CL. X.] DECANDKIA DIGYNIA. 197 



inches long, with, a terminal panicle of yellow flowers, sprinkled 

 with red dots. Perennial: flowers in July, August, and Septem- 

 ber : grows by rills in mountainous situations : common in Scot- 

 land. Eng. Bot. vol. i. pi. 39. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 268. Don in Lin. 

 Tr. vol. xiii. p. 375. 645. 



*** Stem leafy. Leaves lobed. 



9. S.granuldta. White Meadow Saxifrage. Leaves kidney-shaped, 



lobed ; stem panicled ; root granulated ; germen half-inferior. 



Stem about a foot high : petals white, without spots. Perennial : 

 flowers in May : grows in meadows and pastures : not uncommon, 

 Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 500. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 270. 646. 



10. S. cernua. Drooping Bulbous Saxifrage. Leaves somewhat 

 palmate, stalked ; stem simple, one-flowered, with axillar bulbs ; 



germen superior. Roots scaly : stem from four to eight inches 



high: flower white, on a terminal downy stalk. Perennial: flowers 

 in July : grows on dry rocks on the highest mountains of Scotland : 

 rare. Eng. Bot. vol. x. pi. 664. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 270. 647. 



11. S. rivuldris. Alpine Brook Saxifrage. Leaves palmate, stalked, 

 the uppermost spathulate ; stem few-flowered ; root fibrous ; ger- 

 men half- inferior. Leaves with five or three lobes : stem about 



two inches high, with a few small white flowers. Annual : flowers 

 in July and August : grows by rivulets on several of the higher 

 mountains of Scotland, Ben Nevis, Ben Lawers, Loch-na-gar, &c. 

 Eng. Bot. vol. xxxii. pi. 2275. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 271. 648. 



12. S.tridactylites. Rue-leaved Saxifrage. Leaves wedge-shaped, 

 three or five- cleft, the uppermost undivided ; stem panicled ; stalks 

 single-flowered, alternate ; germen inferior. Downy and gluti- 

 nous, turning red after flowering : stem erect, three or four inches 

 high : flowers small, white. Annual : flowers in April and May : 

 grows on walls, roofs, and dry bare ground : frequent. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. vii. pi. 501. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 271. 649. 



13. S.ccespitosa. Tufted Alpine Saxifrage. Root-leaves crowded,, 

 three or five-cleft, obtuse, fringed, the lowermost undivided ; stem 

 erect, few-flowered ; calyx obtuse ; petals rounded, three-nerved ; 



germen half- inferior. This species varies greatly in luxuriance, 



the number of flowers, and the degree of hairiness : petals white, 

 with green nerves. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows 

 on the highest mountains of Wales and Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. 

 xii. pi. 794. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 274. 650, 



14. S. hypnoides. Mossy Saxifrage. Ladies' Cushion. Root-leaves 

 three or five-cleft, the others undivided or three-cleft, all bristle- 

 pointed and fringed ; segments of the calyx egg-shaped, pointed ; 

 petals inversely egg-shaped. Stem four or five inches high, ter- 

 minating in a corymbose panicle of from three to five flowers : 

 petals white, triple- ribbed. Perennial : flowers in May and June : 

 grows on rocky monntains in Scotland, the north of England, and 

 Wales. Eng. Bot. vol. vii. pi. 454. Eng. Fl. vol. ii. p. 277. To 

 this variable species are now generally referred nine varieties de- 

 scribed as so many species in the former editions of the present 

 work, in this respect following Sir J. E. Smith in his Eng. Fl., and 

 Mr. Don in Lin. Trans, vol. xiii., where they will be found de- 

 scribed. Figures of all of them may be seen in Eng. Bot. 651^ 



15. S.pedatifida. Web-foot-leaved Saxifrage. Root-leaves kidney- 



