Pl.ex.cal. 46. SAXIERAGEiE. 316. Saxifraga. 537 



Mountains; perennial; May. 



Stem threadshape, cylindrical, rather stiff, scarcely 

 leafed, usually 2-floweredj downy ; flowers j'ellowisli. 



25. Saxifraga pygmcBa. Pigmy saxifrage. 



Bud-leaves linear, lanceolate, blunt, rather fringed ; rose- 

 leaves 3-cut ; raceme very leaf}^, 2 to 6-flowered, downy. 



Saxifraga moschata, Engl. Bot.%2\'i. 

 Saxifraga pygmaea, Hawortli Misc. Nat. I 68. 



Mountains; perennial; May. 



Stem 1 inch high ; stem-leaves frequently doubled at the 

 base of the peduncles; hracteoi small, threadshape, about 

 the middle of the peduncle. 



VI. 317. CHRYSOSPLENIUM. Tabernaemontanus. 



Golden-saxifrage. 

 Calyx adherent, 4 or5-cut; inside coloured? pe/o/^ 0; 

 stamens 8 to 10; capsule 1-celled, 2-valved; placentarvuTn 

 basillary. 



1. Chrysosplenium alternifblium. Alternate-leaved golden- 

 saxifrage. 



heaves alternate. 



Saxifraga aurea foliis pediculis oblongis insidentibus, Rati Syn. 158,2. 

 Chrysosplenium alternifolium, Lin. S. P. 566, 



Shaded springs in bogs ; perennial ; May. 



Herb succulent, brittle; steyn leafy at bottom ; corymhus 

 terminal, 2-forked, lea^y ; flowers gold-yellow, mostly 4-cut; 

 central flower 5-cut, decandrous. 



2. Chrysosplenium opposilifolium. Opposite-leaved golden- 

 saxifrage. 

 Leaves opposite. 



Saxifraga aurea, Raii Syn. 158, 1 ; Ger. em. 84! ; Park. 429. 

 Chrysosplenium opposilifolium, Lin. S. P. 560. 

 Golden saxifrage. Golden slonebreake. 



Shaded springs in bogs ; perennial ; May. 

 Stem frequently branched ; flowers almost always 4-cut, 

 octandrous. 



