SAXIFHAGA 



SCABIOSA 



]G21 



2ii. azoides, Liiiii. Tul'icil phmt, (1 in. or less tall, sl'i- 

 liriuis eKi"i']>t tor till' .s}i:ii"iiii^l\' .setose leal'-iiiar;:;ins : Ivs 

 liliear-laucaa.late. s,,nio\vliat ilosliy, sratt.or.l almm' tlic 

 stem : tis. solitary on axillary pedierls near 1 lie tep m1' stem. 

 yellow and luore or less spotted with eran^e, ihe petals 

 oblon.;^. Eu., Asia. N. Amer., in tlie U. S. tH.-riirriiiL;' ii 

 northern New Eni;laiid. nortlu-rti New ^<irk. nortlieri 

 Mieh.. Koeky Mts.. ete. 



27. bronchialis, Ijiun. Dwart and eesjdtose, the srap( 

 a tew inehes hli^li and nearly leatless Imt leafy at tie 

 l.)ase : Ivs. linyar to linear-laneeelate. noierunnhM e a 

 the apex, eiliare i>i- sjiinnluse en Ihe margin, stilh^lj 

 tis. solitary t.ir em-) ndiose, on lon^■ anil weak 

 pednneles. Yellowish white wdth orani:e-red 

 dills, tlie petals nlHivate-i.liloim-. Asia al 

 aretie N. \V. Ameiiea and Ki.eky ilts. (inly 

 var. cherlerioides, l'.nj;ler i ,s'. e/o ,7( r/el,;, ,s, 

 Don), has appeared in the Anier. tr^ 

 very dwarf, only 2 or ;; 

 pitiise, tew--llowereil. the Ivs. shert and 

 wdia.t Sliatnlate. Asia and Al;i 



2.S. Camposii, P.niss. iV- Ueut .{ S. W,i II, i,', 

 ei/e. Hurt. ). Tufted and lirielit i:reen.wit 

 reddisll ll.-steiles, hairy and seiiiewdiat i;tan- 

 dular: h's. spatnlare, with an .alnniitly loi- 

 lar^^-ini,^ end, l.l-.V Inhed. and .veiiiethnes a^zain 

 tOL'thed : tl. -stems hranehin;:-. :;— 1 in. ]i\l 

 erect: Hs. ^'4 in. arruss, white, somewhat 

 bell-shaped, the hroail ]ielals mneh exeee 

 the calvx. Spain. B.Jl.dritn. ( In. :-;.",. p. 

 A.F. 4:-Hi:;.-Ctnee intriid 



not endure the liot eiimate well. An atlrao- 

 tive species. 



'29. caespitosa, Linn. Exeeedin^lv variable 

 spi'i'ie^: dwarf and ia.-s]jiles the H 

 stems eri.-i't and nearly leaHess iml ^ 



somewdutt g:Iandular-piliise ( -* 4 ni 

 bi:<h): Ivs. nsually eiineate Itlt s ne 

 times nearly linear, 

 usuallv :;did and sium?- 

 tiue-s '.")-tiil, the liilies 

 liurar ami obtuse and 

 nearlv pa r alle 1 : fls. 

 few, wliite, 1-b) in a 

 raceme nr p an i c 1 e. 

 earnpauulate, the pi-r- 

 als spreadln^^. eblonL^ 

 and ol-itiise, ;j-nerved, 

 Eu. 



;;ii. aphyda, Stertdi, 

 IS. l,'pt,,i,l,i'ilhi.^'n<-\.). 

 Small, loosely cespi- 

 to.se species, producing 



many or several rosettes at the surface ef tin- ^i-eund. 

 and sending up short, alimjst leartess, 1-tld. or 2-fld. 

 glandular scapes: Ivs. thinnish, entire or :i-;.-l"bed : 

 fls. light yellow, the petals linear and acute and about 

 as long as the calyx-lobes. Eu. 



111. umbrosa, [dnn. London PutDE. St. Pathiok's 

 Uaebage. Erect -growing plant, the nearly leafless 

 branching fl. -stems reaching 0-12 in. high and spring- 

 ing from to dense rosette of ivs, li-12 in. acriiss: Ivs. 

 thick and mostly glabrous, oliovate, eremite - dentate, 

 the stalk-like inise ciliate: Hs. small, pink, with darker 

 spots, in a loose panicle, the petals ovate nr oblmm- and 

 spreading. En., in shady phe-es. — A ver\' neat and at- 

 tractive plant, frequent in Euroriean gardens, but rarely 

 seen here. There is a var. variegata, Hoit. 



32, Geum, Linn. {S. liirsuhi .lihai.). Idffers from .v. 

 umbro.'sa in being hairy, in having orbicular Ivs. that 

 are cordate or notched at the base and on long stalks. 

 Range of last, and said to occur in Newfoundland. 



.33. sarmentosa, Linn. (.S*. Japnuka, Hort. S. <:h',- 

 ninnis, Lour.). Stkawberey (Jeiianium, In England 

 known as Mothek op Thousands, a name also afiplied 

 to Linaria Cuiiih,: hir'ni . Old Max's Beard, Fig. 22(31. 

 True stem or caudex scarcely rising above the ground, 

 but the fl. -stems rising 1-2 ft. and much branched, 

 whole plant sparsely hairy : stolons many, long ami 

 rooting freely at the" .joints after the manner of a straw- 

 berry: Ivs. nearly orbicular, slndlowdy erenate - lobed, 

 the iobes apiculate, all radical and long-.stalked : fls. 



SAXIFRAGE, Se 



many, wdiite, the 2 lower banging petals lanceolate 

 ]ioiuted or hiuce-ovate, the '■'< upper ones small and in- 

 (■ous])icuons and ];iiid^ish and spotted, Japan and China. 

 D.^M. '.12. (-i.e. lU. 7:2:;7 (shewing irritabilit \' of iihint 



to light), (in. :i(i, p. bii:;; ::2, ]i. :(7. K.H. ]87(i, |i. 427.- 



An old-time greenhi.uise plant, and also ome of the com- 

 monest window-garden subjects. (if easiest culture. 

 Var. tricolor, Sieb. ( X. h'n-nlor siiptrhn, Hort.), has Ivs. 

 handsomele marked ^vith cream}' white and red varie- 

 i;-afious. F.S. 21 :2227-S las ,S'. >'e/-/(n/r; /-eo-e/er). .V. 

 F.irhiiifi. Hi.ek. (hb.AI. ,-,;;77), is a eli.si ly allied species, 

 hut is less (if any I sarmentose, the h-s. ,are nmre 

 sharply tonthed, the fls. arc white ;md the 

 lower petals are dentate. L H B 



.Sa 



■iija. 





2'2d1. Saxilraga saimentosa (/ 3;i)- 



SCAEIOSA (Ltdin, ltd, : rcferringto medi- 

 cinal use). JJi/>^'ii-')rru . SeABli.)VS. j\Ioi'I;N- 

 INO Bl-clDE. Abuiit ,")2 siiecies (from En., 

 .Vsia and Af r. ) ef annual or peretmial herbs, 

 often somewdiat w-ii..dv at the base, with eu- 

 beil, or disserted Ivs. and Idur. rnse. 

 yellow or white (Is. ii-i mostly leug-ped iin- 

 ('deil gloliular or ev.ild-eonic Tieads. Brarls 

 cif the ili\ iilueri' ill 1 or 2 rews. foliaceme- . 



mostly free: s-ales e£ the rereplarle small, 



narrow or iiiuie : corolla 4-rei-lef;: stamens 

 4, rarely 2. all lierfect. For a related plant, 

 see CcpJi'tla.rlc . 



In any nmilerately good garden soil a 

 sueeession of fli.evers is produced from .lime 

 until frost. The flowers are very servicd'- 

 abie for rutting purposes. Pro}iagated by 

 di^dsion, j\lany id' tie- piereii- 

 m tl s| i.'ies act liki^ biennials in cnlli- 

 T iti m and often flower the hist year 

 from seed. .S. ((//■eyoie- 

 piif< 'I is a ciiinmon gar- 

 den annual. 



INDEX. 



- iirvcusis, 2. 



atroprirpiirea, 4. 



hrai-liiata, 0. 



calHliilissiina., 4. 



Caueasica, 7. 

 eeeciiiea, t. ochrrileuca, 1. 



(Jebiiiiharia, S. pcit'ecta, 7, 

 ci.uiu.,;if-ta, 4. iminila., 4, 



graminifolia., 8. sOObila., 'i. 

 nuijor, 4. vaiia. 2. 



nana, 4. "W^ebbiaua,, 1. 



a. Iiirllcal leaves (Jeiilate „r lobeel. 



n. FU. pellotr 1. ochroleuca 



BD. /.V.i. rfi/r/,' purple, hliie <,r irhile. 

 ,:. CuhlS-liliih xr^sile ,,,■ ueieyh/ .■<„. 



D. Xr.v. ^,_sslie 2. arvensis 



DD. Lrx. peli'iled :h Columbaria 



CO. Cdliir-liliih pe.licelhlle. 



D. Phnit - /■/. hlpli 4. atropurpurea 



DD. Phnii c-is ill. hliih .j. stellata 



AA. UneVieal lr<. eiilire. 



B. Lvs. oriile-iilil'iHp C. brachiata 



Bl). //C.K. Iiniee-lhleiiy in liiieiiy. 



('. He'"l>i :'■' '""■ "c/ies.s 7. Caucasica 



01'. Remix sill II Her *^. graminifolia 



1. ochroleuca, Linn. A hardy perennial herb about 18 

 in. high: stem bramdiing :iiid somewhat hairy: Ivs. 

 whitish pubescent, the radical eremite or lyrately piu- 

 natifid, tapering to a petiole, pubescent on both sides; 

 those of the stem 1-2-piunately divided or cleft into ob- 

 lon.g or linear lobes: peduncles long, slender: Ivs. of 

 the involucre shorter than the fls. June to autumn. 

 Eu. and Asia. Var. Webbiana (S. Webhic'ma, D. Don"). 

 Height (J-10 in.: lower Ivs, canescent-yillous, the upper 

 glabrous. Resembles the type but is smaller in all its 

 parts. B.E. 9:717. 



2. aryensis, Linn. {S. lalri'i/, Gilib,). A hardy per- 

 enni:il '2-4 ft, high: stem hispid: Ivs, villous-hirsute, 

 the radical unequally pinnately parted, the lobes lanoeo- 



