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SAXIFRAGACE.E. I. SAXIFRAGA. 



p. 533. Gouan. ill. p. 28. t. 18. f. 2. Plant tufted. Surculi 

 reddish, stiff. Stems red, beset with glanduliferous hairs. 

 Bracteas lanceolate, obtuse. Flowers campanulate, white ; fila- 

 ments yellowish. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with clammy 

 down. 



Var. ft, obtusiloba (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 30.) plant hardly 

 pilose ; lobes and lobules of leaves hardly toothed ; flowers sub- 

 umbellate; bracteas linear. 1{. H. Native of Switzerland. 

 S. geranioides, Schleich. cat. 1 822. p. 03. 



Geranium-like Saxifrage. Fl. Apr. May. Clt. 1770. PL | ft. 



118 S. IRRI'GUA (Fisch. hort. gorenk. Spreng. cent. spec, 

 min. cogn. p. 36.) radical leaves palmately 5-parted : * cau- 

 line ones trifid, sessile ; segments cuneate-oblong, mucronate, 

 trifid ; panicle loose, many-flowered ; calycine segments linear, 

 acute; petals spatulate. If. or $. H. Native of Tauria, 

 among rocks, at the Salghir fountains ; and of Siberia, especially 

 in boggy fields, from the Aldan to the Urak, and among rocks, on 

 the banks of the Jaika. Bieb. cent. pi. rar. ross. 2. t. 73. Sims, 

 bot. mag. 2207. S. petrae'a, Pall. ind. taur. Habl. taur. p. 147. 

 S. aquatica, Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 317. exclusive of the synonyme 

 of Lapeyr. and Persoon. S. geranioides ft, irrigua, Ser. in 

 D. C. prod. 4. p. 30. Plant rather larger than the preceding, 

 much softer and looser, without any surculi. Stems green, 

 beset with jointed hairs. Petioles villous, viscid. Bracteas 

 palmate. Flowers large, campanulate, white ; filaments green ; 

 anthers yellow. Peduncles and calyxes clothed with viscid villi. 



Flashy Saxifrage. FL Ju. Jul. Clt. 1817. PL | to 1 foot. 



119 S. MADERE'NSIS (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 414.) 

 surculi woody ; leaves crowded, cuneiform, on long petioles, 

 acute at the base, unequally and deeply lobed at the apex ; 

 calycine segments broadly ovate, acute. If. F. Native of 

 Madeira. Plant densely tufted. Stems numerous, ascending, 

 filiform, few-leaved, and few- flowered, beset with scattered glan- 

 duliferous hairs ; lobes of leaves short, ovate, acute : uppermost 

 cauline leaves undivided, acute. Petioles filiform, terete, cili- 

 ated. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with clammy down. 



Madeira Saxifrage. PL foot. 



120 S. PEDATI'FIDA (Ehrh. exsic. no. 15. Smith, in Lin. 

 trans. 10. p. 314.) radical leaves reniform, pedatifid,- clothed 

 with clammy villi : segments linear-lanceolate, acute ; panicle 

 fastigiate ; calycine segments linear-lanceolate, mucronate ; pe- 

 tals narrow, spatulate. 7/.H. Native of the Alps of Switzer- 

 land and the Pyrenees ; and on rocks in the highlands of Scot- 

 land, especially on the Clova mountains, Angus-shire. . Smith, 

 engl, bot. 1278. S. quinquefida a, Lam. fl. fr. 3. p. 533. Donn, 

 hort. cant. ed. 5. p. 137. S. fragilis, Schrank, hort. mon. t 92. 

 S. ladanifera /3 pinnatifida, Duby, in bot. gall. 1, p. 210. S. gera- 

 nioides S pedatifida, Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 30. Plant grow- 

 ing in dense conical tufts. Stems erect, red, smoothish. Petioles 

 villous, compressed, dilated at the base. Radical leaves 2-3- 

 cleft ; lateral segments 2-3 -cleft: middle one cuneately trifid or 

 entire ; lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, awned. Lower cauline 

 leaves tripartite, with linear entire lobes : upper cauline ones 

 entire, narrow. Flowers white, smaller than those of S. gerani- 

 oides ; filaments yellowish green. 



/W<z/j/?rf-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Scotland. PI. 

 - to i foot. 



121 S. VISCOSA (Haw. ra misc. nat. 164. enum. sax. p. 26.) 

 stems hairy ; radical leaves pedatifid : of the surculi, which are 

 erect, 3-5-cleft: cauline ones trifid and lanceolate, 3-nerved. If. 

 H. Native country unknown. Allied to S. geranioides and S. 

 pedatifida, but much smaller and more clammy. Flowers white. 



Clammy Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. PI. \ to | foot. 



122 S. CERATOPHY'LLA (Dryamler, in hort. kew. 3. p. 70.) 

 surculi woody; leaves 2-3-parted, petiolate, stiff, glabrous: 

 segments subulate, with horny mucrones ; stems clammy ; calyx 



brownish, glabrous : with ovate segments, which are furnished 

 each with a recurved mucrone at the apex ; petals oblong, y. . 

 H. Native of Spain. Sims, bot. mag. 1651. S. trifurcata, 

 Schrad. hort. goett. fasc. 1. p. 13. t. 7. S. petrae'a, Pavon. herb. 

 Plant densely tufted, quite glabrous. Stems reddish at the base, 

 covered with viscid juice. Petioles naked, channelled above. 

 Flowers snow white, disposed in a loose branched panicle. Pe- 

 dicels and calyxes covered with clammy juice. 



Horn-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1804. PL i 

 to | foot. 



123 S. OBTUSI'FIDA (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 416.) sur- 

 culi woody ; leaves 3-parted, stiff, and smooth, as well as the 

 very narrow petioles ; segments linear, very blunt ; calyxes pu- 

 bescent, with ovate obtuse segments ; petals obovate. 7 . H. 

 Native of Spain. Plant densely tufted, quite glabrous, deep 

 green. Stems few-leaved. Lateral segments of leaves length- 

 ened, and usually bifid. Pedicels 1 -flowered, pubescent. Flowers 

 campanulate, white. Petals triple-nerved : nerves 2-3-forked at 

 the apex. 



Blunt-cleft-leaved Saxifrage. PL ^ foot. 



124 S. AJUGjEFbLiA (Lin. amcen. acad. 4. p. 271.) surculi pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves 5-parted : segments lanceolate, mucronate ; 

 stem branched ; calycine segments ovate, mucronate ; petals 

 flat, obovate. 1. H. Native of Provence, on the mountains, 

 and of the Pyrenees. Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 56. t. 31. Sternb. 

 sax. p. 46. Plant green, furnished with a few viscid hairs, 

 which are more dense on the petioles : densely tufted at the time 

 of flowering, but growing in a loose manner afterwards. Surculi 

 long, reddish, as well as the base of the stems. Leaves glabrous, 

 but ciliated : cauline ones undivided, lanceolate. Flowers large, 

 campanulate, white. Calyx beset with glanduliferous hairs. 

 Petals triple-nerved : nerves simple. 



Var. /3, Aitbnis (Haw. enum. sax. p. 29.) leaves of the pros- 

 trate stolons 3-5-cleft, somewhat pedate ; segments linear-lan- 

 ceolate, awned, twice the length of the petioles. 3 . H. Native 

 of the mountains of Provence. S. ajugaefolia, Ait. hort. kew. ed. 

 2. vol. 3. p. 70. S. ajugaefolia S longipes, Haw. 1. c. 



far. y, fimbriata (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 28.) sepals and 

 petals jagged. If.. H. Native of the Pyrenees. Ramond, in 

 D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 372. in a note. 



Ajuga-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1825. PL i ft. 



125 S. AFFI'NIS (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 418.) surculi 

 procumbent ; leaves 5-parted : segments linear, mucronate ; 

 calycine segments linear, awned ; petals oblong, with inflexed 

 edges. 3. H. Native of Ireland, as on the top of Brandon 

 mountains, county of Kerry. Plant beautiful green, furnished 

 with soft and viscid hairs, densely tufted before flowering, but 

 afterwards loose. Surculi elongated, reddish. Stems shining, 

 smooth, few-flowered. Leaves of the surculi for the most part 

 3-parted. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with viscid down. 

 Flowers white, smaller than those of S. ajugcefolia. Petals tri- 

 ple-nerved : nerves simple. 



Allied Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. PL \ foot. 



126 S. CAPITA'TA (Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 55. t. 30.) stems thick- 

 ish, prostrate, hardly pilose ; leaves cuneated, 3-5-cleft, rather 

 fleshy, nerved, crowded towards the tops of the surculi : lobes 

 ovate, rather parallel ; calycine lobes ovate-lanceolate, bluntish, 

 length of tube when in flower ; petals obovate, much longer 

 than the calyx ; styles very long, spatulate. I/ . H. Native of 

 the Pyrenees. S. ajugaefolia /3, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 371. Sternb. 

 rev. sax. p. 26. Petals white, 3-nerved above the base, lateral 

 nerves confluent. Very like S, ajugcefblia, but differs in the 

 leaves being thicker and denser. 



CV/p'<a/e-flowered Saxifrage. FL May, June. PL -| foot. 



127 S. PENTADA'CTYLIS (Lapeyr. fl. pyr. sax. p. 64. t. 40.) 

 surculi short, erect; leaves on long petioles, glabrous, 5-parted : 



