132 36. SAxiFRAGACi;^. 



acute lobes, lateral lobes deepl)' bifid, calyae almost superior, Sep. 

 linear-lanceolate as long as the capsule shorter than the germen. 

 ■ — E. B. 2278. — Fl. in a cymose panicle, many, white. St. a 

 foot high, solitary. "Petioles many-nerved. L. oval." Peduncles, 

 germens and cal. downy and viscid. Caps, not tubercular. 

 Hooker and Arnott refer "this to S. geranioides (L.) : not having 

 seen Smith's plant, which is said to be also found on the Ceven- 

 nes, I retain his name.— Clova Mountains. G. Don. Isle of 

 Achill, I. Mr. Wynne. P. V. S. I. 



Sec. 2. Without barren shoots at the base. 



* Stem leafy. 



15. S. tridactylites (L.); st. panicled erect leafy, 1. wedge- 

 shaped 3 — 5-fid with a flat petiole, lowermost often simple and 

 spathulate, peduncles 1-flowered much longer than the iiuitwith 

 2 bracts at the base, cal. superior. — E. B. 501. St. 33. 15. — 

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

 white. — Walls and dry banks. A. IV. — VII. 



16. S. granulata (L.); st. erect slightly leafy, radical I. reni- 

 form crenately lobed with channeled petioles, stem-1. nearly sessile 

 3 — 5-fid, fl. in a cymose panicle, cat. half inferior, pet. obovate- 

 oblong 2 or 3 times as long as the sepals, roots granulated. — 

 E. B. 600. — Root bearing many small round downy bulbs. St. 

 6 — 12 in. high. Fl. large, white. — Gravelly banks. P. V. 



17. S. cernua (L.) ; st. erect simple \-flowered leafy, radical 1. 

 reniform palmately lobed stalked, upper 1. nearly sessile subtrifid, 

 uppermost entire, axils bearing bulbs, cal. quite inferior.— E. B. 

 664. — Rarely flowering ; fl. replaced by reddish bulbs. St. 3 — 6 

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

 VIII. S. 



18. S.ri'Bularis{'L.); si!, ascending SraBcAed few-flowered leafy, 

 radical 1. subreniform stalked with 3 — 5 rounded lobes, upper- 

 most 1. lanceolate entire, cal. half inferior.— £. B. 2275. — St. 

 1 — 2 in. long. Fl. few, stalked, white. — Wet places on the 

 highest summits of mountains. P. VIII. S. 



** Stem leafless. 



19. S. nivalis (L.); st. erect leafless, /. all radical roundish- 

 obovate dentate-serrate narrowed into a footstalk, fl. capitate, 

 cal. half inferior, pet. longer than the calyx. — E.B. 440. St. 35. 4. 

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

 Fl. in a dense cluster, white. — Alpine rocks. P. VII. 



[S. Andrewsii (Harv.) ; 1. linear-spathulate dentate-serrate 

 with a membranous margin tapering below into a dilated plane- 



