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loose and surculose, densely clothed with glandular down. Sur- 

 culi stiffs!]. Cauline leaves profoundly 3-parted, with the lateral 

 segments generally bifid. Petioles linear, flat. Pedicels fili- 

 form, 1 -flowered, furnished each with a tripartite bractea at the 

 base. Flowers white ; filaments yellow. 



Var. ft, pubescens (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 433.) radical 

 and surculine leaves deeply 3-parted : lateral segments bifid ; 

 flowers on long peduncles, corymbose. Tf.. H. Native of the 

 Pyrenees and Newfoundland. S. pubescens, Poir. act. toul. 3. 

 p. 327. D. C. prod. 4. p. 27. S. mixta a and ft, Lapeyr. pyr. 

 sax. p. 41. t. 21. S. caespitosa, Vill. dauph. 4. p. 672. S. 

 moschata, Lapeyr. 



Var. y, intricata (D. Don, 1. c.) radical leaves crowded, 

 spreading, cuneated, 5-cleft; peduncles divaricate. I/. H. 

 Native of the Pyrenees. S. intricata, Lapeyr. sax. pyr. p. 58. 

 t. 33. 



Var, S, Prostidna (Ser. in Benth. cat. p. 118.) stems few- 

 flowered ; leaves rosulate, short, reflexed : with short obtuse 

 lobes, which hardly diverge ; cauline leaves entire. I/ . H. Na- 

 tive about Melda, Alps of Dauphiny, and on the Pic St. Loup, 

 near Montpelier. S. mixta, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. t. 20. S. pubes- 

 cens y and S, D. C. fl. fr. 4. p. 375. 



.Engra^en-leaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1818. PL 

 | to | foot. 



146 S. PAVONII (D. Don, in Lin. trans. 13. p. 434.) plant 

 pubescent ; leaves 3-parted : segments linear, acute, nerved ; 

 petioles linear, dilated, ribbed beneath ; calycine segments linear- 

 lanceolate, acute ; petals obovate, with simple nerves. I/ . F. 

 Native of the Andes of Peru, in very cold places. Herb grow- 

 ing in dense flat tufts. Surculi short. Stems few-leaved, 3-5- 

 flowered, covered with short glandular hairs. Upper cauline 

 leaves simple, linear, all the rest tripartite. Petioles linear, 

 dilated. Peduncles and calyxes densely clothed with short glan- 

 dular down. Flowers milk-coloured, fading to a yellowish 

 colour. 



Paron's Saxifrage. PI. i to J foot. 



147 S. PEDEMONTA'NA (All. ped. no. 1540. t. 21. f. 6.) plant 

 pubescent ; leaves crowded, cuneatedly spatulate, engraven 

 above, cut in a digitate manner : segments linear-oblong, entire 

 or tridentate ; flowers corymbose ; segments of the calyx linear 

 and elongated, acute ; petals oblong-spatulate, with simple 

 nerves, y. . H. Native of the Alps of Piedmont and Hungary. 

 S. heterophylla, Sternb. sax. p. 50. t. 20. f. 1. and 2. S. cervi- 

 cornis, Viv. fl. cors. prod, append, p. 2. S. cymosa, Waldst. et 

 Kit. hung. p. 91. t. 88. S. Pedemontana a, /3, and y, D. C. 

 prod. 4. p. 29. Plant densely tufted. Surculi short. Stems 

 many flowered, clothed with clammy down. Flowers large, 

 campanulate, white. Calyxes and pedicels clothed with short 

 viscid down. 



Piedmont Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. PL J to ^ foot. 



148 S. QUI'NQUEDENS (Haw. syn. succ. p. 325. and enum. 

 sax. p. 30.) naked ; leaves of the twiggy surculi 3-5 -cleft, re- 

 mote, length of the internodes ; lobes subulate, awned, equal in 

 length to the petioles, which are ciliated ; petals orbicular. Tf. . 

 H. Native country unknown. 



Five-toothed-lea.ved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. PL to ft. 



149 S. PANICULA'TA (Hort. madr. ex Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 

 402.) leaves glabrous, 3-parted : lobes trifid, linear ; cauline 

 leaves tripartite, with entire lobes; stems ascending, y.. H. 

 Native of Spain. 



Panicled Saxifrage. PL -j foot. 



150 S. MOSCHA'TA (VVulf. in Jacq. misc, 2. p. 128. t. 21. f. 2.) 

 plant pubescent ; radical leaves trifid : surculine ones trifid or un- 

 divided, nerved ; segments linear, acutish ; stems filiform, some- 

 what racemose ; petals narrow-oval, hardly exceeding the calyx. 

 ~ Native of the Alps of Carinthia, Carniola, Savoy, Salis- 



. H. 



burgh, and the Pyrenees. Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 61. t. 37. 

 Sternb. sax. p. 41. t. 11. f. 3. S. caespitosa, Scop. earn. p. 494. 

 t. 14. S. exarata, All. pedem. no. 1539. f. 2. S. muscoides X 

 prostrata, Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p. 131. and Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. 

 p. 20. S. muscoides, Sternb. sax. p. 39. t. 11. f. 2. exclusive 

 of var. ft. and y, and the synonyme of Smith. Plant densely 

 tufted before flowering, smoothish, but afterwards loose and 

 surculose. Surculi erect, elongated, slender. Stems filiform, 

 3-5-flowered, rather naked. Petioles linear, with a furrow. 

 Flowers subracemose, on short pedicels, which are furnished 

 each with a tripartite leaf at the base. Calyx densely clothed 

 with glandular down : with linear obtuse segments. Petals yel- 

 low, triple-nerved : nerves simple. 



Far. ft, atropurpurea (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 26.) plant 

 hardly with any clammy hairs ; leaves rather loose : upper ones 

 entire; stem smoothish, few-flowered; petals narrow, of a pur- 

 plish orange-colour, longer than the calyx. Tf. . H. Native of 

 Carniola and Switzerland. S. atropurpurea, Sternb. rev. sax. t. 

 11. b. f. 2. and in Sturm, deutschl. fl. p. 33. f. 11. Muscaria 

 atropurpurea, Haw. enum. sax. p. 28. S. ampulacea, Tenore, 

 append, prod. fl. neap. 4. p. 20. S. muscoides var. p, Ser. in 

 D.C. prod. 4. p. 26. 



Musky Saxifrage. FL May, June. PL ^ foot. 



151 S. MUSCOI'DES (Wulf. in Jacq. misc. 2. p. 125.) plant 

 quite glabrous ; radical leaves entire or trifid : surculine ones all 

 linear, undivided, obtuse, nerveless ; stems very slender, usually 

 3-flowered ; calycine segments lanceolate, blunt ; petals linear, 

 a little longer than the calyx. 1{.. H. Native of the Alps of 

 Carinthia, Dauphiny, Switzerland, Caucasus, Persia, and the 

 Pyrenees. In England on the mountains about Ambleside, in 

 Westmoreland. S. caespitosa, Huds. angl. p. 181. exclusive of 

 the synonyme of Lin. and Fl. dan. Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 59. t. 

 35. and probably 34. Sternb. sax. t. 11. f. 1. S. moschata, 

 With. brit. 2. p. 406. S. Pyrenaica, Vill. dauph. 3. p. 671. S. 

 muscoides S, Sternb. rev. sax. p. 40. Muscaria muscoides ft elon- 

 gella, Haw. enum. sax. 37. S. elongella. Haw. in misc. nat. p. 

 161. but not engl. bot. S. muscoides ft elatior, Gaudin, syn. 

 sax. and fl. helv. 3. p. 31. Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 26. Plant 

 green, densely tufted. Surculi erect, longish, slender. Stems 

 erect, nakedish, for the most part 3-flowered, and beset with 

 glands. Leaves rarely with glands on the edges. Nerves of 

 petals simple. Flowers of a pale yellow-colour. 



Var. ft, crassifblia (Gaudin, syn. sax. and in fl. helv. 3. p. 

 31.) leaves nearly sessile, fleshy, for the most part undivided; 

 stems rather panicled. I/. H. Native of the Alps of Savoy. 

 S. muscoides y, D. C. prod. 4. p. 26. 



Var. \, uniflbra (Gaudin, 1. c.) surculi densely tufted ; leaves 

 short, rather incurved ; stems rather capillary, 1 -flowered, or 

 almost wanting. I/. H. S. ceespitosa, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. t. 34. 

 and 36. S. muscoides ft, Sternb. rev. p. 40. S. moschata, var. 

 Lapeyr. fl. pyr. t. 38. S. acaulis, Gaudin, syn. sax. in Miesner, 

 anz. p. 68. fl. helv. 3. p. 127. Muscaria acaulis, Haw. enum. 

 sax. p. 38. S. muscoides nana, Sternb. rev. sax. suppl. p. 11. t. 

 7. f. 2. S. muscoides c, D. C. prod. 4. p. 26. 



Var. S, capitata (Gaudin, fl. helv. 3. p. 131.) surculi densely 

 tufted ; leaves short, thickish ; flowers sessile, capitate, few. 

 If. . H. Native of Switzerland, in the grassy parts of the moun- 

 tains. S. csespitosa, Wahlenb. helv. p. 80. exclusive of the 

 synonymes. S. muscoides , D. C. prod. 4. p. 26. 



Moss-like Saxifrage. FL May, June. England. PL ^ foot. 



152 S. PYGM^A (Haw. misc. nat. p. 168.) plant quite gla- 

 brous ; surculi very short, rosulate ; leaves lanceolate, nerve- 

 less, glabrous, blunt, and rather cut at the apex ; calycine seg- 

 ments broadly ovate ; petals oval, hardly longer than the calyx. 

 If. . H. Native of the Pyrenees. S. muscoides y hemisphae'- 

 rica, Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 60. t. 36. S. moschata, Smith, engl. 



