DECANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Saxifraga. 2G1 

 230. SAXIFRAGA. Saxifrage. 



Linn. Gen. 223. Juss. 309. Fl. Br. 448. Sm. in Rees's Cycl. v.3\. 



Tourn. t. 129. Lam. t. 372. Gartn. t. 36. 

 Geum. Tourn. t. 129. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 229. 



Cal. inferior, half inferior, or almost perfectly superior, of 1 

 leaf, in 5 deep, permanent segments. Pet. 5, attached to 

 the calyx, spreading, contracted at the base, not always 

 imiform, deciduous. Fila/ii. 10, attached to the calyx, 

 awl-shaped, spreading, successively incumbent, perma- 

 nent. A?it/i. of 2 romid lobes. Germ, superior, or more 

 or less inferior, roundish or ovate, terminating in 2 short 

 spreading sfj/lcs. Sfigjuas obtuse, mostly downy. Caps. 

 nearly ovate, with 2 beaks formed of the permanent styles, 

 and opening between them, of 2, sometimes incomplete, 

 cells, with a central receptacle. Seeds minute, numerous, 

 roundish, compressed, covering the receptacle. 



Herbs, generally perennial, various in habit, often in some 

 degree hahy and glutinous, with stalked, simple, undi- 

 vided or lobed, leaves. Flowers either panicled, rarely 

 solitary, on a long naked stalk, or corymbose at the top 

 of a round leafy stem ; erect, white, yellow, or purple, 

 frequently spotted, inodorous. Natives of cool or moun- 

 tainous countries. 1 have profited by the arrangement 

 of my friend Mr. D. Don, Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13, with some 

 variations. 



* Cali/x reflexed, inferior. Leaves undivided. Flotaer-slalks 

 panicled, erect, much taller than the stems. 



1. S. Geum. Kidney-leaved Saxifrage. 



Leaves roundish-kidney-shaped, notched, somewhat hairy. 

 Footstalks linear, channelled, much longer than the leaves. 

 Flower-stalk panicled. Capsule superior. 



S. Geum. Linn. Sp. PI. 574. mild. v. 2. 648. Engl. Bot. v. 22. 



t. 1561. Comp. 65. Don Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 349. Lapeijr. 



Pijren. v. 1. 46. t. 24. 

 S. n. 71. Gmel.Sib.v. 4.161.1.65./.]. 

 Sanicula montana rotundifolia minor. Bauh. Pin. 243. 

 Scdum montanuin rotundifolium minus alburn^ non guttatum. 



Moris, r. 3. 478. n. 12 ; no figure. 

 Geum folio circinato acute crenato, pistillo floris rubro. Magnol. 



Hort. t. 13; not the description. 



