36. SAXIFRAGACE^. 129 



(Sm. BoiWulf.); racemes slightly downy, in flower upright, in 

 fruit pendulous. E. B. 705. — y. R. spicatum (Robs.); racemes 

 erect both in flower and fruit, " fl. nearly sessile." E. B. 1290. 

 —Woods. /3. North of E., S. y. Richmond, Yorkshire. Sh. 

 IV. V. Red Currant. 



Order XXXVI. SAXIFRAGACE^. 



Cal. 4 — 5-cleft, superior or inferior. Pet. 4 — 5, rarely 0. 

 Stam. 6 — 10, free, perigynous or hypogynous. Glandular disk 

 present or wanting. Ovary of 2 carpels cohering by the inflexed 

 sides or margius. Styles 2, persistent, usually diverging. Seeds 

 many. Albumen fleshy. 



1 . Saxifbaga. Cal. 6-fld or 5-parted, more or less adnate 

 to the ovary or free. Cor. of 6 petals. Stam. 10, rarely 6. 

 Styles 2, persistent. Caps. 2-celled, with 2 beaks, opening 

 by a pore between the beaks. 



2. Chrysosplenium. Cal. 4-fid, half superior. Cor. 0. 

 Stam. 8, rarely 10. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, with 2 beaks, 

 opening into the form of a cup. 



1 . Saxifraga Linn. Saxifrage. 



Sec. 1. With decumbent barren shoots at the base. 



* Cal. reflexed inferior, fl. panicled, flowering stems leafless. 



t Filaments enlarged upwards. Robertsonia Haw. 



1. S. umbrosa (L.) ; I. obovate with cartilaginous crenatures 

 or sharp notches tapering at the base into dilated flat footstalks, 

 panicle racemose. — L. crenate or dentate, spreading. — E. B. 663. 

 — ^. .S'. punctata (Haw.); 1. nearly round acutely serrate erect. 

 R. I. t. 622, 623. — y. S. serratifolia (Mack.); 1. oblong acutely 

 serrate erect. E. B. S. 2891.— West of Ireland (all the forms). 

 Yorkshire,a doubtful native. P. VI. London Pride. St. Patrick's 

 Cabbage. E. I. 



2. S. elegans (Mack.); I. round smooth shining acutely serrate, 

 footstalks broad flat convex beneath, panicle racemose. — E. B. S. 

 2892. — L. not tapering into the footstalks. — Very rare. Top of 

 Turk Mountain, Killarney. Connor Hill, Kerry. P. VI. I. 



3. S. Ursula (L.) ; /. oval sharply serrate, footstalks linear 

 semicylindrical channeled hairy, panicles racemose. — E. B. 2322. 

 —Footstalks slightly tapering upwards. L. longer than broad. 

 — -Very rare. Gap of Dunloe and Connor Hill, Kerry. Hungry 

 Hill, Co. Cork. P. VI. I. 



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