SAXIFRAGACEJE. I. SAXIFRAGA. 



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Var. S, subnana ; flabelliform ; stem single. Lapeyr. 1. c. 

 If. . H. Native on the tops of the Pyrenees. 



Tongue-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 1 to l foot. 



75 S. AIZOON (Murr. syst. ed. 14. p. 411.) leaves short, 

 cuneated, silvery serrated ; flowers corymbose ; calyxes gla- 

 brous, with acute segments ; petals nearly orbicular. I/ . H. 

 Native of Austria, Switzerland, Pyrenees, and the Carpathian 

 mountains ; also of North America, in Labrador and on the Sas- 

 katchawan. Jacq. austr. 5. t. 488. Sternb. sax. p. 3. t. 3. f. o. 

 Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 33. t. 15. S. paniculata, Mill. diet. no. 3. 

 Chondrosea Aizoon, Haw. enum. sax. 11. Barrel, icon. 1. 1310. 

 Moris, hist. sect. 12. t. 9. f. 19. Plant tufted. Stems erect, 

 simple, leafy, shining, with a few scattered gland-bearing hairs. 

 Radical leaves rosulate, glaucous, ciliated at the base : cauline 

 leaves obovate-mucronate. Flowers corymbose, cream-coloured, 

 marked with minute rose-coloured dots. Peduncles elongated, 

 usually 2-flowered. 



Var. ft, retusa (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 293.) one-half 

 smaller than the species ; leaves shorter and retuse. I/ . H. 

 Native of the Pyrenees. S. Aizoon ft minor brevifolia, Sternb. 

 401. 1. c. t. 3. f. ft. S. rosularis, Schleich. cat. 1824. p. 64. 

 Chondr6sea Aizoon y parvifldra and C. rosularis, Haw. enum. 

 sax. 12. Chondrosea Aizoon minor, Haw. 1. c. p. 11. S. ro- 

 sulenta, Ehrh. pi. sel. no. 51. There is another variety of this 

 with still smaller leaves, in Sternb. 1. c. t. 36. f. 2. S. Aizoon 

 minima, Ser. anz. 1828. p. 73. S. Aizoon S rufescens, Gaudin, 

 fl. helv. 3. p. 88. 



Var. y, recta (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 19.) stems erect, 

 many flowered ; peduncles elongated, 3-4-flowered. 1^ . H. 

 Native of the Alps of Switzerland and the Pyrenees. S. recta, 

 Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 33. t. 15. B.C. fl. fr. 4. p. 361. ft. S. 

 Aizoon y, Gaudin. Petals without any dots. Gaudin, fl. 3. 

 p. 88. 



Var. S, neglecta (Ser. in D. C. 1. c.) tufts of leaves globose ; 

 raceme simple, few-flowered, somewhat cylindrical ; petals rose- 

 coloured, dotted with purple. I/ . H. Native of Italy. Sedum 

 Barrel, icon. 1310. ex Tenore. S. neglecta, Tenore, append, 

 prod. fl. neap. p. 19. S. Aiz6on and S. erecta, Tenore, fl. 

 neap. prod. p. 25. There is a variety of this with a sessile 

 corymb of flowers in the tufts of leaves ; peduncles and calyx are 

 quite glabrous, and the stem 1-flovvered. 



Aizoon Saxifrage. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1731. PI. foot. 

 _76 S. INTA'CTA (Willd. hort. berol. 2. p. 75. t. 75.) leaves 

 linear, acute, straight, sharply and silvery serrated ; calyx and 

 pedicels sparingly glandular : with obtuse segments ; petals oval. 

 Tf.. H. Native of the Alps, about Tyrol, Pyrenees, and Cau- 

 casus. S. recta, Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 33. t. 15. S. Cotyledon, 

 Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 313. exclusive of the synonymes. S. Aizoon, 

 Steven, de sax. cauc. in mem. mosq. 4. p. 74. exclusive of the 

 synonymes. S. cartilaginea, Sternb. sax. p. 5. t. 3. S. longi- 

 folia, Moretti notiz. ed. 1. p. 11. exclusive of many synonymes. 

 S. lingulata, Moretti notiz. ed. 2. in mem. t. 1. p. 262. Plant 

 growing in conical tufts. Stems erect, leafy, clothed with gland- 

 bearing hairs. Leaves glaucous, ciliated at the base ; cauline 

 ones spatulate, rather adpressed, ciliately serrated. Flowers 

 racemose; pedicels few-flowered. Petals cream-coloured, marked 

 with a few rose-coloured dots. 



Untouched Saxifrage. Fl. May, July. PI. | to 1 foot. 

 77 S. AUSTRA'LIS (Moric. fl. ven. 1. p. 431.) plant quite 

 glabrous ; stem angular ; leaves of the tufts oblong-spatulate, 

 ciliated at the base, with crustaceous margins ; cauline leaves 

 oblong, somewhat denticulated, acutish ; panicle branched, 

 many-flowered ; petals ovate, obtuse, much longer than the 

 calyx ; styles straight, ascending. TJ . H. Native of Virgin 

 Mount, near Naples. S. Aizoon, Guss, in litt. S. pyramidalis, 



Tenore, fl. neap. prod. 1. p. 25. Petals yellow, as seen in a dried 

 state. Flowers very like those of S. Cotyledon, and the leaves 

 like those of S. Aizoon. 



Southern Saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



78 S. CARTILAGI'NEA (Willd. in litt. ex Sternb. sax. p. 5. 

 t. 3. c.) leaves of the tufts and stems lanceolate, acute, carti- 

 laginously serrated ; flowers panicled, somewhat corymbose ; 

 lobes of calyx ovate, about equal in length to the campanulate 

 tube ; calyx and peduncles beset with glandular pili ; petals 

 obovate, contiguous at the base, spotless ; styles diverging. 

 If.. H. Native of Caucasus. S. Cotyledon, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. 

 p. 313. 3. p. 290. Chondrosea cartilaginea, Haw. enum. sax. 

 12. Flowers cream-coloured, dotless. Perhaps only a variety 

 of S. Aizoon. 



Cartilaginous-edged-leaved Saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



79 S. MARGINA V TA (Sternb. rev. sax. suppl. 1. p. 1. t. 1. f. 1.) 

 radical leaves lingulate, ciliated at the base, having pitted dots 

 within the edge ; flowers somewhat corymbose ; petals ovate, 

 twice the size of the calyx. H.. H. Native of Naples. S. 

 Cotyledon, Tenore, cat. hort. neap, append, alter, p. 86. and S. 

 Aizoon, longifolia, and recta, Tenore, fl. neap. prod. p. 25. ex 

 Moretti, tent. sax. p. 35. 



Marginate-leaved Saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



80 S. FLORIBU'NDA (Moretti, tent. sax. p. 9.) radical leaves 

 tufted, lanceolate, mucronate, ciliated : cauline ones linear ; stem 

 fistular, bearing flowers from the base to the apex ; flowers dis- 

 posed in a racemose thyrse, white, or cream-coloured. If., H. 

 Native on the mountains about Nice. 



Bundle-flowered Saxifrage. PI. 1 foot. 



FIG. 44. 



81 S. HUTATA (Lin. spec. 570.) 

 leaves flat, spatulate, cartilagi- 

 nously crenated and ciliated ; ca- 

 lyx densely beset with glands : 

 with broadly ovate, acute seg- 

 ments ; petals linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminated. If.. H. Native of 

 the Alps of Switzerland, Carniola, 

 Italy, and the Pyrenees. Jacq. 

 icon. rar. 3. t. 466. Curt. bot. 

 mag. t. 351. Chondrosea mu- 

 tata, Haw. enum. sax. p. 13. 

 Hall. helv. 979. t. 16. Plant 

 densely tufted. Stem erect, leafy, 

 beset with glandular hairs. Leaves 

 fringed with long villi : cauline 

 ones obovate, ciliated at the base. 



Flowers panicled, copper-coloured, marked with deeper-coloured 

 dots. Peduncles and calyxes densely clothed with rusty clammy 

 down (f. 44.). 



Var. ft, macropetala (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 20.) petals 

 ovate-oblong, spotted. I/ . H. Native of Switzerland. Hall, 

 hist. no. 979. t. 16. f. 2. 



Changed Saxifrage. Fl. Ju. Jul. Clt. 1779. PI. |to 1 ft. 



2. Leaves lingulately- spatulate, apiculated, with quite entire 

 cartilaginous margins. 



82 S. ME'DIA (Gouan. ill. 27.) radical leaves rosulate, Un- 

 gulate, quite entire, with cartilaginous margins, dotted above ; 

 petals obtuse, shorter than the calyx. If.. H. Native of 

 the Pyrenees, on calcareous rocks, and on Mount Olympus. 

 Lam. encycl. 4. p. 675. t. 372. f. 6. Smith, fl. graec. t. 376. 

 S. calyciflora, Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 28. t. 12. S. cae'sia, Lin. 

 mant. 382. S. porophylla, Bertol. injourn. bot. 4. p. 76. and 

 amcen. ital. dec. 4. p. 98. t. 3. Chondrosea calyciflora, Haw. 

 enum. sax. p. 13. Plant growing in conical tufts. Stems sim- 

 ple, beset with viscid, rusty, twisted villi. Leaves glaucous : 



