>AXIFRA< iA 



SAXIFRAGA 



3099 



Ungulate, rosulate; margin cartilaginous, densely 

 fimbriate below, entire or obsoletely serrulate above 

 with many little indistinct pits; cauline Ivs. lingulate- 

 spatulate, very obtuse: infl. racemosely paniculate 

 from the base or middle of the scape, this and the 

 peduncles glandular-hirsute: fls. yellow, red-orange or 

 copper-colored; calyx-lobes oblong-triangular, sparsely 

 glandular-pilose or glabrous; petals linear-lanceolate, 

 acute, 3-nerved, narrower than and twice the length 

 of the calyx-lobes. July, Aug. Mountains of Cent. 

 Eu. B.M. 351. Suitable for rather heavy shade. The 

 plant dies after flowering. Said to be biennial. 



Section XIII. KABSCHIA. 



A. Caudicle hs. broader or as broad abate. 



the middle as below it. 

 B. Petals as long as or slightly longer 

 than the calyx-lobes: fls. reddish or 

 purplish. ( The following four spe- 

 cies are very closely related.) 

 c. Infl. spreading, branched. 



D. Lower Irs. spatulate- Ungulate, 



the tip somewhat recurred . . .78. media 

 DD. Lower hs. spatulate-oblanceo- 



late, the tip spreading 79. Stribrnyi 



cc. Infl. spicate or nearly so. 



D. Rosette ITS. spatulate-lingulate, 



their apex rounded mucronate.SQ. Grisebachii 

 DD. Rosette hs. linear-lanceolate, 



their apex acute or acutish. . .81. Friderici- 

 BB. Petals 2-4 times as long as the calyx- [Augusti 



lobes. 

 c. Fls. yellow. 



D. Infl. 1-3- (rarely cymosely 3-5-) 



fid.: basal hs. gray-green 82. aretioides 



DD. Infl. Jf-6-fld., in a close head: 

 basal hs. green or somewhat 



glaucous 83. Ferdinandi- 



cc. Fls. not yellow (sometimes cream- [Coburgi 



colored), usually white, some- 

 times rose. 

 D. The petals oborate to cuneate: 



basal hs. not recurred at tip. 

 E. Low er hs. deeply keeled, ocute.84. scardica 

 EE. Lower hs. flat or slightly 



keeled, blunt. 



F. Petals oborate, 3 times as 

 long as the obtuse calyx- 

 lobes. 



G. Lts. spatulate, light gray- 

 green 85. Rocheliana 



GG. Lrs. obotate-cuneate, 



shorter and broader 



than the preceding. . . .86. marginata 



FF. Petals elliptic-spatulate, 



twice as long as the acute 



calyx-lobes 87. Boryi 



DD. The petals rounded-oborate: 



basal hs. more or less recurred. 



E. Recurred only at the tip of If. 



F. Infl. 1-fld.: fls. pale or rosy 



lilac 88. lilacina 



FF. Infl. 2-4-fld.: fls. white. . .89. squarrosa 

 EE. Recurred from the base or 



middle of If. 

 F. Basal hs. linear-oblong, 



rather acute 90. caesia 



FF. Basal hs. spatulate-linear, 



obtuse 91. valdensis 



AA. Caudicle hs. narrowed abate the middle. 

 B. Fls. white. 



c. Petals oborate, base strongly cune- 



ate-attenuate. 

 D. Cauline hs. acute: infl. cymose- 



racemose, 1-3-fld 92. tombeanensis 



DD. Cauline ITS. long-mucronate: 

 infl. corymbose-paniculate, 3 



7-20-fld 93. Vandellii 



cc. Petals obovate-subrotund 94. Burseriana 



BB. Fls. yellow or yellowish green. 



c. Stamens as long as the petals 95. sancta 



cc. Stamens decidedly longer than the 



petals 96. juniperif olia 



78. media, Gouan (S. calycifldra, Lapeyr). Cespitose, 

 2-3 in. high, with short densely foliose caudicles: sts. 

 erect, leafy, densely glandular-pilose : basal Ivs. imbri- 

 cated, stiff, gray-green, reddish toward their base, the 

 rosettes flattened-depressed, spatulate-lingulate, apex 

 acute or obtuse, margin 



narrowly cartilaginous, 

 ciliate below, 7-11 pits 

 near the margin when 

 old; cauline Ivs. spatu- 

 late, cartilaginous, and 

 densely glandular - hir- 

 sute on both surfaces 

 except toward the tip 

 which is mucronate and 

 glabrous: infl. cymose- 

 paniculate or racemose; 

 peduncles and calyx pur- 

 plish and densely glandu- 

 lar: fls. flesh-colored or 

 purplish, at length dark 

 blue; calyx-lobes ovate; 

 petals erect, 

 obovate, about 

 3-5-nerved, 

 scarcely longer 

 than the calyx- 

 lobes. June, 

 July. Pyre- 

 nees. Gn. 78, 

 p. 108. 



79. Stribrnyi, 

 Velen., also 

 spelled Strib- 

 nryi, Stribnyri, 



3563. Saxifraga Grisebachii. 



and Striburyi (S. porophylla var. Stribrnyi, Velen.). 

 Cespitose, 4-5 in. high, with short, densely foliate cau- 

 dicles: fl.-sts. erect, branched, sparsely leafy, spread- 

 ing, glandular-pilose: lower Ivs. rosulate, spreading, 

 sessile, spatulate -oblanceolate, apex submucronate, 

 fleshy, above rntramarginally pitted, carinate below, 

 margin narrowly cartilaginous toward the base, spar- 

 ingly ciliate; cauline Ivs. oblong -spatulate, subacute, 

 green, sometimes reddish toward the apex, margin 

 below glandular-ciliate, both surfaces sparsely glandu- 

 lar-pilose: infl. cymose, branches spreading or slightly 

 recurved up to 1 H in- long; the pedicels up to J^in. long, 

 spreading, glandular-pilose: fls. nodding, carmine, J^in. 

 diam.; calyx campanulate, reddish purple and densely 

 glandular-pilose outside, the lobes subequal, oblong- 

 ovate, apex rounded, glandular-pilose outside; petals 

 suberect, broad-spatulate, apex obtusely dentate, gla- 

 brous, about the same length as the calyx-lobes. Feb.- 

 April. Bulgaria. B.M. 8496. G.C. III. 46:195. Gn. 

 73, p. 212. G.L. 24:366. A hardy species with grayish 

 foliage and open infl. 



80. Grisebachii, Degen & Doerfl. (S. media var. 

 mantenegrina, Hort.). Fig. 3563. Cespitose, 4-6 in. 

 high, with short, densely foliose caudicles: fl.-sts. erect, 

 leafy, densely spreading, glandular-pilose: lower Ivs. 

 imbricate, spreading, sessile, spatulate-lingulate, apex 

 rounded-mucronate, above numerous intramarginal 

 small pits, below carinate, margin cartilaginous, 

 slightly ciliate toward the base; caufine Ivs. spreading, 

 oblong-spatulate, reddish, the tip contracted into a 

 green mucron, both surfaces densely glandulose-pilose 

 except the mucron: infl. racemose or subspicate; pedi- 

 cels much shorter than the bracts: fls'. purple or crim- 

 son; calyx reddish purple, densely glandular-pilose, the 

 lobes unequal, oblong-elliptic, apex rounded; petals 

 erect, elliptic-lanceolate, ciliate below. March. Albania 

 and Macedonia. B.M. 8308. G. 33:513. G.C. III. 

 33:123. G.M. 46:119. Gn. 63, p. 180; 72, p. 215; 77, 

 p. 120; 79, p. 31. G.W. 12, p. 470. J.H. III. 46:207. 

 Hardy in England. 



