22r DECANDRIA DIGYNlA. 



all : the flowers grow in clufters, fmall, of a 

 white or pale red color, with red piflils. 



** Faliis indivijis^ caule folio fo, 



tippofitifo' S* foliis caulinis ovatis oppofitis fubimbricatis ; 

 ^^^ 3- fummis ciliatis. Sp. pL 575. {Oed. Dan, t. 34. 



Moris, hift, f, 12. /. lO;/ 36. Flor, Lappon, /. 

 2./. I. Pet. herb. t. 61, f. 9 J 

 Mountain heath-like Saxifrage; Anglis, 

 Upon the rocks of the highland mountains fre- 

 quent, as upon Ben-Lomond^ &c. &Ci and upon 

 the mountains in the iflands of Rmn and Skye, 

 %. V. 

 The ftalks are numerous, weak, and filiforme^ 

 trailing upon and hanging over the edges of the 

 rocks : the leaves are oval, ftiff, and ciliated, 

 growing oppofite to each other, feflile, and im- 

 bricated quadrangularly t the ftalks are termi- 

 nated each with a fingle feflile flower, of a bright 

 purple color, turning blue as it goes ofl^, having 

 a ciliated calyx. It makes an elegant appear- 

 ance when in flower. 



aulumnrJis S. foliis caulinis linearibus alternis ciliatis, radica- 

 4- libus aggregatis. Sp. pi. 575. (Oe-d, Dan. /. 72. 



opt. ScopoL Flot, Carnioh t. 14. n. 493. bona, 

 Moris. hift..f. 12. /, 6./. 3. ordinis fecundi ad dex- 

 tram. Pet. herb. /. 61./. 10. Ger. Em. 516./. 2.) 

 Yellow Autumnal Saxifrage, /l^tglis. 

 Upon moift rockn, and by the fides of rills amono-ft 

 the highland mountains abundantly. It fre- 

 quently 



