534. 316. Saxifraga. 46. SAXIFRAGEiE. Pl.ex,caL 



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Scotch mountains ; perennial ; May. 

 Petals large, much rounded ? 



9. Saxifraga pedatifida. Foot- cut saxifrage. 

 Root-leaves kidneyshape, pedatifid, 7-lobed ; Jloivers 



nearly corymbous ; petals linear, reverse ovate ; ovary ad- 

 herent. 



Saxifraga pedatifida, Engl. Bo<onj/, 32, 2278. 



Scotch alps ; perennial ; May and June. 

 Plant large, in tufts; flowers small, numerous, milk- 

 white. 



10. Saxifraga quinquefida. Five-cut saxifrage. 

 Bud->leaves 5 -cut, lobes lanceolate, marked with a longi- 

 tudinal line. 



Saxifraga quinquefida, Haworth Miscell.Nat, 163. 



Scotch alps; perennial; May. 



Buds nearly upright, covered with white hairs ; rose-leaves 

 aggregated, 5 to 11-cut; bud- leaves scattered, S-cut, some-» 

 times 3-cut, fleshy, with long petioles, bald, fringed ; stem 

 flexuose, usually 5-flowered ; hractecE elliptic, lanceolate, 

 3-ribbed, bent back ; lowermost 3-cut ; flowers large. 



11. Saxifraga hiria. Hough saxifrage. 

 Bud-leaves and lower stem -leaves S-cut, fringed; under- 

 neath bald. 



Saxifraga hirta, Haworth Misc. Nat. 164, not of English Botany. 



Scotch alps; perennial; May. 



Buds straight, villous ; rose-leaves 5-cut ; bud-leaves S-cut, 



12. Saxifraga laxa, Weak saxifrage^ 

 Leaves hairy, 3 to 5-parted; lobes elliptical, pointed; 



buds ascending ; petals reverse ovate, triple-ribbed, 



Saxifraga hirfa, Engl. So«. 2291. 



Scotch alps ; perennial ; May and June. 



Herb weak, viscous, few-flowered ; petioles broad, long, 



IS. Saxifraga palmata. Palmated saxifrage^ 



Roie-leaves 5 or 7-cut, very hairy ; petals nearly round. 



Saxifraga palmata, Engl. Botany, 455. 

 Saxifraga petraea, JVilh. Bot. Air. 890. 



Welsh mountains ; perennial ; May and June. 

 Stem upright, panicled ; flowers 5 or 7 ; petals yellowish 

 white, pointed ; ribbed ; ovary half adherent. 



