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sented in the plate, which shows that the foliage-leaves form a 

 close rosette at the base. The fairly long leaf-stalk widens out 

 into a leaf-blade, the margin of which is cut into rounded lobes. 

 The margin of the leaf-stalk bears hairs, and glandular hairs are 

 scattered over the surface of the cylindrical stalk of the 

 inflorescence and more closely on the finer branches bearing 

 the flowers. Small bracts are borne at intervals on the stem 

 of the inflorescence. In the axils of the upper bracts are 

 branches, which in turn branch. If carefully looked into, the 

 main and lateral branches will be found to end in flowers, 

 the inflorescence being, as in the White Meadow Saxifrage, a 

 cymose one. 



The small flowers consist of the same parts as do those of 



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FIG. 89. Bulbils of the White Meadow Saxifrage. (After Schumann.) 



5. granulata described above, and the parts are arranged in 

 the same way. The petals are, however, small and of a pinkish 

 white colour, marked with a number of pink spots ; each has a 

 larger yellow spot near the base. The pistil, which is not so 

 deeply sunk in the- floral receptacle, has a pink colour and 

 it and the anthers add to the colour of the little flower. 

 This is visited by small flies and, since the stamens have 

 shed their pollen before the stigmas mature, cross-pollination 

 is readily effected. The branches of the London Pride form 

 short runners and readily take root, so that the plant extends 

 by vegetative means and forms large patches. It is of 

 interest to compare this less specialised means of vegetative 

 reproduction with the formation of bulbils in the White Meadow 

 Saxifrage. 



