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16. S. ""geranoides L. {Geranium S,) ; sterile shoots short, 

 leaves dandular pubescent thickisli scarcely rigid, lower ones 

 and those of the shoots upon very long foot-stalks deeply 3-cleft, 

 the segments usually 3-lobed and incise sometimes 2-lobed or 

 entiref lobes acute, panicle cymose, segments of the superior 

 calyx linear or linear-lanceolate longer than the germen, S. 

 pedatifida Ehrh. : E. B. t. 2278. 



Said to have been found in the '* Scottish mountains" by Mr. J. 

 T. Machay ; and on "rocks near the head of Clova, Angusshire," 

 by Mr. G. Don, %. 6, 7. — There seems to be a mistake as to the 

 supposed discovery of this plant in Scotland, a mistake the more pro- 

 bable from its being supposed distinct from S, yeranoides, 



2. Chrysosplenium Zmw. Golden- Saxifrage. 



Cat superior, 4 — 5-cleft, somewhat coloured. Cor. 0. Stam. 

 8_10. Ovary l^celled. Capsule 1-celled with 2 beaks, many- 

 seeded. — JSTamed from xp^^^c, gold, and o-TrX/p', the spleen, or 

 a medicine for the spleen ; a disease, for which this plant was 

 supposed to be a cure. 



1. C. alternifoliiim L. {alternate-leaved G.) ; leaves alternate, 

 lower ones subreniform upon very long foot-stalks. E. B. t. 54. 



Boggy places among rocks and springs, rather rare in England, 

 more frequent in Scotland. Near Belfast, Ireland. 1/.. 4—6. — 

 Stem 4 — 5 inches high, branched near the summit. ieaz?es petiolate, 

 crenate. Flowers in small umbels, deep yellow, mostly with 8 stamens. 



2. C. oppositifoUnm L. {common G.) ; leaves opposite cor- 

 date-rotundate. E. B. t. 490. 



Sides of rivulets in shady places, common. Abundant near the 

 source of rivulets in very alpine situations, in the Highlands. 1/.. 

 4 — 7. — Generally more branched at the base than the last, and of a 

 paler colour in all its parts. Stamens usually 8, 



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(See Tabs. L— III.) . 



Cahjx adherent with the ova?y, 5-toothed; teeth minute, 

 often obsolete. Corolla of 5 petals, sometimes very unequal, 



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^ In this extensive, important, and perfectly natural group, the genera which 

 compose it are with difficulty distinguis^hed the one from the other. The parts on 

 which the marks of distinction depend are min».te; and in vain will the student 

 hope to make himself master of the subject without devoting his earnest attention to 

 U and carefully examining the structure of the flowers, and more especially of the 

 fruit. This latter consists of two siuiile-seeded indehisd'nt pericarps, or carpels, as 



