32. SAXIFRAGACE^E. 69 



3. R. ALPINUM, L. Tasteless Mountain-Currant. Same habit 

 as the two former. Le. cleft into 3 5 acute segments, inciso- 

 serrate, smooth and shining beneath when mature. Kacemes 

 erect, glandular, Fl. dioecious. Berries red, insipid. Plant 

 when mature glabrous,, except a few scattered hairs on the upper 

 surface of the le . 



Not common. (I) Sh. 4 5. Blantyre Priory, "Cadzow Castle/' Pair. Calder- 

 wood glen; Stonelaw woods. 



B. Shrub spiiious. 



4. R. GROSSULARIA, L. Gooseberry, Grosset. Young branches 

 with 1 3 spines at the base. Le. roundish, 3 5 lobed, segments 

 rounded. Peduncles 1 3 fl. arising from the fascicle of young 

 leaves. Cal. segments reflexed. Pet. small, erect. 



Frequent. Woods and hedges, often by the sides of streams. (I) Sh. 4 5. 

 Stonelaw woods ; in a small wood on the banks of St. Germans Loch; Gourock, &c. 



32. SAXXFRAGACEJE. 



1. SAX^FRAGA. Saxifrage. 



A. Leaves not lobed. 



"" 1. S. UMBROSA, L. London Pride, St. Patricks-Cabbage, 

 None-so-pretty. Le. all radical, roundish, tapering gradually into 

 flat footstalks, with a cartilaginous, coarsely -toothed, or crenate 

 border. Scape 6 12 in. high. Fl. small pink or white, with 

 darker dots, panicled. Cal. reflexed. Cap. superior. 



Certainly not native. u Both well wood, and by a rill above Dalziel Camp," 

 Patr. Still existing in the latter locality. "Banks of the Cart at Cartside, in- 

 troduced," HopJc. P. 6. 



&. Geum, L. In a wood below Partick, evidently introduced. 



2. S. STELLARLS, L. Starry -Saxifrage. Leaves tufted, spread- 

 ing, oblong, tapering to the base, coarsely toothed. Flowering 

 stems 3 6 in. high, with few white flowers, loosely panicled. 

 Pet. ovate, clawed. Filaments subulate. Cap. superior. 



Frequent. On damp rocks in mountainous districts. (H) P. 7 8. " On Campsie 

 hills; on Dumbarton moors, 11 ffopk. "Goatfell, Arran, 11 Mr. Murray. Hills 

 above Loch Eck. 



3. S. OPPOSITIFOLIA, L, Purple Mountain-Saxifrage. Stems 

 creeping, much branched, leafy, in straggling tufts, 36 in. long. 

 Le. crowded, small, opposite, ovate, blunt, with a small pore at 

 the apex, ciliate on the margin. Fl. large, elegant, purple, ter- 

 minal, solitary. Cap. ^-inferior. 



On moist Alpine rocks. (H) P. 45. Cora Linn, Falls of Clyde ; Ben Lomond, 

 hills above Lochgoilhead, and in Arran. 



4. S. AIZOIDES, L. Yellow Mountain-Saxifrage. Stems de- 

 cumbent below, branched, flowering stems ascending. Le. alter- 

 nate, linear-lanceolate, ciliate, mucronate, fleshy. Fl. loosely 



