186 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
S. COTYLEDON (cotyledon-like). Plant tufted, flowering stem 
branched pyramidically, 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves flat, spoon-shaped, with 
a silvery, cartilaginous, toothed edge. Flowers large, white; calyx 
glandular; May to July. Forms of this species are known in gardens 
under the names of S. pyramidalis and S. nepalensis. 
S. CRASSIFOLIA (thick-leaved). Rootstock thick and woody. Leaves 
radical, oval, smooth, toothed. Flowers red, in dense panicles on a stout 
scape; March to May. Plate 89. 
S. DIVERSIFOLIA (vari-leaved). Stem erect, branched, 4 to 1} foot 
high. Radical leaves, long-stalked, oval or heart-shaped; stem-leaves 
small, stalkless, half-clasping the stem. Flowers yellow, with indistinct 
spots; disposed in corymbs; July. 
S. Forruner (Fortune’s). Similar in habit to S. cortusefolia. 
Leaves kidney-shaped, lobed and deeply toothed. Flowers white, ina 
many-flowered panicle; petals unequal, one being longer and toothed. 
Half-hardy. 
S. GRANULATA (granulate roots). Stem erect, 6 to 18 inches, with 
brown bulbs at its base as big as a pea. Radical leaves kidney-shaped, 
lobed and stalked; stem-leaves stalkless, the lobes more sharply cut. 
Flowers bell-shaped, white, an inch across, drooping; April and May. 
Native of Britain. 
S. Hircutus (little goat). Marsh Saxifrage. Stem erect, 4 to 8 
inches, leafy, branched from the base, from which also runners are 
produced. Radical leaves, stalked, lance-shaped or spoon-shaped, 
forming a rosette; stem-leaves very slender, faintly toothed. Flowers 
almost solitary, petals yellow with red dots at the base, where are two 
tubercles; August. Native of Britain, but rare. There is a val 
grandiflora with larger flowers, 1 inch across. 
S. Hurri (Huet’s). Stems reclining, 3 inches high. Leaves kidney- 
shaped or spoon-shaped, fleshy. Flowers small, numerous; May to 
August. Annual. Native of Asia Minor. Plate 88. : 
S. HYPNOIDES (Hypnum-moss-like). Eve’s-Cushion; Mossy Sax! 
frage. Barren shoots long, reclining. Flowering shoots 3 to 8 inches 
long. Radical leaves three- to five-lobed. Stem-leaves variable, from very 
slender to broad, more or less lobed. Flowers bell-shaped, white, 1 inch 
across; May to July. A native species much cut up by various authors. 
S. LIGULATA (strap-shaped). Stems 1 foot. Leaves egg-shaped, 
toothed, fringed with fine hairs. Flowers white, suffused with red, 
borne in a forking panicle; March to May. 
S. LONGIFOLIA (long-leaved). Stemless. Leaves radical, forming ® 
dense rosette; very narrow, leathery, 6 inches long, with cartilaginous, 
