174 DECANDRIA— DIGYNIA. [Saz(fra(/a. 



subpetiolato acutely crenate subcoriaceous, scape terminated by 

 a dense cluster of flowers, capsule half-inferior. E. Bot. t. 440. 



Mountains of Wales, and frequent in the rocky clefts of the Highland 

 mountains of Scotland, Fl. Aug. 1^. — Leaves subcoriaceous, glabrous 

 above. Scape glanduloso-pubescent, sometimes a little branched. 



*** Calyx partly or entirely inferior. Stem leafy. Leaves 



undivided. 



6. S. oppositifolia, L. (purple Blountain Saxifrage^; leaves 

 ovate opposite imbricated ciliated, flowers solitary terminal. 

 E. Bot. t. 9. E. Fl. V. ii. p. 266. 



Moist alpine rocks. Ingleborough. Snowdon and other Welsh moun- 

 tains. Frequent on the Highland mountains of Scotland. Fl. April, 

 May. If.' — Cirovvs in straggling tufts, with a habit quite different from 

 that of any other British Saxifrage. Flowers large in proportion to the 

 size of the plant, purple, ver}' beautiful. The leaves are retuse, cilia- 

 ted, and have a pore at the extremity. Capsule half-inferior. 



7. S. Hircidus, L. (yelloio 3Iarsh Saxifrage); stem erect, leaves 

 alternate lanceolate, those from the root attenuated into a petiole, 

 calyx inferior at length reflexed obtuse downy at the margin as 

 well as the upper part of the stem. E. Bot. t. 1099. 



Wet moors, very rare. Knutsford, Cheshire. Cotherstone fell, 

 Yorkshire. Moor, south of Langton Lees Farm-house, Berwickshire, 

 plentiful. Queen's County, Ireland. Fl. Aug. 1^. — Flowers yellow, 

 largo, solitary. Petals almost elliptical. It is singular that this plant, 

 which I have seen abundantly in Iceland, and which was found so plenti- 

 fully by our arctic American voyagers and travellers, is found no further 

 north in Britain than Berwickshire. 



8. S. aizoides, L. (yelloio Mountain Saxifrage); lower leaves 

 of the stem numerous crowded, the rest scattered linear-lance- 

 olate fleshy more or less ciliated, stem branched ascending, 

 calyx spreading, capsule half-superior. E. Bot. t. 39. 



Abundant near alpine rills, and in springy places, in mountainous 

 countries ; north of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Fl. July 

 — Sept. If . — 5 — 7 inches high, branching below. Floioers panicled, 

 subcorymbose, bright yellow; each petal beautifully spotted with orange. 



**** Ccdyx spreading. Leaves more or less divided. Floivering- 

 stems erect, more or less leafy, 



9. S. granuldta, L. (white dieadow Saxifrage); radical leaves 

 reniform on long footstalks obtusely lobed, those of the upper 

 part of the stem nearly sessile acutely lobed, stem panicled, 

 root granulated. E. Bot. t. 500. 



Hedge-banks, meadows and pastures, especially on a gravelly' soil. In 

 many parts of the south of Scotland ; but scarcely known in the High- 

 lands. Between Beldoyle and Portmarnock, Ireland. Fl. May, June. 

 If. — Root consisting of numerous, small, clustered tuhers. Stetu 8 — 12 

 inches high, glanduloso-pilose. Leaves mostly radical, glabrous ; peti- 

 oles g\aiidi\\aT. Flowers]&Tge, white. Germen and cf//>s?</e half-inferior. 



10. S. cernuo, L. (drooping bulbous Saxifrage); radical leaves 



