piace aie Seis Gaia ee 2 ; : 
Die ape ’ piel 
Pe 
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163. Sazifraga punctata, wil —— Fisch.) 
165. Sazifraga flagellaris, ee with scanty runners. 
same as S. propingua, Brown, from the arctic shores. 8. serpyllifolia 
of Pursh seems very near thie, with smaller flowers, &ec. 
166. Sazifraga Hirculus, L. A small form, only 2 or 3 inches high, 
but quite like the common Arctic American specimens 
167. Sazifraga cernua, 
168. Sazifraga bronchialis, L. 
_ 169. Sazifraga nivalis, L. Dr. Hooker might properly have _ 
S. Virginiensis as the temperate form of this species, and S. vernalis 
& connecting need S. Virginiensis stands independently in Hooker's 
resting on S, reflexa, Hook., from the shores of the arctic sea. I 
never seen S. reflexa - but, from the character (especially the up- 
ardly dilated filaments) and the fine figures in the Flora Boreali-Ameri- 
I suppose that it is rather a form of S. Dahurica, to which S. 
lifolia, R. Br., also belongs. 
A solitary specimen, from alpine brooks, may be S. heiracifolia, but 
too young for determination. 
eg ig cespitosa, L., var.; a very condensed alpine form: S. 
“Te Mitella ork itellaria) pentandra, Hoo ‘, 
. H a bracteata, Seringe. _ An interesting rediscovery of one 
of elas before known only from a single specimen in Dr. James’s col- 
n. According to Dr. Torrey, it accords with the oti plant, 
but is is larger- -leaved. . Common in crevices of rocks, from the base of 
‘ the mountains to alpine situations.” 
: 173. Heuchera parvifolia, Nutt.; a small state. Seas, alpine, 
| + a exhibiting its close spikes, which are never 
a 4, Heu one eae Nutt., the taller am exactly fesles No, 
rr. & Gray; from the original habitat. 
The genus was founded, in the Flora of N wh America, nrg a givens 
80 imperfect that it was omitted in the original account of Dr. James’s 
collection. It is now well — having been cillected - Fendler, &¢. 3 
and, as it proves, the discoverer (now recen ntly deceased) is commemo- | 
tated by a most distinct wo interesting ome pe ne 
. & Gray. 
aaatisie Baws is described, the flowers considerably smaller than those 
inu 
“17. Trifolinm nanum, Torr. “On the crest of high alpine ridges, i a 
dense This and the preceding mein interesting eww 
178. Involucrarium st 
sum, 2 Poli Berry ir i ilicari basi foliato; stipulis ovatis 
Scariosis ; foliolis oblongis argute P jentatis; . involucro scarioso 5—7-par- 
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