ISO SUB-ALPINE PLANTS 



entire or more frequently 2-3 fid at the apex. The older leaves are 

 reddish brown. Petals yellowish white, small, more or less oboval, 

 once or twice as long as the sepals, which are oblong-lanceolate 

 and sub-obtuse. 



Damp rocks and Alpine pastures ; 5000-10,800 feet. June to 

 August. 



Distribution. — Eastern, Central, and Western Alps ; Pyrenees, 

 Caucasus, Arctic regions. 



This species is found as far south as the mountains of the Var, 

 the highest ridge, called La Chens, being 1713 metres. There also 

 appear S. Aizoon, S. Ungulata, S. hypnoides, and 5. cuneifolia. 



Saxifraga obscura G. et G., S. nervosa Lapeyr, S. iratiana Schultz, 

 S. pentadactylis Lapeyr., and the handsome S. geranioides L. are 

 Pyrenean species belonging to this section. 



Saxifraga geranioides L. 



A hairy-glandular, robust plant, 6-12 inches high. Flowers large, 

 white, tubular, with very ^narrow petals. Sepals lanceolate-acute. 

 Rosette-leaves on a winged petiole with i nerve, sub-orbicular in 

 outline, with 3-5 almost oval divisions which are entire or toothed. 



Distribution. — Rocky places in the Pyrenees and Corbi^res. 

 Saxifraga pedemontana AH. 



A viscous, glandular plant, about 6 inches high, with 3-9 large, 

 white, tubular flowers. Stem branched, and forming a loose corymb. 

 Leaves cuneate or fan-shaped, 3-5 cleft, with each lobe 3-cleft 

 again ; upper leaves simple. Petals 3-nerved, linear-lanceolate, at 

 least twice as long as the very acute sepals, and suddenly con- 

 tracted into a claw. 



Granitic rocks in shady and rather moist places, from 5000-7800 

 feet ; very rare. July. 



Distribution. — Piedmont and Liguria ; Maritime Alps, Transyl- 

 vania, and rarely in Switzerland in the Binn and Monte Rosa 

 districts. In habit and size of flowers, but not in the leaves, this 

 resembles the Pyrenean S. geranioides. 



Saxifraga kypnoides L. 



Leaves of shoots entire and 3-cleft, narrow, linear, and pointed, 

 those of rosettes 3-5 cleft, glabrous or more or less ciliate. Stems 

 3-6 inches long, with very few linear leaves, and from 1-6 rather 

 large white flowers. Calyx-segments pointed and not one-third as 

 long as the petals. 



Rather moist, rocky places in the limestone mountains of Western 

 Europe, descending sometimes to low, hilly districts. Abundant 

 in Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and Northern England, but very local 

 in the south, as e.g. at Cheddar Cliffs. May to July. 



