530 312. Robertson. 46. SAXIFRAGES. PL ex. col. 



Mountains; perennial; June. 



Leaves aggregated, spread, smooth ; scape red, hairy, 

 panicled; petals white, spotted with blood-colour and 

 yellow. 



II. 313. HYDATICA. Necker. Kidney-wort. 

 Calyx 5-parted ; lobes become bent back; petals 5, clawed; 



^laments threadshape, alternate, enlarged at bottom, con- 

 nate, shorter than the petals ; ovary free ; capsule membra- 

 naceous, beaked, beaks short, bent back ; seeds many, rough 

 with elevated tubercular lines placed lengthways. — Herb 

 perennial ; stem branched ; leaves crowded, radical, wedge- 

 shape, serrated or not cut ; scape panicled ; petals white, 

 spotted with yellow. 



Hydatica stellaris. Starlike kidney-wort. 



Leaves oblong, wedgeshape, rather fleshy, toothed or not 

 cut; petals equal, oblong, pointed. 



Geum palustre minus, foliis oblongis crenatis, Raii Syn. 354, 1. 

 Saxifraga stellaris, Lin. S, P. 572. 

 Hairy kidneywort. 



Sides of shady alpine rivulets ; perennial ; June and July. 



Roof tufted; stem rooting, 8 inches high; leaves most 

 hairy on the edge ; panicle few-flowered ; IractecB lanceolate, 

 or 3-cut ; petals with two yellow dots on each end. 



&. minor. Stem 1 inch high; scape l-Rowered; Jloi'jers 

 large. 



III. 314. MISCOPETALUM. Haw. Bulhous-saxifrage. 

 Calyx 5-parted, lobes upright; petals 5, equal, crowned; 



jilaments filiform, slender above, dilated at bottom, con- 

 nate; ovary free; capsule ovate, 1 -celled, many-seeded. — 

 Stem leafy; leaves petioled, roundish, kidneyshape, fleshy, 

 serrated or lobed ; jiowers white, solitary, or panicled. 



Miscopetalum P cernuum. Drooping hulbojis-saxifrage. 



Leaves palmately lobed, rather bald ; upper leaves uncut ; 

 axillae gemmiparous ; Jiowers solitary ; petals retuse, very 

 slightly nicked. 



Saxifraga cernua, Lin. S. P. 577. 

 Moist alpine rocks ; perennial ; July. 

 Root scaly; stem upright, seldom branched, I -flowered; 

 upper leaves sessile ; flower white, .terminal, drooping. 



