XXXV. 



PIMPINELLA SAXIFRAGA. 



Com m on Bu rnet-Saxifrnge. 



Class V. Few ANDRiA. —Order II. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. CoMPosiT.'F. 



Gen. Char. Cayhv an obsolete margin. Petals obcor- 

 dale, emarginate, inflexed. Fruit contracted at the 

 side, ovate, crowned with the swollen base of the re- 

 flexed styles. Carpels with five filiform, equal ridges, 

 of which the lateral ones are marginal. Channels w'xih 

 many vittae. Seeds gibbous, flatfish in front. Involu- 

 cres none. 



Spec. Char. Radical leaves pinnate, with roundish, 

 sharply sen-ate, or lobed leaflets ; those of the stem 

 bipinnate, linear. 



SYNONYMES. 



f Pimpinella Saxifraga major altera. Bauh. Pin. 160. 

 ■ I Bipinella, sive Saxifraga minor. Ger. Em. 1044. 



Latin <J Pimpinella Saxifraga minor foliis Sang^isorbae. Rati 



j Syn. 213. 



I Pimpinella Saxifraga. Lin. Sp. PI. 378. 



French Boucage; Boucage-Saxifrage ; Bouquetin. 



Italian Pimpinella bianca. 



Spanish Pimpinela bianca. 



Portuguese .. Pimpinella bianca. 



German Steinbibernelle ; Rossbibernelle. 



Dutch Kleine Bevernel ; Bevernaart. 



Danish Steenbrekke ; Biergroed ; Pimpinelle. 



Polish Biedrznyniec. 



Swedish Backrot. 



Description. — The root is perennial, long, cylindrical, fusi- 

 form, whitish, somewhat fihroiis, and marked with annular 



