SAXIFRAGACE^l. I. SAXIFRAGA. 



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allied species, in the many flowered corymbs, in the surfaces of 

 the leaves and margins, &c. 



Many-flowered Saxifrage. PI. -j foot. 



59 S. A'SPERA (Lin. spec. 575.) leaves flat, lanceolate-linear, 

 scattered, pungent, remotely ciliated with spinules, glabrous ; 

 stem branched, few-flowered ; calycine segments ovate, cuspi- 

 date ; petals broadly elliptic, rounded at the apex, 5-7-nerved, 

 twice the length of the calyx, and a little longer than the sta- 

 mens. If. . H. Native of Switzerland and the Pyrenees; also 

 of Siberia. Jacq. austr. 5. append. 31. Sternb. sax. 29. t. 8. 

 f. 1. Scheuch. itin. 2. p. 140. t. 20. f. 8. Gesn. fasc. 22. 

 t. 6. f. 27. S. aspera var. a elongate, Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p. 

 108. S. intermedia, Heg. fl. helv. 1. p. 288. Ciliaria aspera, 

 Haw. enum. sax. p. 42. Moris, hist. 3. p. 479. sect. 12. t. 10. 

 f. 25. Plant grey : surculi elongated, decumbent, villous. Stem 

 branched, reddish, brittle, hispid from short hairs. Peduncles 

 longish, stiff, 1 -flowered, furnished with glanduliferous hairs, as 

 well as on the calyxes. Nerves of petals branched. Flowers 

 large, cream-coloured. 



Rough Saxifrage. Fl. Aug. Clt. 1752. PL foot. 



60 S. BRYOIDES (Lin. spec. 572.) tufts of leaves at the tops 

 of surculi globose ; leaves imbricated, subulate, mucronate, ci- 

 liated ; calycine segments ovate, obtuse ; petals oblong ; stems 

 few-leaved, 1-flowered. I/. H. Native of Austria, Switzer- 

 land, and the Pyrenees. Jacq. misc. 2. p. 49. t. 5. f. 1. Scop, 

 earn. no. 497. t. 15. Sternb. rev. sax. p. 30. t. 8. and in Sturm, 

 deutschl. fl. p. 33. with a figure. Moretti. tent. sax. p. 32. 

 t. 8. Ciliaria bryoides, Haw. enum. sax. p. 42. Scheuch. alp. 

 142. t. 21. f. 2. Col. ecphr. 2. p. 66. t. 67. f. 1-2. S. aspera 

 /3 bryoides, D. C. fl. fran. 4. p. 383. prod. 4. p. 46. Plant 

 densely tufted, rosulate. Stem beset with glanduliferous pili. 

 Leaves rather triangular, keeled. Flowers cream-coloured, size 

 of those of S. aspera ; calycine segments 5-nerved ; petals 3- 

 nerved, beset with scattered golden yellow dots ; anthers copper- 

 coloured. 



Bryum-like Saxifrage. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. PI. | foot. 



61 S. CHERLERIOIDES (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 382.) 

 tufts of leaves on the tops of the surculi globose ; leaves densely 

 imbricated, spatulate, mucronate, ciliated ; calycine segments 

 semi-ovate, obtuse ; petals obovate, 3-nerved ; stems filiform, 

 many-flowered. I/ . H. Native of Kamtschatka. S. bryoides, 

 Pall. mss. Plant tufted. Stems ascending, 4-5-flowered, with 

 a few small adpressed leaves. Flowers corymbose, cream-co- 

 loured, much smaller than those of S. bryoides. Pedicels 1- 

 flowered, furnished with a few scattered glands, as well as the 

 calyxes. 



Cherleria-like Saxifrage. PI. ^ foot. 



62 S. IIISPI'DULA (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 380.) plant 

 tufted, and hispid ; stems filiform ; leaves ovate, mucronate, 

 bristly, with one tooth on each side ; flower terminal, nearly ses- 

 sile ; calyx bristly ; petals nearly orbicular, triple-nerved : 

 nerves simple, straight, li. H. Native of Nipaul, on the 

 Alps. Flowers yellow, on short pedicels, drooping in the bud. 

 Styles incurved at the apex. 



Rather-hispid Saxifrage. PI. \ foot. 



63 S. EVOLVULOIDES (Wall. cat. no. 447.) stems very simple, 

 1-flowered, ornamented by long capitate spreading hairs ; leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute, furnished with 1 or 2 teeth, nerveless, 

 sessile, covered with strigose pili ; sepals ovate, mucronate by a 

 bristle, and bearing strigose hairs ; petals roundish-obovate, 

 opaque, hardly longer than the calyx. If. . F. Native of Nipaul, 

 at Gosaingsthan and Kamaon. Perhaps distinct from S. hispi- 

 dula. Leaves small, superior ones broadest. Pedicels filiform, 

 nearly twice the length of the flowers. Flowers yellow. 



E volvulus-like Saxifrage. PI. 5 foot. 



64 S. LJE'VIS (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 314. suppl. 291. but not of 



Haw.) stems declinate, few-flowered ; cauline leaves oblong, 

 acutish, crowded, naked, unarmed, glaucescent ; flowers terminal, 

 sessile; petals obovate-oblong, longer than the calyx. 1. H. 

 Native of the Alps of Caucasus. Flowers yellow. Very nearly 

 allied to S. aizoldes, but differs in the flowers being smaller and 

 sessile. 



Smooth Saxifrage. PI. g to -^ foot. 



65 S. SPINULOSA (Adams, in mem. soc. mosc. 5. ex Spreng. 

 neue. entd. 3. p. 225.) stem nearly naked, many flowered ; leaves 

 imbricate, undivided, erect, linear-lanceolate, flat, ciliated, spiny. 

 1. H. Native country unknown. 



Spinulose Saxifrage. PI. ^ foot. 



66 S. CHAMISSOI (Stern, rev. sax. suppl. 1. p. 12. t. 10. f. 1.) 

 plant tufted ; stem generally 4-flowered ; lower leaves cuneated, 

 cuspidately trifid, ciliated ; cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, quite 

 entire ; sepals small, obtuse ; petals oblong, minute, hardly 

 longer than the sepals. I/ . H. Native of the Island of Una- 

 laschka ; and the subalpine regions of Mount Hood. S. tricus- 

 pidata /3, Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 254. Flowers minute, 

 white. 



Chamisso's Saxifrage. PI. ^ to \ foot. 



67 S. TRICUSPIDA'TA (Retz. prod. fl. scand. ed. 2. no. 522.) 

 stems straight, thick ; lower leaves dense, coriaceous, cuneiform, 

 tricuspidate, with the margins finely ciliated ; flowers somewhat 

 corymbose ; peduncles short and stiff; calycine segments ovate ; 

 petals oblong or lanceolate, 3 times longer than the calyx ; cap- 

 sule conical, ending in diverging styles ; stigmas subcapitate. 

 I/ . H. Native of Greenland, and of North America ; from 

 Lake Winepeg in lat. 50 to the Arctic sea and islands ; and 

 from Hudson's Bay to the Rocky Mountains ; Kotzebue's 

 Sound, Newfoundland, &c. Rottb. in act. hafn. 10. p. 446. 

 t. 6. Fl. dan. t. 976. Leptasea tricuspidata, Haw. enum. 

 sax. p. 40. Plant densely tufted, glabrous : surculi very short. 

 Stems ascending, many flowered. Superior leaves undivided. 

 Pedicels elongated, glandular, as well as the calyxes. Flowers 

 yellow, size of those of S. Hirculus. Petals spotted, triple- 

 nerved : nerves simple. 



Tricuspidate-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1824. 

 PI. | to | foot. 



68 S. JUNIPE'RINA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 314. suppl. p. 291.) 

 stems suffruticose, proliferous ; leaves crowded at intervals, su- 

 bulate, triquetrous, stiff, pungent ; flowers disposed in spikes ; 

 petals obovate, triple-nerved. 1. H. Native of the Alps of 

 Caucasus, at the foot of the Kaischaur Alps frequent, and nearly 

 throughout the whole of Caucasus. Sternb. sax. p. 31. t. 10. 

 Chondrosea juniperina, Haw. enum. sax. p. 15. Stems nu- 

 merous, crowded with leaves, proliferously branched at the 

 apex. Leaves flattish on the keel beneath, bisulcate above, fur- 

 nished with an acicular spine at the apex, and finely serrulated 

 at the base. Spike 6-10-flowered : pedicels short, beset with 

 clammy down. Bracteas linear, obtuse, ciliated with glands. 

 Flowers yellow, size of those of S. dspera. 



Var. a, Steveniana (Set. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 23.) flowers 

 crowded into an ovoid spike. 



Var. ft, Adamsidna (Ser. 1. c.) flowers disposed into a capitate 

 corymb, emulating that of Lychnis alplna, Sternb. sax. p. 31. t. 

 10. a middle figure. 



Juniper-like Saxifrage. PL J to foot. 



SECT. V. PORPHY' REON (from iroptyvpeoe, porphyreos, purple; 

 colour of flowers). Tausch, hort. canal, fasc. f. 1. D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 17. Antiphylla species, Haw. enum. sax. p. 43. Calli- 

 phyllum, Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p. 94. Calyx 5-cleft, with a long, 

 erect, permanent tube (f. 43. a.), joined to the ovarium or 

 free from it. Petals sessile, perigynous. Stamens perigynous 

 (f. 43. b. e.) ; filaments flat, gradually attenuated. Stigmas 



