SAXIFRAGA. 



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those of the stem alternate and nearly 

 stalkless ; stem erect, round, leafy, 

 pubescent, somewhat viscid. There 

 is a double-flowered variety. Britain, 



in meadows and gravelly places. 



The double variety is the form worthy 

 of general cultivation, and it is very 

 pretty among low border - plants, 

 thriving in any soil. Division. 



Saxifraga Hirculus ( Yellow Marsh S. ) 

 A very distinct and attractive 

 native kind ; 6 to 10 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer; clear rich yellow, with 

 orange dots on the lower half of each 

 petal, about f in. across, usually 1 to 

 3 on each ascending stem; petals 5, 

 obovate, nerved ; calyx reflexed. 

 Leaves, in tufts, obovate, quite entire, 

 smooth on both sides, sometimes 

 ciliate at the margin with soft hairs ; 

 stem leafy, simple, upright, thinly 

 clothed with brownish hairs. Europe, 



Asia, and Britain. The bog-bed, 



moist spots in the rock-garden, in 

 peaty soil, or in a wild state in bogs 

 or marshes. Division and seed. 



Saxifraga hypnoides (Mossy Saxi- 

 frage). A well-known plant, very 

 variable in its stems, leaves, and 

 flowers, forming mossy tufts of deep 

 fresh green. Flowers, in early sum- 

 mer; greenish- white, rather large; 

 1 to 8 on a stem with but few leaves, 

 3 to 6 in. high ; petals elliptic-oblong, 

 obtuse, with 3 green lines ; segments 

 of calyx not ^ so long as petals and 

 more or less pointed. Leaves, narrow, 

 pointed, sometimes entire, but often 

 3- to 7-cleft, the larger ones particu- 

 larly so, smooth or more or less cili- 

 ated with glandular hairs. Root-stock 

 usually shortly creeping, much 

 branched, throwing out numerous 

 decumbent barren shoots, which in 

 moist places are 3 or 4 in. long, but 

 sometimes contracted into a short 

 tuft. Under this species may be 

 grouped the following, which exhibit 

 differences which some think sufficient 



to mark them as species, S. kirta, affinis, 

 incurvifolia, platypetala, and decipiens. 

 Native of several parts of Britain, and 

 Western Europe generally. Mar- 

 gins of borders, rootwork, among 

 quickly-spreading and easily-grown 

 subjects in the rock-garden, and in a 

 naturalized state among dwarf plants, 

 in almost any position and soil. Di- 

 vision. 



Saxifraga juniperina (Juniper Saxi- 

 frage). A very distinct species, with 

 sharp-pointed leaves in dense firm 

 cushions. Flowers, in spring ; yellow, 

 in a 6- to 10 -flowered spike ; petals 

 obovate, triple-nerved ; pedicels short, 

 clothed with clammy down. Leaves, 

 deep green, awl-shaped, 3-edged, 

 spine-pointed, densely set in cushioned 

 masses, finely serrulated at the base ; 

 stems numerous, crowded with leaves 

 and branching at the apex. The 



Caucasus. The rock-garden, raised 



beds or borders, in moist sandy loam, 

 also in pots or pans* Careful division 

 and seed. 



Saxifraga ligulata (Great Strap-leaved 

 S.) A handsome plant, allied to S. 

 crassifolia ; from 6 to 9 in. high. 

 Flowers, in spring ; large, rosy- white, 

 in spreading panicles ; petals obovate, 

 somewhat notched, much longer than 

 the calyx ; sepals finely fringed at the 

 ends. Leaves, obovate or somewhat 

 heart-shaped, wavy, slightly toothed, 

 expanded at the base into a fringed 



sheath. Nepaul. Borders, sunny 



banks, and rough rockwork, in sandy 

 soil. Division. 



Saxifraga longifolia (Long-leaved 

 Saxifrage). The noblest species 

 known. Flowers, in summer ; white, 

 in a large pyramidal panicle, on stems 

 1 to 2 ft. high, clothed with short, 

 stiff, gland-tipped hairs. Leaves, li- 

 near, crenate, very long (sometimes 6 

 in.) greyish-green, arranged in magnifi- 

 cent rosettes sometimes 1 ft. in diame- 

 ter. Pyrenees. So much admired 



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