196 DECANDRIA DIOYNIA. [CL. X 



shaped, notched, hairy ; footstalks linear, channelled ; flower-stalk pani 



cled ; capsule superior. Leaves in tufts, numerous, spreading on Ion; 



stalks : flowers small, with a reddish calyx, the petals cream-coloured 

 purplish at the base, with a yellow spot in the middle of the disk 

 Perennial: flowers in June: grows on mountains in the south of Ireland 

 Eng. Bot.vol.xxii.pl. 1561. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 261. 638 



2. S. hirsfita. Hairy Oval-leaved Saxifrage. Leaves roundish-oval, 

 with sharp cartilaginous notches, slightly hairy, heart-shaped at the base, 



with linear footstalks, much longer than the leaves. Leaves longer 



than broad, deep-green : flowers panicled, the petals oblong, yellowish, 

 dotted with purple. Perennial : flowers in June : grows on mountains 

 in Ireland : rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxiii. pi. 2322. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 262. 639. 



3. S. wnbrosa. London Pride. None-so-pretty. Leaves inversely 

 egg-shaped, smooth, with cartilaginous acutely crenate margins ; scape 



panicled ; capsule superior. Stalk from six to ten inches high : 



panicle branched : petals pale flesh-coloured, yellow near the base, 

 spotted with crimson on the disc : capsule and calyx reddish. Peren- 

 nial: flowers in June: grows abundantly in mountainous situations in the 

 south and west of Ireland. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 663. Eng. FL vol. ii. 

 p. 263. 640. 



4. S. stelldris. Starry Saxifrage. Leaves oblong, inclining to wedge- 

 shaped, coarsely serrate, tapering and entire at the base ; panicle co- 

 rymbose, few-flowered ; capsule superior. Stalks about four inches 



high: flowers white, with two yellow spots at the base of the petals. 

 Perennial: flowers in June: grows by rills, towards the summit of high 

 mountains: not rare. Eng. Bot. vol. iii. pi. 167. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 265. 641. 



5. S. nivdlis. Clustered Alpine Saxifrage. Leaves inversely egg- 

 shaped, serrate, tapering, and entire at the base ; cluster dense, few- 



rlowered ; capsule half-inferior. This species has great resemblance to 



the last, but is shorter and stouter : petals white, with two pale-green 

 spots. Perennial : flowers in June and July : grows in clefts of rocks on 

 the summits of the higher mountains of Wales and the Highlands of 

 Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 440. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 265. 642. 



** Stem leafy. Leaves undivided. 



6. S. oppositifolia. Purple Saxifrage. Leaves egg-shaped, opposite, 



fringed, imbricated ; flowers solitary, terminal. Stems numerous, 



prostrate : flowers large, with purplish-red petals. Perennial : flowers in 

 May and June : grows in moist rocky places on high mountains: frequent. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 9. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 266. 643. 



7. S. Hircnlus. Yellow Marsh Saxifrage. Leaves lance-shaped, al- 

 ternate, naked ; calyx reflected, obtuse, fringed; capsule superior. 

 Stems simple, from four to eight inches high : flowers terminal, usually 

 two or three, with deep-yellow petals, dotted with red. Perennial : 

 flowers in August: grows in bogs in the north of England and south of 

 Scotland : very rare. Eng. Bot. vol. xv. pi. 1009. -En*. Fl. vol. ii. 

 p. 267. 



8. S. aisoide$. Yellow Mountain Saxifrage. Leaves alternate, linear, 



fringed; stem decumbent at the base ; capsule half-superior. Stems 



decumbent at the base, then erect, from four to eight inches long, with a 



