338 POPULAR GEOGRAPHY OF PLANTS. 



posed origin, it might have been more suitably named 

 " Spanish Pride." Saxifraga hirsute, which has yellowish 

 blossoms dotted with purple, has the same kind of general 

 character, except that it is longer in the stalk, and has 

 fewer blossoms; the leafstalks too are longer, and it is 

 altogether a less luxuriant-looking plant. Saxifraga Geum 

 bears a still closer resemblance to London Pride, the chief 

 difference being in the leaves, which are nearly round, and 

 thinly besprinkled on the upper surface with white hairs ; 

 there is something very beautiful in the regularity of the 

 little rounded scalloping of the leaves. 



There are four different species of the Heath family in 

 this small assemblage ; namely, Erica Mackaiana, E. Me- 

 diterranea, Arbutus Unedo (the Strawberry-tree), and Da- 

 bwcia polifolia, which last belongs to the tribe Andromedidaj 

 it is the same as Andromeda Daboecii or Menziesia polifolia. 

 The little hard leaves, with which it is thickly covered, are 

 white underneath, and the conspicuous four-cleft blossoms 

 are much larger than those of any of our English Heaths. 



There are only two more flowers in this group, one of 

 the Cruciferous family, called Fringed Eock-cress (Arabis 

 ciliata), and one of the Butterworts (Pinguicula grandi- 

 flora), which is exactly the same in appearance as the 

 common Butter wort, except that it is rather larger. 



