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not long been cultivated in this country, and is rarely met with. 

 Its distinct habit and fine flowers render it desirable, and it will 

 with many be more so on the score of its peculiarities. A few of 

 the latter may be mentioned here. Anthers very large, and 

 brick-red before becoming pollenized ; scapes and scape-sheaths 

 nearly smooth, though all other foliar parts are hairy; stipules 

 very large and fully developed whilst the leaves are in their 

 rudimentary stage. When not in flower the plant has a strong 

 resemblance to S. sarmentosa, which belongs to another section, 

 but 8. ciliatahas features belonging to both sections. The habit, 

 however, is more flat, and leaves more oval, and if, as has 





FIG. 84. SAXIFRAGA CILIATA. 

 (One-fourth natural size ; (1) two-thirds natural size.) 



been hinted, this is a hybrid, it may not be without some 

 relationship to that species, which is also of Asian origin. 

 Further, on the authority of Murray, Sax. sarmentosa is identical 

 with 8. ligulata; so that, if we may suppose 8. ciliata to be a 

 distinct variety of 8. ligulata, and the latter to have such affinity 

 to 8. sarmentosa that Murray puts it as identical, the chief 

 difference between our subject and the form generally accepted 

 as 8. ligulata is accounted for, viz., the hairy and rougher 

 surfaces of the leaves, which are traits of the well-known 

 8. sarmentosa. If these remarks prove nothing, they may serve 

 to show the difficulty of recognising the various forms and 



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