SAXIFRAGACE^E. I. SAXIFRAGA. 



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segments linear, obtuse, ribbed beneath ; calycine segments lan- 

 ceolate, acute ; petals obovate, with branched nerves. If. . H. 

 Native of the Pyrenees. Herb glabrous, pale green, densely 

 tufted. Stems branched, terete, glabrous, flexuous. Petioles 

 long, compressed, glabrous. Flowers white, disposed in loose 

 panicles. 



Var. ft, corymbbsa (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 30.) flowers nu- 

 merous, in dense corymbs ; peduncles more rigid and shorter. 



Var. y, capitellata (Ser. 1. c.) flowers somewhat capitate ; pe- 

 duncles very short. 



Fice-Jtngered-\ea.ve<i Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1815. 

 PI. i to | foot. 



128 S. LATI'FIDA (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 420.) surculi 

 erect, short ; radical and surculine leaves broadly cuneated, gla- 

 brous, 3-5-lobed: lobes broadly ovate; calyx glabrous, with 

 ovate-lanceolate mucronulate segments ; petals spatulate, with 

 simple nerves. I/ . H. Native of Spain. S. adscendens, 

 Pavon, herb. Plant quite glabrous, pale green, tufted. Stems 

 many leaved, many flowered. Lower cauline leaves like the 

 radical ones, but more profoundly lobed : lobes lanceolate ; upper 

 cauline leaves undivided. Peduncles elongated, 2-flowered. 

 Flowers white. 



Broad-cleft-\eave& Saxifrage. PI. i foot. 



129 S. DECI'PIENS (Ehrh. beitr. 5. p. 47.) plant very villous ; 

 leaves 5-cleft or trifid : segments ovate-oblong, obtuse, mutic ; 

 calycine segments triangularly ovate, obtuse, mutic ; petals orbi- 

 cular. 1. H. Native of Germany and Bohemia,, in exposed 

 rocky places. In North Wales on the rocks of Cwn Id well. In 

 Ireland on the Galty mountains of Tipperary. Sternb. sax. p. 55. 

 t. 23. S. ceespitosa, Oed. fl. dan. t. 71. S. petraea, Roth. tent. 

 1. p. 184. With. brit. p. 890. S. palmata, Smith, brit. 2. p. 

 456. engl. hot. t. 455. Lapeyr. fl. pyr. sax. p. 64. t. 41. S. vil- 

 losa, Willd. enum. 462. S. caespitosa, Smith, engl. fl. 2. p. 273. 

 S. rupestris, Schleich. cat. 1821. S. Lapeyrousii, Sternb. rev. 

 sax. p. 51. S. decipiens hirsuta, Haw. enum. sax. p. 31. S. 

 decipiens canescens, Haw. 1. c. S. intermedia, Tausch, ex Link, 

 enum. 1. p. 415. S. Steinmannii, Tausch, hort. canal, fasc. 1. 

 with a figure, S. hypnoides villosa, Arn. et Ser. in D. C. prod. 

 4. p. 32. Plant canescent, densely tufted before flowering, but 

 afterwards becoming loose, and the surculi elongated and pro- 

 cumbent. Lower cauline leaves usually tripartite, upper cauline 

 ones undivided. Stems many flowered. Flowers large, spread- 

 ing, milk-coloured. Petals triple-nerved : nerves simple. 



Deceiving Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Wales. PI. -| foot. 



130 S. HI'RTA (Donn, cant. ed. 5. p. 107.) plant very villous; 

 radical leaves 5-cleft: surculine ones trifid: segments ovate- 

 lanceolate, acute ; calycine segments triangularly ovate, acute ; 

 petals obovate. If. . H. Native of Ireland, among alpine rocks, 

 western highlands of Scotland, and Wales ; as on the Galty 

 mountains, Tipperary ; in the west part of Scotland ; near Twll 

 du in Cwn Idwell, also on the walls of Dolwyddelan castle, be- 

 twixt Capel Cory and Llandwst, North Wales. Smith, engl. 

 bot. 2291. Plant canescent, densely tufted before flowering, 

 but afterwards loose, with the surculi decumbent and flexuous. 

 Stem many leaved, few-flowered, clothed with viscid hairs. Pe- 

 tioles dilated. Lower cauline leaves 3-parted, with linear seg- 

 ments : upper ones undivided. Flowers white, smaller than 

 those of S. decipiens. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with glan- 

 dular hairs. Petals triple-nerved : nerves simple. 



Hairy Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Ireland. PI. A to \ ft. 



131 S. PLATIPE'TALA (Smith, in Lin. trans. 10. p. 391.) plant 

 villous ; surculi elongated, prostrate ; leaves 3-5-parted : seg- 

 ments linear, acute, and awned ; calycine segments ovate, mucro- 

 nate ; petals orbicular. Tf. . H. Native of the Alps of Scot- 

 land and Wales ; as upon Snowdon in Wales ; and the Clova 

 mountains in Angus-shire, Scotland. Smith, engl. bot. 2276. 



S. recurva, Schleich. cat. 1821. S. hypnoides rhodopetala, Haw. 

 enum. sax. p. 32. Plant densely tufted before flowering, but 

 afterwards loose. Stems leafy, many flowered. Upper cauline 

 leaves undivided. Flowers rather large, milk-coloured. Pe- 

 duncles and calyxes clotlied with glandular down. Petals red at 

 the apex when in the bud, triple-nerved : lateral nerves in- 

 curved, a little branched, middle one straight and simple. 

 Broad-petalled Saxifrage. Fl. June. Britain. PI. J foot. 



132 S. INCURVIFOLIA (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 423.) 

 plant smoothish ; radical leaves 5-cleft, surculine ones trifid : 

 segments lanceolate, obtuse, incurved ; calycine segments ovate, 

 acute; petals roundish, emarginate. 7(.. H. Native of Ireland, 

 on alpine rocks. S. incurva, Mackay in litt. Plant green, 

 densely tufted, glabrous at the time of flowering, but furnished 

 with long viscid villi afterwards. Surculi short, erect. Stems 

 leafy, 2-3-flowered. Radical leaves aggregate : upper cauline 

 ones undivided. Petioles dilated. Flowers white. Pedicels and 

 calyxes furnished with glanduliferous hairs. Petals triple-nerved : 

 nerves simple. 



Incurved-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Ireland. PI. % ft. 



133 S. DENUDA'TA (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 424.) plant 

 quite glabrous ; radical leaves 5-cleft, surculine ones 3-parted : 

 segments linear-subulate, acute, mucronate ; calycine segments 

 lanceolate, mucronulate; petals obovate, emarginate. 1. H. 

 Native of Scotland, on the Clova mountains in Angus-shire. 

 Herb pale green, growing in small dense tufts. Surculi short, 

 crowded, very leafy. Stems erect, few-leaved, 2-flowered, pur- 

 plish, beset with glanduliferous hairs. Upper cauline leaves un- 

 divided. Flowers campanulate, white. Petals 3-nerved : nerves 

 simple ; filaments greenish yellow. 



Naked Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Scotland. PI. ^ foot. 



134 S. STERNBE'RGII (Willd. enum. p. 462.) plant glabrous ; 

 radical leaves 5-cleft, palmatifid, those of the surculi trifid or 

 undivided : lobes ovate, acute, mutic ; calycine segments ovate, 

 mucronate ; petals obovate, with branched nerves. If.. H. Na- 

 tive of Germany, about Norimberg. Sternb. sax. p. 56. t. 24. 

 S. palmata, Pauz. in Sturm, deutschl. fl. p. 26. half. t. 10. f. 2. 

 S. decipiens contraversa, Haw. enum. sax. p. 32. S. coutra- 

 versa, Hortul. but not of Sternb. S. elongata, Panz. fl. norimb. 

 mss. S. decipiens, Sieb. exsic. S. hypnoides latifida, Haw. 

 enum. sax. p. 33. S. uniflora, Sternb. rev. sax. suppl. p. 13. t. 

 9. S. intermedia a, Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p. 121. S. hyp- 

 noides T) Sternbergii, Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 32. Plant pale 

 green, densely tufted. Surculi very short, crowded. Stems 2-3, 

 rarely 4-flowered. Cauline leaves all undivided, cuneated, 

 acute. Flowers large, white. Pedicels and calyxes beset with 

 short glanduliferous hairs. Petals triple-nerved : nerves flexu- 

 ous, much branched. 



Sternberg's Saxifrage. Fl. May. June. PI. 3- foot. 



135 S. PULCHE'LLA (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 426.) plant 

 glabrous ; radical leaves 5-cleft, surculine ones trifid : segments 

 linear, obtuse, mucronate ; calycine segments broadly ovate, ob- 

 tuse ; petals orbicular, with branched nerves. If. . H. Native 

 of Germany. Herb deep green, densely tufted, furnished with 

 a few glanduliferous hairs at the time of flowering. Surculi 

 short, erect. Stems 2-3-flowered, beset with a few glandulifer- 

 ous hairs. Lower cauline leaves digitately 5-parted : upper 

 ones 3-parted. Flowers milk-coloured, size of those of the pre- 

 ceding species. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with glandular 

 down. Petals triple-nerved. 



Neat Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. PI. foot. 



136 S. TRIDENTA'TA. (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 426.) plant 

 glabrous ; radical leaves 5-cleft, surculine ones on long petioles, 

 acutely tridentate ; calycine segments triangularly ovate, mucro- 

 nate ; petals spatulate. If.. H. Native country unknown. 

 Herb densely tufted, quite glabrous before flowering, but fur- 



