather pubescent ; radical leaves on long petioles, 

 reniformly cordate, membranous, veiny, many-lobed : lobes 

 short, somewhat tridentate : teeth acute, mutic ; scape naked ; 

 flowers panicled, usually abortive ; some of the filaments cla- 

 vate, and others petal-formed ; ovarium free ; calyxes reflexed ; 

 branches of panicle sometimes bearing bulbs below. If. . H. 

 Native of North America, common on moist rocks of the Co- 

 lumbia, from its source to its confluence with the sea. The 

 leaves resemble those of S. rotundifolia, but they are fur- 

 nished with a long, membranous, sheathing base, and altogether 

 radical. 



Variable-flowered Saxifrage. PI. -| foot. 



32 S. GRANULA'TA (Lin. spec. p. 576.) plant hairy; radical 

 leaves reniform, crenately lobed : cauline ones petiolate ; caly- 

 cine segments lanceolate, obtuse ; petals spatulate ; root granular. 

 If. . H. Native of the north and middle of Europe, in dry 

 fields and the borders of woods ; plentiful in some parts of 

 Britain. Fl. dan. t. 514. Lam. ill. t. 272. f. 1. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 500. Stem leafy, many-flowered ; pedicels elongated, 



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