SAXIFRAGACE^. 



141 



Pet. abruptly clawed. 

 Tyrol. Pyr. 



p. 7, 8. High moist. 



ii. Filaments clavate. 



64. ctineifolia. L. siibrotundo-obovate, 

 very obtuse, repando-crenatc, on a Hat, cuneate, 

 hairless baft. p. 6, 7- Shady rocks. Cev. 

 Pyr. s. Alps. Apen. 



65. ■umbrosa. L. obovate, somewhat re- 

 tuse. Haft flat, linear. Margin cOiate. Scape 

 pauicled. p. 7) 8. Moist rocks. Irel. Pyr. 

 Corsica. 



66. elegans. " L. round, smooth, shining, 

 acutely serrate, not tapering into the broad 

 plano-convex stalks. Pan. racemose, p. 6. 

 Top of Turk Mountain at Killarney." — Bab. 



67. liirsiata. L. oval, somewhat cordate, 

 acutely serrate, hairy on both sides, slightly 

 tapering into a long, semiterete, channeled 

 stallc. p. 6. Moist rocks, w. Irel. Pyr. 



68. Geussa. L. reniform, acutely crenate, 

 hairy on both sides, on a long, villous, semi- 

 terete, channeled stalk, p. 5, 6. Moist shade. 

 Irel. Pyr. 



2. Leaves entire, on trailing Shoots. Cilice 

 not jointed. 



69. l£irculus. Shoots prostrate, fiKform. 

 Stallc ciHate, with slender hairs. L. lanceolate. 

 Flowering-stems erect, leafy. Cal. refracted. 

 Pet. many-nerved, with 3 caUi at base. p. 7, 8. 



Peaty meadows and heaths. Scot. Yorksh. 

 Jm'a. n. Ger. 



70. aspera. Shoots prostrate. L. Kneari- 

 lanceolate, awned and spinuloso-ciliate. Stem- 

 L. remote, spreading. Gemmec half as long as 

 L. Cal. spreading. Scgm. somewhat mucro- 

 nate. p. 7, 8. Stony mountain valleys. Auv. 

 Pyr. Alps. n. Apen. 



71. bryoides. Shoots prostrate. L. 

 lineari-lanceolate, awned and spinuloso-ciliate. 

 Stem-L. approximate. Gemmae as long as L. 

 Cal. spreading. Segm. somewhat mucronate. 

 p. 7i 8. Very high dry stony. Alps. Pyr. Lig. 



269. ZAHLBRUCKNERA. 



1. paradoxa. Procumbent. Lower L. 

 cordato-reniform, 5-7-lobed. p. 7, 8. Moist 

 rocks between Wolfsberg and Wiesnau in Ca- 

 rinthia. Styria. 



370. CHRYSOSPLENIUM. 



1. alternifolimn. L. alternate; lower 

 somewhat reniform, somewhat doubly crenate. 

 p. 3, 4. Moist shade, occ. 



3. oppositifoliuna. L. opposite, cordato- 

 subrotund (subcuneato-reniform, DC), simply 

 crenate. Caps, shorter than calyx, p. 4, 5. 

 Shady rills. 



3. ovatifolium. L. ovate, obtusely ser- 

 rate. Stem-L. opposite. Caps, cloven, twice 

 as long as calyx. Valves acute, somewhat di- 

 vergent, p. 3, 4. Aspramonte in Calabria. 



XLVIII. UMBELLATE. 



Germen inferior, splitting at last into two seeds, each of them surmounted by a style. Petals 

 5. Teeth of Calyx 5, sometimes wanting. Lagcecia is the only Em'opean genus which has but 

 1 style, with a slight indication of a second seed ; and in Echinophora, and occasionally in a few 

 others, only one seed is perfected. The Plowers are mostly in umbels ; but in Eryngium they are 

 in Heads ; and in the fii-st tribes, and in some scattered species, the umbel is not perfectly deve- 

 loped. The Tribes are explained in the Analysis of the Genera in Pentandria Bigynia, to which, 

 all the species of this work belong. 



Tribe I. EEYNGIEM 



271. ERYNGIUM. 



A. Root-L. on a long stalk. Outline deeply 



cordate. 



i. Moot-L. 2i~^ -partite, and further divided. 



1. Sourgati. Root-L. nearly circular, 



palmato-3-partite. Segments inciso-pinnatifid ; 



lower part of each segment quite entii'e. Stalk 



of lower stem-L. short, not sheathing, quite 



entire. Bracts 10-13, with 1 or 2 teeth on 

 each side ; exceeding the ovate head. Pales 

 entii'e. p.. 9. Open. Pyr. 



3. amethystinum. Root-L. pinnatipai'tite. 

 Segments inciso-pinnatifid. L. -stalks sheathing, 

 quite entire at the base. Stem corymbose, 

 coloured in the upper part. Bracts 7-8, with. 

 a few teeth at the base, exceeding the globose 

 head. Pales mostly entire, p. 9, 10. Dry 

 hills, s. Tyrol, n. e. It. Trieste. TivoU. 



