220 DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 



common. I obferv'd It at the foot of fome high 

 moift rocks in the Duke of Jrgyle's park at 

 Rofenatb^ growing with the C. oppofttifolium^ 

 and Dr. Parfons found it by the ditches in the 

 woods at Meavis- Bank^ near Dalkeith, ^ . IV. V. 



The firft or primary flower is quinquefid, and has 

 JO flamina ; the others are quadrifid, and have 

 only eight, vid. Philofoph. Eotan. p. 123. ;^ 178. 



The ftalk is pellucid, fucculent, and branched to- 

 wards the top: the leaves kidney Ihap'd, ere* 

 natcd, thinly hairy, and grow alternate on long 

 fbotftalks : the branches are dichotomous : the 

 flowers grow in a flat felule umbel, yellow and 

 fhining : the feeds are black whpn ripe. 



oppofoifoH^ CHRYSOSPLENIUM foliis oppofitis. Sp,pL s6g. 

 urn 2. (Oed. Dan. t, Q^6^. opt. Moris, hift. f. 12. /. 8./. 



7. Ger. Em. 841./. 2, Fet.herb. t. 6.f. 9.) 

 Common Golden Sa>^ifrage. Anglis, 

 By the fides of fountains and rivulets in fhady 



places frequent. 'U. IV. V. 

 It is extremely like the preceding, but the leaves 

 grow oppofite, and are fmaller. 



SAXIFRAGA. Gen. PL 559. 

 Cc.l. 5-partitus. Cor. 5-petala, Caps. 2-ro{lris, i- 

 locularis, poryfperma. 

 * Fcliis indivtfts^ caule Juhnudo. 

 Jrellar/s i. SAXIFRxAGA foliis ferratis, caule nudo ramofo, 

 petaLs acuminatis. *5p. pL 572. (^Oed, Dan. t. 23. 

 o\'-t- Scopoli Flor, Cvvrniol. t, 13. ;/. 492. bona. 



Moris. 



