156 36. SAXIFKAGACE^l. 



1. SAXIF'KAGA Linn. Saxifrage. 



Sec. 1. With decumbent barren shoots at the base. 



* Cal. reflexed inferior, fl. panicled, flower ing stems leafless. 



f Filaments enlarged upwards. ROBERTSONIA Haw. 



1. S. umbrdsa (L.) ; /. obovaie with cartilaginous crenatures 

 or sharp notches tapering at the base into dilated footstalks with 



flat edges, panicles racemose. a ; 1. crenate or dentate spreading. 

 JS. B. 663. /3. S. punctata (Haw.) ; 1. nearly round acutely ser- 

 rate erect. R. /. t. 622, 623. y. S. serratifolia (Mack.) ; 1. 

 oblong acutely serrate erect. E. B. S. 2891. West of Ireland. 

 Yorkshire (var. a), a doubtful native. P. VI. London Pride. 

 St. Patrick's Cabbage. [E.] I. 



2. S. el'egans (Mack.) ; /. round smooth shining acutely ser- 

 rate, footstalks broad convex beneath with flat edges, panicle race- 

 mose. E. B. S. 2892. L. not tapering into the footstalks. 

 Very rare. Top of Turk Mountain, Killarney, and Connor Hill, 

 Kerry. P. VI. L 



3. S. hirsuta (L.) ; /. oval sharply serrate, footstalks linear 

 semicylindrical with raised edges hairy, panicles racemose. E. 

 B. 2322. Footstalks slightly tapering upwards. L. longer than 

 broad. Perhaps not distinct from Sp. 4 ? Very rare. Gap of 

 Dunloe and Connor Hill, Kerry. Hungry Hill, Co. Cork. 

 P. VI. I. 



4. S. Geum (L.) ; I. transversely oval or reniform crenate or 

 dentate, footstalks semicylindrical with raised edges hairy, panicle 

 racemose. E. B. S. 2893. L. always broader than long, usually 

 hairy, sometimes glabrous, often beautifully netted with purple 

 beneath. West of Ireland. P. VI. I. 



[S. Andrews ii (Harv.). Sy. E. B. 549. E. Guthriana Hort. 

 Is a garden hybrid. P. VI.] 



ft Filaments subulate. SPATULABIA Haw. 



5. S. stelldris (L.) ; /. oblong wedgeshaped dentate-serrate nar- 

 row below scarcely stalked, panicle corymbose of few flowers. 

 E. B. 167. St. 35. 3. Stems tufted. Fl.-stalks 15 in. high, 

 naked. Pet. ovate, clawed, white with 2 transverse yellow 

 spots on their lower half. L. rarely quite entire. Damp rocks 

 on mountains. P. VII. E. S. I. 



