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SAXIFRAGACEiE. I. SAXIFRAGA. 



bot. t. 2214. exclusive of the synonymes. S. moschata ft, La- 

 peyr. pyr. sax. p. 62. t. 38. S. moschata y, Sternb. sax. t. 11. 

 ft, f. 2. S. muscoldes lineata, Sternb. rev. sax. suppl. 1. p. 10. 

 t. 7. f. 1. ? S. muscoldes a microphylla, Gaudin, syn. sax. in 

 Meisner, anz. 1829. p. 69. fl. helv. 3. p. 131. D. C. prod. 4. p. 

 26. Plant densely tufted, spreading close on the ground. Sur- 

 culi short, rosulate, very leafy. Stems filiform, slender, few- 

 leaved, 3-4-flowered, beset with glands. Flowers the smallest 

 of all the section, of a yellowish colour. Calyx and pedicels 

 glandular. Nerves of petals simple. Filaments short, purple. 



Pygmy Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Scotland. PI. 1 to 2 

 inches. 



153 S. TEREKTE'NSIS (Bunge, in Ledeb. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 

 398. fl. alt. 2. p. 123.) plant small, tufted ; radical leaves much 

 crowded, cuneated, trifid : segments oblong-linear, obtuse, 

 ciliated with a few glands ; cauline leaves few, trifid or entire ; 

 stem few-flowered, glandular ; petals eblong, twice the length of 

 the calyx. 11 . H. Native of Altaia, in rough stony places on 

 tops of mountains, between the rivers Ursul and Koksun. 

 Flowers pale yellow. Allied to S. moschata, but differs in the 

 flowers being twice the size, and in the petals being obovate- 

 oblong. 



Terek Saxifrage. PI. ^ foot. 



154 S. SECU'NDA (Moretti, tent. sax. p. 20.) plant very vil- 

 lous ; radical leaves aggregate, cuneiform, 3-5-cleft : lobes ob- 

 tuse ; stems few-leaved, rather corymbose ; flowers secund ; 

 lobes of calyx ovate, obtuse ; petals obovate, longer than the 

 calyx. 11 . H. Native of Italy ? S. csespitosa, Biroli, fl. aeon. 

 1. p. 142. Poll, veron. 2. p. 33. but not of Lin. 



Sccund-fio\vered Saxifrage. PI. ^ foot. 



155 S. VENOSA (Haw. enum. sax. p. 28.) plant almost stem- 

 less ; leaves simple and trifid, nerved; scapes 1 -flowered, fur- 

 nished with linear entire leaves. If. H. Native of Melville 

 Island. Perhaps only a variety of S. muscoldes, unrflbra, or 

 ccespilbsa. 



Veiny-leaved Saxifrage. PI. 1 to 2 inches. 



156 S. GLABE'LLA (Bertol. virid. bonn. 1824. p. 80.) surculi 

 densely leafy ; stems few-flowered, glabrous ; leaves all un- 

 divided, linear or spatulate, glabrous ; peduncles and calyxes 

 puberulous, viscid ; petals obovate, obtuse, length of the calyx, 

 triple-nerved ; capsule short, somewhat globose, inclosed in 

 the calyx ; styles short, diverging ; seeds obovate, echinated, 

 dark. 1. H. Native of Abruzzo, on humid grassy rocks. 

 Said to be nearly allied to S. exarata, Tenore, append. 4. fl. 

 neap. p. 19. 



Smooth Saxifrage. Fl. July, Aug. PI. ^ to foot. 



157 S: QUINQUE'FIDA (Haw. in misc. nat. p. 163. enum. succ. 

 p. 26.) surculi erect ; leaves cleft into 5-11 parts, pedate : seg- 

 ments linear-lanceolate, furrowed by a line on the upper side. 

 If. . H. Native of Scotland, on the mountains. Perhaps the 

 same as S. pedatijida. 



Quinqucfid-\eaved Saxifrage. Fl. May, June. Scotland. PI. 

 | foot. 



158 S. SILENIFLORA (Cham, ex Hook. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 

 245.) plant tufted ; surculi short; leaves stiff, rosulate, dense, 

 3-5-7-parted, shining, and as if they were varnished, many 

 nerved, pubescent : segments linear, acutish ; floriferous stems 

 elongated, clothed with glandular down ; flowers panicled, rather 

 large ; ovarium adhering to the tube of the calyx, which is 

 clothed with glandular down ; calycine segments obtuse ; petals 

 obovate, 3-nerved, twice the length of the calyx. If.. H. Native 

 of Behring's Straits. The inflorescence of this plant a good deal 

 resembles S. hypnoides. 



Var. ft, uniflora (Hook. 1. c.) stem 1-flowered. 



Catclifly-flonered Saxifrage. PI. to | foot. 



159 S. ADSCE'NDENS (Vahl. in act. nat. hist. hafn. 2. 1. p. 12.) 



leaves deeply tripartite ; segments cuneated, multifid ; pedun- 

 cles many-flowered ; calycine segments ovate-oblong, bluntish ; 

 petals oval, entire ; stem ascending, panicled. If. . H. Native 

 of the Pyrenees, in springs. S. petrae'a, Gouan. ill. p. 29. t. 1 7. 

 f. 3. S. aquatica, Lapeyr. pyr. sax. p. 53. t. 28. Sternb. sax. 

 p. 48. t. 19. f. 1 and 2. Plant tufted. Surculi short, leafy. 

 Stems ascending, a foot or more high, beset with glanduliferous 

 hairs. Radical leaves 5-lobed, glabrous ; lobes deeply toothed. 

 Petioles dilated at the base. Flowers disposed in coarctate 

 panicles, white. Peduncles many-flowered, and are as well as 

 the calyxes clothed with glandular down. Nerves of petals 

 simple, reddish. Filaments yellow. This is the largest species 

 of the whole section. 



Var. ft, fiamda (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 29.) stems firm, 

 branched ; flowers scattered, yellowish, large ; anthers purple. 

 If.. H. Native of the Pyrenees. S. aquatica, var. Lapeyr. fl. 

 pyr. p. 53. t. 29. Sternb. var. ft and S, rev. sax. p. 48. 

 t. 19. f. 2. 



Var. y, secunda (Ser. 1. c.) flowers secund. If. . H. Native 

 of the Pyrenees. S. aquatica, var. y, Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 53. 

 Sternb. rev. sax. p. 48. var. y. 



Var. S, coronata (Ser. 1. c.) peduncles lateral ; stems leafy at 

 the apex. If. . H. Native of Corsica. S. adscendens y, D. C. 

 fl. fr. 4. p. 370. 



Far. e, glomerata (Ser. 1. c.) flowers nearly sessile, sub-capi- 

 tate, yellow ; stems humble and weak. S. aquatica ft, Lapeyr. 

 fl. pyr. p. 52. 



Ascending Saxifrage. Fl. May. Clt. 1752. PI. 1 foot. 



160 S. CUNEA'TA (Willd. spec. 2. p. 658.) glabrous ; lower 

 leaves on long petioles, cuneated, 5-lobed: upper ones nearly 

 sessile, lanceolate, undivided ; stems ascending, panicled ; caly- 

 cine segments ovate, acute ; petals oblong. If. . H. Native of 

 Spain, on the mountains near Castellfort. S. cuneifolia, Cav. 

 icon. 3. p. 25. t. 248. but not of Lin. Lobaria cuneifolia, Haw. 

 enum. sax. p. 19. Stems many, ascending. Lobes of leaves 

 acute. Flowers panicled, white. Peduncles elongated, 1- 

 flowered, smoothish. 



Cuneate-]ea\ed Saxifrage. PI. -| to -j foot. 



161 S. GLOBULI'FERA (Desf. atl. 2. p. 342. t. 96. f. 1.) plant 

 gemmiferous ; surculi short ; leaves of the surculi 5-cleft or 

 trifid, and sometimes simple, lanceolate, acute, and awned ; 

 flowers panicled ; calycine segments oval-oblong, obtuse ; petals 

 obovate. %. H. Native on the top of Mount Atlas. Plant 

 tufted. Stems erect, filiform, glabrous, furnished with a few 

 leaves. Segments of divided leaves lanceolate. Petioles cili- 

 ated. Axils of leaves furnished with globular buds, which are 

 pedunculate, and formed of simple, ciliated, imbricated leaves ; 

 these buds shoot out into surculi for the following year. Flowers 

 white, one half smaller than those of S. hypnoides, 5-7, dis- 

 posed in a panicle. Pedicels and calyxes clothed with clammy 

 down. Nerves of petals simple. 



Var. ft, Gibraltdrica (Ser. in D. C. prod. 4. p. 31.) leaves 

 much smaller : lobes short, ovate, acutish ; buds in the axils 

 of the leaves smaller, oblong, acutish ; stems few-flowered. 

 11 . H. Native of Gibraltar. Styles not exceeding the calyx 

 at maturity. 



Globule-bearing Saxifrage. PI. \ foot. 



162 S. HYPNOIDES (Lin. spec. p. 579.) plant gemmiferous ; 

 surculi very long, procumbent ; radical leaves 5 or 3-parted ; 

 surculine leaves simple, linear, stiff", ciliated, mucronately awned; 

 calycine segments triangularly ovate, awned ; petals roundish- 

 obovate. If. H. Native of the Alps of Switzerland, Austria, 

 Pyrenees. In Britain, in the north of England, Scotland, 

 and North Wales, on high rocky mountains ; as well as on 

 limestone rocks, walls, and roofs in less elevated situations, abun- 

 dantly. Fl. dan. t. 348. Vill. dauph. 4. p. 674. t. 45. Lapeyr. 



