SAXIFKAGA 



onchial s L nn Dwa f and 



ag'ng p tal Ian olate 



D n) 



PI 



p fwflwdtll htd 



what spatulat A. a and Ala ka 



8 Campds B & R ut (S WalJ 



d H t ) T f t d an i b gh g n -s 



i i h fl t h y an I m w 



d la 1 patula e w th an al uptly 



la ng end 3 lid i m t n s aga n 

 t th d fl t u b n h ng 3-4 n h gh 

 e fl n a wh t mewh t 



b 11 hap d, th b oad p t I mu h x ed n^ 



the 



l.hl 



A.F. 4:493. -Once introduced here, but does 

 not endure the hot climate well. An attrac- 

 tive species. 



29. CBBSpitosa, Linn. Exceedingly variable 

 species : dwarf and cespitose, the fl 

 stems erect and nearly leafless ant 

 somewhat glandular-pilose (3^ in 

 high): Ivs. usually cuneate but 

 times nearly linear, 

 usually 3-fld and some- 

 times 5-fid, the lobes 

 linear and obtuse and 

 nearly parallel: fls. 

 few, white. 1-10 in a 

 raceme or panicle, 

 campanulate, the pet- '' 

 als spreading, oblong 

 and obtuse, 3-nerved. 

 Eu. 



30. aphyUa, Sternb. 

 IS.leptopliylln, Frtel.). 

 Small, loosely cespi- 

 tose species, producing 



many or several rosettes at the surfite of tht ground 

 and sending up short, almost leifless, 1 tld or 2 fld 

 glandular scapes: Ivs. thinnish, entire or 3-5 lobed 

 fls. light yellow, the petals linear and acute and about 

 as long as the calyx-lobes. Eu. 



31. umbTosa, Linn. Londov Pride. St. Patrick's 

 Cabbage. Erect -growing plant, the nearly leafless 

 branching fl. -stems reaching 6-12 in. high and spring- 



11 4 

 4, rarely 2, all perfect. For . 

 see Cephalaria . 



In any moderately good garden soil a 

 succession of flowers is produced from June 

 until frost. The flowers are very service- 

 able for cutting purposes. Propagated by 

 seed or division. Many of the peren- 

 ^ nial species act like biennials in culti- 

 ^ ■. o(-;n„ and often flower the first year 

 from seed. 5. atropur- 

 piirea is a common gar- 

 den annual. 



atropurpurea, 4. 



brachiata, 6. 



candidissima, 4. 



Caueasica, 7. 

 lea, 4. ochroleuea, 



ibaria. 3. perfecta, 7. 

 iota. 4. pumila. 4. 



nifolia, 8. stellat.i, 5. 



2261 Saxifraga 



A liaJualleul 

 B Fl!, II II 

 BB Fl^. i! I 



Webbiana, 1 

 . ochroleuea 



. Il<i 



tin, 



seeuhtii 

 32. Geum, 



vanegata, lloit. 

 w,/„.Li.ui.). niftc. 



33. sarmentfisa, Linn. I s •/ / 

 w^iisi's, Liiur I. Stk \\\ 1 I I I \ < 



known ;i^ Monr^' r Tir i \ i 

 toLui,,,,,, ( , ' . 1' 



but tlu 

 wholi- J 

 rooting 

 berry : 



Piij. 2:( 



le groun 



' ular, shallowlv crenate- lobed. 

 1 r.tdical and long-stalked : &~- 



D. I'hnii II III ih ...• 4. atropurpurea 



DD. PI, nit 1,-1^ III Iiii/h 3. Btellata 



AA. Badieiil li -. i iitin . 



B. Lvs. oi-aU-nbluHi/ 6. brachiata 



BB. ii'S. Unice linear to linear. 



c. Beads s in. across 7. Caueasica 



cc. Heads smaller 8. graminiSolia 



ochroleiica, Linn. A hardy perennial herb about 18 

 high: stem branching and somewhat hairy: lvs. 

 tish pubescent, the radical crenate or lyrately pin- 

 liil t ipering to a petiole, pubescent on both sides; 

 M nL tlie stem 1-2-pinnately divided or cleft into ob- 

 , ci hnt-ar lobes: peduncles long, slender: lvs. of 



iii\..lni'ie shorter than the fls. June to autumn. 



II .1 \-i I \ .11 WebbiSlna {S. ^Vflihiinni, D. Don). 



arvensis, Linn. [S. viiria, (^ilib.). A hardy per- 

 i.il J-4 ft. high: stem hispid: lvs. villous-hirsute, 

 i.Hlical unequally pinnately parted, the lobes lanceo- 



