130 36. SAXIFRAGACE^E. 



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

 dentate, footstalks semicylindrical channeled hairy, panicle race- 

 mose. .E. B. 1561. E. E. S. 2893. L. always broader than long, 

 usually hairy, sometimes glabrous, often beautifully reticulated 

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



ft Filaments subulate. SPATULARIA Haw. 



5. S. stellaris(L.}', I. oblong wedgeshaped dentate-serrate nar- 

 rowed 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. ft. integrifolia (Hook.) ; 1. quite entire. 

 Damp rocks on mountains. ft. Ben Nevis. P. VII. 



** Cat at length reflexed inferior, st. leafy, I. undivided. 



6. S. Hirculus (L.) j st. erect, barren shoots prostrate filiform, 

 1. alternate lanceolate flat entire, root-1. narrowed into a foot- 

 stalk, sep. obtuse fringed at the margin, pet. obtuse with 2 cal- 

 lous points near the base. E. B. 1009. St. 35. 8. Fl. few or 

 solitary, terminal. Pet. obovate, spreading, yellow dotted with 

 red. St. 4 8 in. high, downy in the upper part. Wet moors, 

 rare. P. VIII. 



*** Cal. erect or spreading half inferior, st. leafy, L simple 

 toothed or with rigid jaintless cilia. 



7. S. aizoides (L.) ; st. decumbent below. 1. alternate linear- 

 oblong mucronate ciliated entire flat above convex beneath, sep. 

 blunt. E. B. 39. St. 35. 9. Fl. in a leafy panicle, with gluti- 

 nous downy stalks. Pet. bright.yellow often spotted with scarlet. 

 St. 3 6 in. long. L. rigidly ciliated. ft. dentata ; 1. with several 

 strong teeth. Wet places on mountains. P. VII. IX. 



**** Cal. erect or spreading superior or half inferior, st. more 

 or less leafy, I. lobed, cilia all jointed. 



[8. S. muscoides (Wulf.); " root-1. crowded linear obtuse entire 

 or trifid, st. nearly naked few-flowered, pet. oblong obtuse a little 

 longer than the superior calyx." Hooker. ft. pygmtea ; " pet. 

 obovate, cal. glandular." Sm. E. B. 2314. Said to have been 

 found in Westmoreland, ft. Highlands of Scotland. P. V.] 



E.? S. 



9. S. ccespitosa (L.) ; root-l. crowded 3 5-cleft obtuse veined 

 fringed, fl. 1 5, pet. rounded 3-veined, cal. half inferior, sep. 

 obtuse. E. B. 794. Germen broad and rounded below. Com- 

 mon base of the 1. not furrowed. Anth. long, cordate, with an 

 open notch. Horns of caps, spreading. ft. S. decipiens (Sm.) ; 

 larger and with more numerous flowers. E. B. 455. y. S. in- 



