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spreading, oblong, sharp at each end, 

 white, marked with two yellow dots upon 

 the claw. Stamens ten, awlshaped, the 

 length of the calyx. Anthers purple. 

 Embryo (germen) with two horns. Style 

 none. Stigmas obtuse. 



6. Saaifraga with palmate five-cleft ob- 

 tuse leaves. (S. rivularis.) Lower leaves 

 cut half way down into five roundish seg- 

 ments ; upper one in three segments. Stem 

 short, flowering at the top. Calyx five- 

 cleft, erect. Petals five, ovate. Stamens 

 ten. Embryos two (rather two-horned). 



7. Saxifraga with a creeping stem, the 

 leaves placed in a quadrangular form. {S. 

 oppositifolia). Stems like those of a Sedum, 

 creeping. Leaves oblong, obtuse, hairy 

 at the edge, small ; the points sometimes 

 bony (or cartilaginous). Flower large. 

 Calyx of five blunt leaves. Petals five, 

 erect, purple, large, oblong, obtuse. Sta- 

 mens ten, purple, erect, shorter than the 

 petals, with scarlet anthers. Embryo di- 

 vided. Styles none. Sti";mas obtuse. 



