70 32. SAXIFEAGACE^E. 



panicled, with downy glutinous stalks. Pet. bright yellow, with 

 orange dots. Cap. ^-superior. 



Wet places on mountains. (H) P. G 9. Hills above Loch Eck; Gourock ; 

 Fairlie and Arran. 



B. Leaves lobed. 



5. S. GPvANULATA, L. White Meadow -Saxifrage. Rhizome 

 bearing many small round tubers. Stems erect, 8 12 in. high. 

 Radical le. reniform, obtusely lobed, or creuate. Stem le. nearly 

 sessile, acutely lobed. Fl. white, in a close terminal cyme, foot- 

 stalks with glandular pubescence. Cap. } -superior. 



Hedge banks and pastures, frequent. (B) P. 56. <; On the banks of the 

 Clyde about Bogle's hole, Carmyle, and Botlrwell," Hoplc. Cambuslang; Calder- 

 wood, Busby," Dr. Ross. 



6. S. HYPNOIDES, L. Mossy Saxifrage, Lady's Cushion. Stems 

 short, with numerous barren shoots. Le. 3-cleft or entire, those 

 of the flowering stem 3 5-cleft, bristle-pointed, mostly fringed. 

 Flowering stems 48 in high, with several rather large white fl. 

 Cap. \ -superior. 



Frequent. In moist rocky mountainous places. (S) P. 57. Campsie; Dum- 

 barton rock; Gourock; Largs and Arran. 



2. CHRYSOSPLENIUM. Golden-Saxifrage. 



1. C. OPPOSITIFOLIUM, L. Common Golden-Saxifrage. Stems 

 much branched, spreading in leafy masses of considerable extent, 

 4 5 in. high. Le. all opposite, roundish-cordate, with a few 

 hairs 011 the upper surface. Fl. in small compact cymes, sur- 

 rounded by golden-coloured leaves. 



Frequent. Damp shady places ; in rills on the mountains. (B) P. 4 7. "Woods 

 on the banks of the Kelvin; Carmyle and Kenmuir banks; Cambuslang glen ; 

 Cathkin hills; Gourock, &c. 



2. C. ALTER NIFOLIUM, L. Alternate-leaved Golden- Saxifrage. 

 Of the same habit as the former. Le. alternate, lower ones on 

 long stalks, sub-reniform, hairy, crenate. Fl. nearly sessile, deep 

 yellow. 



Not common. In boggy places among rocks, near springs and in woods. (B) 

 P. 4- 5. Kenmuir bank: Cambuslang glen; Calderwood; Cathkin hills, &c. 



3. PARNASSIA. Grass of Parnassus. 



3. P. PALusTfiis, L. Stem angular, 610 in. high, with one 

 amplexicaul leaf. Radical le. cordate, on long footstalks. Fl. 

 solitary, white. Pet. broadly obovate, hairs of the nectary 

 white, glands yellow. 



Frequent. Wet pastures and bogs. (S) P. 810. Beyond Pollokshaws; 

 Cathkin hills; Fossil marsh; near Milngavie; Craigmaddie moor; common in 

 all boggy places on the shores of the Firth from Gourock to Arran. 



