424 HISTOIRE DES PLANTES. 
GENERA 
I. SAXIFRAGEÆ, 
1. Saxifraga T. — Flores sæpius hermaphroditi; receptaculo plus 
minus COncavo, intus plerumque discifero. Sepala plerumque 5, libera 
v. basi leviter connata, æqualia v: rarissime inæqualia, imbricata, 
demum erecta v. patentia. Petala 5, cum sepalis alternantia, raro 
is subsimilia, æqualia v. rarissime inæqualia, nune basi glandulifera 
v. fimbriata, imbricata v. raro torta. Stamina 10, 2-seriata (v. rarius 
5, alternipetala) cum petalis plus minus perigyne inserta; filamentis 
liberis; antheris 2-locularibus, sæpe 2-dymis, introrsum v. lateraliter 
rimosis. Germen liberum v. ex parte, nunc omnino inferum, disco basi 
v. plus minus alte, nune lateraliter cinetum ; carpellis 2 (rarissime 5, 
h), aut liberis, aut plus minus alte in germen 1- v. 2-loculare connais; 
placentis parietalibus v. angulo interno insertis, apice plus minus alte 
2-lobis; ovulis æ, anatropis,. œ-seriatis; carpellis in stylos plus 
minus elongatos, sæpe recurvos, apice truncatos v: capitatos stigma- 
tosos, desinentibus. Fructus siccus capsularis, intus inter rostra ab 
apice 2-valvis, v. e folliculis 2, intus longitudinaliter dehiscentibus con- 
stans. Semina œ, parva, extus lævia v. rugosa ; albumine carnoso; em- 
bryone recto axili, albumini subæquali v. breviore. — Herbæ perennes, © 
rarius annuæ, basi nune frutescentes ; foliis alternis v. oppositis; infe- 
rioribus sæpe rosulatis ; petiolo basi plerumque vaginante ; stipulis 0 ; 
floribus raro solitaris, plerumque eymosis; cymis (nunc 1-paris) 
in racemum simplicem v. ramosum, sæpe corymbiformem, dispositis- 
(Reg. temp., alpin., arctic. hemisph. bor., rarius Australia, America el 
Africa qustr.) — Vid. p. 395. 
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