36. SAXIFRAGACE^J. 129 



(Sin. not Wulf.); racemes slightly downy, in flower upright, in 

 fruit pendulous. E. B. 705. y. R. spicatum (Robs.); racemes 

 erect both in flower and fruit, " fl. nearly sessile." E. B. 1290. 

 Woods. /3. North of E., S, y. Richmond, Yorkshire. Sh. 

 IV. V. Red Currant. 



Order XXXVI. SAXIFRAGACE.E. 



Cal. 4 5-cleft, superior or inferior. Pet. 4 5, rarely 0. 

 Stam. 5 10, free, perigynous or hypogynous. Glandular disk 

 present or wanting. Ovary of 2 carpels cohering by the inflexed 

 sides or margins. Styles 2, persistent, usually diverging. Seeds 

 many. Albumen fleshy. 



1 . SAXIFRAGA. Cal. 5-fid or 5-parted, more or less adnate 

 to the ovary or free. Cor. of 5 petals. Stam. 10, rarely 5. 

 Styles 2, persistent. Caps. 2-celled, with 2 beaks, opening 

 by a pore between the beaks. 



2. CHRYSOSPLEKIUM. Cal. 4-fid, half superior. Cor. 0. 

 Stam. 8, rarely 10. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, with 2 beaks, 

 opening into the form of a cup. 



1. SAXIFRAGA Linn. Saxifrage. 



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



* Cal. reflexed inferior, fl. panicled, flowering stems leafless. 



f Filaments enlarged upwards, ROBERTSONIA Haw. 



1. S. umbrosa (L.); I. obovate with cartilaginous crenatures 

 or sharp notches tapering at the base into dilated flat footstalks, 

 panicle racemose. L. crenate or dentate, spreading. E. B. 663. 

 fi. S. punctata (Haw.) ; 1. nearly round acutely serrate erect. 

 R. I. t. 622, 623. y. S. serratifolia (Mack.); 1. oblong acutely 

 serrate erect. E. B. S. 2891. West of Ireland (all the forms). 

 Yorkshire, a doubtful native. P. VI. London Pride. St. Patrick's 

 Cabbage. E. I. 



2. S. elegans (Mack.); /. round smooth shining acutely serrate, 

 footstalks broad flat convex beneath, panicle racemose. E. B. S. 

 892. L. not tapering into the footstalks. Very rare. Top of 

 Turk Mountain, Killarney. Connor Hill,, Kerry. P. VI. I. 



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

 semicylindrical channeled hairy, panicles racemose. E. B. 2322. 

 Footstalks slightly tapering upwards. L. longer than broad. 

 Very rare. Gap of Dunloe and Connor Hill, Kerry. Hungry 

 Hill, Co. Cork. P. VI. I. 



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