DECANDRIA— DIGYNIA. Saxifraga. 265 



Engl. Bot. V. 3. 1. 167. Don Tr. of L. Soc. v. 13. 356. Hook. 



Lond. t. 69. Scot. 128. FL Dan. t. 23. Jacq. Coll. v. 1. 202. 



t. 13. Scop. Corn. v. 1. 292. t. 13. 

 S.n. 973. Hall. Hist. V. 1.418. 



Geum palustre minus, foliis oblongis crenatis. Rail Sijn. 354. 

 Sedum montanum hirsutum, mucronuto et dentato folio, flore albo 



guttato. Moris. V. 3. 478. sect. 12. t. 9./. 13. 

 Sanicula myosotis alpina, floribus albicantibus, fere umbellatis, 



Pluk. Almug. 33 1 . Phyt. t. 58./. 2. t. 222. f. 4. 

 Saniculae alpinae aliquatenus affinis. Bauh. Hist. U.S. p. 2. 708./. 

 Hairy Pride. Pet. H. Brit. t. 61. f. 5. 



On wet shady rocks, and by the sides of rivulets, on most of the 

 mountains of Wales, Scotland, and the north of England. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root fibrous, branched at the crown, bearing several short leafy 

 stems, or rosaceous tufts, of rather fleshy deciduous leaves, be- 

 sprinkled with hairs ; sharply serrated or toothed towards the 

 extremity ; wedge-shaped and entire in their lower half j often 

 purple beneath. Flower-stalks one or more, axillary or termi- 

 nal, 3 — 5 inches high, round, naked, hairy and glutinous. 

 Panicle cymose, of a few alternate flowers, with 1 or 2 oblong 

 bracteas under each division. Cal. closely reflexed. Pet. ovate 

 with a short claw, 3 -ribbed, white, with a pair of transverse 

 yellowish spots towards the base. Germen green, purple, or 

 white. Styles very short. Caps, brownish, membranous, 2- 

 celled, ribbed, smooth. .Seeds roundish, rough with longitudinal 

 rows of small tubercles. 



** Calyx spreading, paiily superior. Leaves undivided. 

 Floisoei-sialh radical, panicled or tufted, erect. Stem none. 



5. S. nivalis. Clustered Alpine Saxifrage. 



Leaves roundish-obovate, serrated ; tapering and entire at 



the base. Cluster dense, capitate, of few flowers. Calyx 



spreading. Capsule half inferior. 



S. nivalis. Linn. Sp. PI. 573, Fl. Lapp. ed. 2. 144. t. 2. f. 5. 



Willd.v. 2. 645. Fl. Br. 449. Engl. Bot. v. 7. t. 440. Don Tr. 



of L. Soc. V. 13. 387. Lightf. 22\. t. 12. Hook. Scot. 129. 



Dicks. H. Sicc.fasc. 1 . 7. Fl. Dan. t. 28. 

 S. foliis oblongo-rotundis dentatis, floribus conipactis. Raii Syn. 



354. <. 16./. 1. 

 Sedura serratum rotundifolium. Merr. Pin. 111. 

 Sempervivum minus incisum. Mart. Spitzb. 43. chap. 3. t. F./. a, 



haled. 100. chap. 3. 



On the loftiest mountains of Wales and Scotland, in the moist fis- 

 sures of rocks. 



Upon Snowdon. Dr. Mcrrett. On the summits of several hills 

 about Snowdon. Mr. Llwyd, Mr. Griffith. On Ben Lawcrs, 



