536 316. Saxifraga. 46. SAXIFRAGE^. Plex,cal, 



Saxifragra hypnoides, Flora Danica, S48. 

 Saxifraga hypnoides /S, Willd. S. P. 2, 659. 



Westmoreland mountains ; perennial; May. 

 Stem panicled, bent, leafy, round, downy ; petals ovate 

 oblong, white, tipped on the outside with rose-colour. 



20. Saxifraga angustifvUa. Narrow-leaved saxifrage. 

 Bud-leaves linear, lanceolate, the lowermost very i*arely 



3-cut; rose-leaves often 3-cut, 



Saxifraga angustifolia, Haworth Misc. Nat. 166. 



Mountains; perennial; May. 



Stem leafy, hardly panicled ; petals white, reverse ovate, 

 rather imbricated at bottom. 



21 . Saxifraga defisa. ' Close saxifrage. 

 Bud-leaves awlshape^ half-cylindrical; rose-leaves 3-cut. 



Saxifraga densa, Haworth Misc. Nat. 166. 



Mountains; perennial; May. 



Buds very closely tufted, red, bald ; stem headed ; petals 

 orbicular, ovate, imbricated at bottom, white, reddish on 

 the outside of the tip. 



22. Saxifraga cespitosa. Tufted saxifrage. 

 Rose-leaves aggregated, fleshy, 3 or 5-cut, ribbed under- 

 neath ; stem rather naked, usually 2-flowered. 



Saxifraga Grceiilaiidica, Lin. S. P. ? 

 Saxifraga cespilosa. Smith Fl, Brit. 2, 455. 



Mountains; perennial; June. 



23. Saxifraga muscoides. Moss-like saxifrage. 

 Rose-leaves aggregated, 3-cut; scape slender, nearly up- 

 right, few- flowered ; flowers citron-yellow, nearly sessile. 



Saxifraga cespitosa, Scopoli Cam. 494, 

 Saxifraga muscoides, J acq. Misc. 2, 125. 



Mountains; perennial; May. 



Flowers racemous; petals lanceolate, oblong, blunt, 

 nearly yellow. 



24. Saxifraga elongella. ^ Long saxifrage. 

 Bud-leaves linear, not divided, fringed, fringe distant ; 



rose-leaves often 3-cut; stem downy, rather naked; usually 

 2-flowered. 



Saxifraga caespitosa, Hudson Fl. Angl. 181. 

 Saxifraga mosciiafa, S^mith FL Brit. 2,455. 

 Saxifraga elongella, Haworth Misc. Nat. 167. 



