.Saxifraga.] SAXIFEAGEiE. 125 



2. S. nivalis Linn. — Alpine Clustered Saxifrage. 



Districts — — — — — — — — IX. — — — 



Lat. 54J°. Sligo only. Type, Highland. 



Mountain cliffs ; very rare. Fl, July. 



IX. Found on Ben Bulben, county of SUgo by Jolin Wynne, 

 Esq., of Hazel "Wood : Mackay i8^g. About tbirty plants at one 

 place near Annacoona : B. SfV, 7^(?5^-probably the same locality 

 as tbe preceding. 



Occurs at 1950 ft. on Annacoona, Sligo (5. ^V.). 



First found by John Wynne in 1837. 



3. S. stellaris Linn. — Stm-ry Saxifrage. 



Districts I. II. — IV. V. YIII. — X. XI. XII. 



Lat. 5H°-55°. South to North. Type, Highland. 



Wet rocks and marshy places by mountain rills; frequent. 

 i'Z. June- August. CalcifugeA. 



From 500 to 2200 ft. in Donegal; to 2450 ft. in Mayo {Ha/rt) ; 

 from 750 ft. in Dublin to 3000 ft. in WicMow (iV. C.) ; from 

 700 ft. (iV. C.) to 3400 ft. in Eerry {Ha/rt). 



First found by Lhwyd in 1699 in Kerry : Phil. Trans, vol. s'j, 

 p. 524. 



One of the most widely distributed highland plants of Ireland, 

 but apparently quite absent from the Umestone mountains of Clare, 

 Sligo, and Leitrim, and from the basalt of Derry and Antrim. 

 ■Locally abundant in the Moume Mountains and in the mountains of 

 Wicklo-w, Kerry, and Donegal. 



4. S. Qeiim Linn. — Kidney-lemed Saxifrage. 



Districts I. II. — — — — — — — — — — 



Lat. 51i^°-52J-°. Kerry and Cork only. Type, Hibernian. 



Kocky and damp shady places in mountain districts; locally 

 abundant. Fl. May-July. 



I. "On themoimtains of Keri in abundance" in 1699 {LhwyS): 

 Phil. Trans, vol. 2'j, p. ^24. Sparingly on Connor Hill near 

 Dingle and on Turk mountain near the waterfall, 1804 ; on several 

 mountains in Kerry and on Priest's Leap, Co. Cork, 1805 : Mack. 

 Mm. Abundant on Brandon mountain and about Killamey, &o. 

 {Moore) : Cyh, Baurtregaum, SHeve Mish mountains : Hart 



