SAXIFRAGES. [Saxifraga. 



ft. leaves roundish with sharp tooth-like serratures; foot- 

 stalks elongated. S. punctata. Haw. (not of Linn.) or Willd. 

 f Smith.) 



7. S. serratifolia, Sm. Don. in Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 352. 

 Leaves oblongo-ovate, grabrous, light green with deep, acute 

 serratures ; footstalks oblong, flat. Robertsonia serrata. Haw. 



Plentiful in the woods at Glengariff, near Bantry, and on Connor 

 cliffs, near Dingle. 3. On the bare summit of Curan-Tuhol, the highest 

 mountain in Kerry, Mountains of Cunnamara, on Milrea and Croagh 

 Patrick, County of Mayo. On Muckish, one of the highest moun- 

 tains in Donegal ; Mr. Templeton and "'Doctor Hooker. <y. Gap 

 of Dunloe, near Killarney, 1805. The variety *. assumes a very 

 different appearance, when growing in low sheltered situations, from 

 the var. |3. which is always found at very considerable elevations. The 

 var. 7. is a well marked variety, and does not alter by cultivation. It 

 is readily distinguished by its light green leaves, which are acutely ser- 

 rated, and have frequently small sharp intermediate teeth between the 

 larger serratures. Fl. June. 1. 



5. S. stellarisy Linn. Starry Saxifrage. Leaves elliptic, 

 wedge-shaped, coarsely serrated, tapering and entire at the base ; 

 panicle corymbose, of few flowers ; capsule superior. Br. Fl. 

 1. p. 192. E. Fl. v. ii. p. 265. E. Bot. t. 167. 



Wet rocks, and by the sides of rivulets in several of the Dublin and 

 Wicklow mountains, as well as in the southern and northern counties. 

 FL June Aug. It. Leaves with coarse teeth. Whole plant slightly 

 hairy. Flower stalk two to five, or six inches high, with a minute 

 bractea at each ramification of its small panicle. Flowers white, 

 with two yellow spots at the base of each, somewhat clawed petal. 



* * Calyx partly or entirely inferior. Stem leafy. Leaves undi- 

 vided. 



6. S. oppositifolia, Linn. Purple Mountain Saxifrage. Leaves 

 ovate, opposite, imbricated, ciliated ; flowers solitary, terminal. 

 Br. Fl. 1. p. 193. E. Fl. v. ii, p. 266. E. Bot. t. 9. 



Moist alpine rocks. Mountains in Joyce- country, near Lough Cor- 

 rib, 1807. Mountains of Ennishowen ; R. Brown, Esq. LL. D. 

 On Benyevena, County of Derry ; Mr. D. Moore. Fl. April 

 June. 1. Grows in straggling tufts, with a habit quite different from 

 that of any other British or Irish Saxifrage. Flowers large in propor- 

 tion to the size of the plant, purple, very beautiful. The leaves are 

 retuse, ciliated, and have a pore at the extremity. Capsule half in- 

 ferior. One of the greatest ornaments of our rock-works in spring. 



7. S. Hirculus, Linn. Yellow Marsh Saxifrage. Stem erect ; 

 leaves alternate, lanceolate ; those from the root attenuated into 

 a petiole ; calyx inferior, at length reflexed, obtuse, downy at 

 the margin. Br. Fl. 1. p. 193. E. Fl. v. ii.p. 267. E. Bot. t. 

 1000. Hirculus ranunculoides, Haw. 



In an extensive marsh three miles from Cloghjordan, County of Tip- 

 perary ; Mr. J. Hodgens t nurseryman, who sent me a plant ; the only 



