116 SAXiFEAGACEiE. [Soxifraga. 



Killeries. This is the only record of the occurrence of 

 ;S^. Omm in Connemara, and no specimens were preserved; 

 and as Professor Babington himself thinks the plant may 

 have belonged to some variety of S. umbrosa, it seems best 

 to consider the locality uncertain for the present. 



Var. p elegans (S. elegans Mackay). 



Top of Turk Mountain, KiUarney; If lor. Hib. Connor 

 hill, Kerry ; C. C. B. 



S. elegans (Mackay) seems about equally related to S. 

 umbrosa and to S, Oeum; but the characters and colour of the 

 flower are those of the latter, It is well known that S. Oenim 

 varies extremely in size and degree of hairiness, as well as in 

 the dentation of the margins of its leaves. 



Mr, James Drummond, a good practical botanist, has long 

 ago expressed an opinion that S. Oeum, S. hirsiita, and S. 

 umbrosa, are only varieties of the same species ; and he par- 

 ticularly mentions that he has seen a plant of S. Geum on the 

 top of a rock, and five or six varieties, including 3. Mrsvia 

 and S. unibrosa springing from seed at the foot of it. 



Obs, — S. Andrewsii (Harvey) thought to have been gathered 

 at the head of Glen Caragh, Kerry, is now supposed to be 

 a garden hybrid (See British Flora, Ed. 8); but this ques- 

 tion cannot be considered solved until something more is 

 known of the parent species. If we may judge from cul- 

 tivated specimens, S. Andrewsii appears closely allied to 

 S. Guthriana, which is often cultivated in gardens. 



4. S. stellaris (Linn.) — Starry Saxifrage. 

 Districts 12-45--8--11 12 

 Lat. 51°-56°. Mountains, from South to North of Ireland. 

 Type in Great Britain, Highland. 



Wet rocks, and marshy places by mountain riUs ; frequent. 

 Fl. July, August. 



On Carntual and Brandon mountains ; D. M. On Man- 

 gerton, and a large form on Hungary Hill; 7. C. — 2. On the 

 Waterford and Tipperary mountains ; /. C. — 4 and 5. On 

 the Wicklow and Dublin mountains ; Fhr. Hib. Plentiful 

 in Kelly's Glen ; Mr. D. Orr. — 8. On Shanafolia Mountain, 



