Saxifraga,'\ xxxvii. saxifragace^. 



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8. S. aizoides L. {yellow Mountain S,) ; lower leaves of the 

 stem numerous crowded, the rest scattered linear-lanceolate 

 fleshy more or less ciliated, stem branched ascending calyx 

 spreading, capsule half-superior. U. B. t. 39, 



Abundant near alpine rills, and in springy places, in mountainous 

 countries; north of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. 1^. 



5 9. — Stem 5 — 7 inches high, branching below. Flowers panicled, 



subcorymbose, bright yellow ; each petal beautifully spotted with 



orange. 



***** Flowering -stems erect or spreading^ more or less leafy. Leaves 



(^some or all^ lobed. Calyx spreading^ 



9. S. granuldta L. (white Meadow S.) ; granulated under- 

 ground, radical leaves reniform on long foot-stalks obtusely 

 lobed, those of the upper part of the stem nearly sessile acutely 

 lobed, stem panicled, capsule partly inferior. _B. B. t. 500. 



Hedge-banks, meadows and pastures, especially on a gravelly soil. 

 In many parts of the south and middle of Scotland, but scarcely 

 known in the Highlands. Between Beldoyle and Portmarnock, 

 Ireland. 2/.. 5, 6. — Stem 8 — 12 inches high, glandulose-pilose, 

 with numerous, small, clustered tubers underground. Leaves mostly 

 radical, glabrous ; petioles glandular. Flowers large, white. 



10. S. cernua L. {drooping bulbous S.)\ radical leaves reni- 

 form on long foot-stalks palmate-lobate, superior ones nearly 

 sessile subtrifid, stem bulbiferous usually simple with one ter- 

 minal flower, capsule superior. E. B. t. 664. 



Rocks on the summit of Ben Lawers (now almost extinct). 2/.. 

 8. — Stem 3—4 or 5 Inches high, slender. Leaves glabrous, and tin 

 $iem, which droops at the extremity, nearly so. In the axils of the 

 small upper leaves are clusters of minute reddish bulbs or Tather tubers. 

 We have never seen native specimens of this in fruit. 



11. S. rivuldris L. {alpine Brook S.); leaves 3- 



palmate glabrous on long stalks, stem slender branched pubes- 

 cent, branches few-flowered, bracteas oblong sessile 3-lobed 

 and entire, capsule half-inferior. E. B. t. 2275. 



Moist alpine rocks in Scotland, rare. Near the summit of Ben 

 Nevis, and Ben Lawers, but very scarce. Plentiful on Loch-na-gar, 

 Aberdeenshire. 2/.. 



12. S, tridactylites L. {Rue-leaved S.) ; glandular and viscid, 

 leaves cuneate 3— 5-fid, the uppermost bracteas undivided, 

 stem panicled, pedicels single-flowered, capsule inferior. E. B, 



t. 501, 



Common on walls and dry barren ground, In England and the 

 l^owlands of Scotland ; rare however in the west of Scotland, and 

 especially in the Highlands. 0. 4-7. — Stem 2-4 inches high. 

 Whole plant covered with viscid hairs. Petals small, pure white. 



5 -lobed 



