144 36. sAxiFEAelcEa;. 



Sec. 2. Without barren sHoots at the base. 



* Stem leafy., 



': 13. S. triddctylitiS (X'-)'' **•' ^anicled erect leafy, 1. wedge-^ 

 shaped 3 — 5-fid with a flat petiole, lowermost 1. often Simple 

 and spathulate, pedunales 1-flowered much longer than the 

 fruit unth 2 bracts at the base, 'cal. superior. — St. 33. 15.— 

 Whole plant viscid, 2^—4 in. high: Fl. scattered, many, small, 

 white.— Walls and dry banks. A. IV.— Vll. E. S. I. 



14. S. gramdata (L. ; st. erect slightly leafy, radical I. reni- 

 form crmately lohed with channelled petioles, stem-1. nearly 

 sessile 3 — 5-fid,. fl. in, a cymose panicle^ cal. half inferior, pet. 

 obovate-oblong 2 or 3 times as long as the sepals, roots bearing 

 many small roimd dowily bulbs. — St. 6 — 12 in. high. H. large, 

 white.— Gravelly banks. P. V. E. S. I. 



15. S. cei'nua (L.) ; si. erect simple \-jlowered leafy, radical 1. 

 reniform palmately lobed stalked, upper 1.- nearly sessile sub- 

 trifld; uppermost entire, axih bearing mdbs, cal. quite inferior. — 

 Rarely flowering | fl. replaced by reddish bulbs. St. 3 — 6 in. 

 high. — Bocks on the top of Ben Lawers, very rare. P. VI. — 

 Vlll. S. 



16. S. rimildris (L.) ; st. ascending Branched few-flowered 

 leafy, radical 1. stibrenifohn stalked with 3^-5 rounded lobes,, 

 uppermost!, lanceolate entires, cal. half inferior. — St. 1 — 2 in.' 

 Ibiig. ' Fl. few. Stalked, white.^Wet places on the highest 

 summits of mountains. P. Vlll. S. 



** Stem leafless. 



17. S. nivalis (L.) ; St. erect leafless, I. all radical roundish- 

 ohovate dentate-serrate naiTowed into a footstalk, Jl. capitate, 

 cal half inferior, pet. longer than the calyx. — St. 35. 4. — St. 

 3 — 6 in. high, usually simple, sometimes with 1 branch. Fl. in 

 a_ dense cluster, white.^ — ^Alpine rocks. P. VII. E. S. I. 



Sec. 3. Stems procumbent with opposite 1. and terminal flowers. 



\S. S.. oppositifdlia (L.) ; st. procumbent, I. opposite oblong 

 blunt fringed/ sep. ciliate without glands, pet. ovate. — Very dif- 

 ferent from our other species. Fl. large, purple. — Damp alpine 

 rocks. P. IV. V. JE. S. I. 



2. Chbtsospmi'nium Linn. Golden Saxifrage. 



1. C. alternifdlium (L.) ; I. alternate, lower 1. subreniform 

 hairy crenate upon long stalks.; — St. 12. — Crenatures of the 

 lower 1. emarginate, upper 1. glabrous with the crenatures often 



