36. BAXIEEA&ACEiE. 145 



slightly downy, in flower upright, in fruit pendulous. E. B. 

 705.— iJ. spicatum (Robs.) ; racemes erect with fl. and fr., " fl. 

 nearly subsessile," was perhaps a sport from this. E. B. 1290. 

 —Woods. ;3. North of E., S. Sh. IV. V. Red Currant. E. S. 



Order XXSVI. SAXIEEAGACEiE. 



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

 Stam. 5 — 10, free, perigynous or hypogynous. Glandular disk 

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

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

 many. Albumen fleshy. — Stip. 0. 



1 . Saxifraga. Cal. 6-fld or 5-parted, more or less adnata 

 to the ovary or free. Gor. of 5 petals. Stam. 10, rarely 5. 

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

 by a pore between the beaks. 



2. Chbysosplbnium. Oal. 4-fid, half superior. Cor. 0. 

 Stam. 8, rarely 10. Styles 2. Caps. l-ceUed, with 2 beaks, 

 opening into the form of a cup. 



3. Paenassia. Oal. 6-cleft, inferior. Pet. 5. Stam. 5, 

 perigynous, with 5 scales bearing glandular bristles inter- 

 posed. Stigm. 4, sessile. Caps. 1-celled, with 4 valves. 



1. SAxiP'EAeA Linn. Saxifrage. 



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



* Cd. refkxed inferior, fl. panicled,flowering stems leafless. 



t Eilaments enlarged upwards. Robebtsonia Haw. 



1. 8. umbrdsa (L.) ; I. obovate with cartilaginous crenatures 

 or sharp notches tapering at the base into dilated footstalks mth 



flat edges, panicle racemose. — a ; 1. crenate or dentate spreading. 

 JE. B. 663. — ^. S. punctata (Haw.) ; 1. nearly round acutely ser- 

 rate erect. R. 1. 1. 622, 623.^. S. serratifolia (Mack.) ; 1. 

 oblong acutely serrate erect. E. B. 8. 2891 . — West of Ireland. 

 Yorkshire (var. o), a doubtful native. P. VI. London Pride. 

 St. Patrick's Cabbage. [E.] I. 



2. 8. eUegans (Mack.) ; I. round smooth shining acutely ser- 

 rate, footstalks broad convex beneath with flat edges, panicle race- 

 mose. — E. B. 8. 2892. — L. not tapering into the footstalks. — 



