CL. X.] DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 197 



terminal panicle of yellow flowers, sprinkled with red dots. Perennial : 

 flowers in July, August, and September : grows by rills in mountainous 

 situations: common in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 39. Eny. Fl. 

 vol. ii. p. 268. Don in Lin. Tr. vol. xiii. p. 375. 645. 



*** Stem leafy. Leaves lobed, 



9. S. granuldta. White Meadow Saxifrage. Leaves kidney-shaped, 

 lobed ; stem panicled ; root granulated ; germen half-inferior. Stem 

 about a foot high : petals white, without spots. Perennial : flowers in 

 May : grows in meadows and pastures : not uncommon. Eng-. Bot. 

 vol. vii. pi. 500. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 270. 646. 



10. S. cernua. Drooping Bulbous Saxifrage. Leaves somewhat 

 palmate, stalked ; stem simple, one-flowered, with axillar bulbs ; germen 



superior. Roots scaly : stem from four to eight inches high : flower 



white, on a terminal downy stalk. Perennial : flowers in July : grows 

 on dry rocks on the highest mountains of Scotland : rare. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. x. pi. 664. Eng. FL vol. ii. p. 270. 647. 



11. S. rivuldris. Alpine Brook Saxifrage. Leaves palmate, stalked, 

 the uppermost spathulate ; stem few-flowered ; root fibrous ; germen half- 

 inferior. Leaves with five or three lobes : stem about two inches 



high, with a few small white flowers. Annual : flowers in July and 

 August : grows by rivulets on several of the higher mountains of Scot- 

 land, Ben Nevis, Ben Lawers, Loch-na-gar, &c. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxii. 

 pi. 2275. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 271. 648. 



12. S. tridactylites. Rite-leaved Saxifrage. Leaves wedge-shaped, 

 three or five-cleft, the uppermost undivided ; stem panicled ; stalks single- 

 flowered, alternate ; germen inferior. Downy and glutinous, turning 



red after flowering : stem erect, three or four inches high : flowers small, 

 white. Annual : flowers in April and May : grows on walls, roofs, and 

 dry bare ground : frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 501. Eng. FL \ol. ii. 

 p. 271. 649. 



13. S. cxspitdsa. Tufted Alpine Saxifrage. Root-leaves crowded, 

 three or five-cleft, obtuse, fringed, the lowermost undivided ; stem erect, 

 few-flowered ; calyx obtuse ; petals rounded, three-nerved ; germen half- 

 inferior. This species varies greatly in luxuriance, the number of 



flowers, and the degree of hairiness : petals white, with green nerves. 

 Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows on the highest mountains 

 of Wales and Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. xii. pi. 794. Eng. FL vol. ii. 

 p. 274. 650. 



14. S. hypnoides. Mossy Satifrage. Ladies' Cushion. Root-leaves 

 three or five-cleft, the others undivided or three-cleft, all bristle-pointed 

 and fringed ; segments of the calyx egg-shaped, pointed ; petals inversely 



egg-shaped. Stem four or five inches high, terminating in a corymbose 



panicle of from three to five flowers : petals white, triple-ribbed. Peren- 

 nial : flowers in May and June : grows on rocky mountains in Scotland, 

 the north of England, and Wales. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 454. Eng. FL 

 vol. ii. p. 277. To this variable species are now generally referred nine 

 varieties described as so many species in the former editions of the present 

 work, in this respect following Sir J. E. Smith in his Eng. FL, and 

 Mr. Don in Lin. Trans, vol. xiii., where they will be found described. 

 Figures of all of them may be seen in Eng. Bot. 651. 



15. S. pedatifida. Web-foot-leaved Saxifrage. Root-leaves kidney- 



