SAXIFEAGA 



BOCKFOIL OBDEB 



SAXIFEAGA 42$ 



channelled, warty, crenate, glaucous, 

 fringed at the base, recurved at the apex. 

 Flowers from May to July, white, dotted 

 with rose ; petals oval, conspicuously 

 3-nerved. The variety cochlearis has 

 spoon-shaped, leathery leaves ^1 in. long 

 in tufted rosettes, and white flowers on 

 purple-brown, glandular downy stalks. 

 Culture dc. as above for S. Aizoon. 



S. longifolia. — A handsonae Pyrenean 

 species with linear-oblong, greyish-green 

 leaves 6 in. long, thick, in dense rosettes, 

 sometimes 1 ft. across, with cartilaginous, 

 serrulate edges. Flowers in July, white, 

 slightly dotted with red, in a close 

 pyramidal cluster 1-2 ft. high. 



Culture Jtc. as above for S. Aimoon. 

 This species may be planted between 

 stones and does best in a position facing 

 west or south-west. 



S. luteo-viridis. — A densely tufted 

 species 4-5 in. high, native of the Trausyl- 

 vanian mountains. Lower leaves more 

 or less spoon-shaped, ciliate at the base. 

 Flowers from June to August, yellowish- 

 green, in cymose panicles. 



Culture Sc. as for 8. burseriana. 



S. macnabiana.^A beautiful tufted 

 perennial 4-5 inches high, with lance- 

 shaped serrate leaves having a somewhat 

 powdery surface. The flowers are pro- 

 duced freely in May and June on some- 

 what hairy stalks, and are about three- 

 eighths of an inch across, being rendered 

 particularly attractive by means of the 

 numerous rose or crimson speckles on the 

 lower portion of the pure white roundish 

 petals. 



8. macnahiana was raised in the 

 Botanic G-ardens, Edinburgh, in 1875, and 

 is believed to be a hybrid between the 

 pyramidalis variety of 8. Cotyledon and 

 either 8. Ivngulata or 8. Hosti. 



Culture dc. as above for >S. Cotyledon. 



S. macropetala. — A remarkable Tyro- 

 lese species more or less resembling both 

 8. biflora and 8. oppositifolia. The 

 lower leaves are roundish wedge-shaped, 

 the upper ones being somewhat ciliated 

 and pitted. The deep lilac flowers, with 

 broad elliptic petals, appear in April, and 

 are rendered distinct by the pretty red 

 anthers. 



Culture (ic. as for 8. oppositifolia. 



S. marginata. — A native of S. Europe 

 with purplish stems 2-4 in. high. Leaves 

 in dense rosettes, small, oblong, dotted on 



the margins with incrustations of lime. 

 Flowers in July, white, ^ in. across, in 

 small rather compact cymes. 



Culture do. as above for 8. burseri- 

 ana. This is one of the prettiest of the 

 ' encrusted ' Saxifrages. 



S. maweana. — A beautiful tufted 

 rock plant, native of Tetuan. Leaves 1-2|- 

 in. long, lower ones in loose rosettes,, 

 roundish kidney-shaped, 3-oleft to the 

 middle, or with the side-lobes cleft ; upper 

 ones wedge-shaped, 3-cleft. Flowers in 

 May and June, white, f in. across, on 

 erect stalks 4-6 in. long. 



Culture Sc. as above for 8. ajugcefoUa.. 

 Eequires a damp shaded place in the 

 rockery. 



S. media. — A native of the Pyrenees^ 

 6-9 in. high, forming dense compact 

 rosettes on the ground. Lower leaves 

 imbricated, spathulate, strap-shaped, sharp 

 or blunt ; upper ones spoon-shaped, smooth 

 except at the apex. Flowers in summer^ 

 pink, crimson, or purple, changing to- 

 deep blue when old. The variety Frede- 

 rici Augusti has small rosettes of narrow 

 lance-shaped bright green leaves and 

 numerous yellow flowers on short leafy 

 stalks. 



Culture dc. as above for 8. burseriana. 



S. mertensiana A somewhat downy 



N. American species with roundish heart- 

 shaped hairy leaves, cut into 3-4 blunt or 

 acute lobes. Flowers in early summer^ 

 white, borne on slender erect scapes in 

 loose panicles. 



Culture- dc. as above for 8. Clusi. 



S. mixta. — A densely tufted hairy Saxi- 

 frage, native of the Pyrenees. The more 

 or less obovate wedge-shaped leaves are 

 cut into 3 blunt linear lobes, and are for 

 the most part bright green. The milky- 

 white flowers appear in July and August,, 

 and the roundish-obovate petals are some- 

 times veined with purple. The variety 

 iratiana differs in having broadly obovate 

 wedge-shaped leaves cut into 5-9 short 

 and blunt linear lobes, while the white 

 roundish petals have purplish veins. 



Culture dc. as above for 8. ajugcB- 

 folia. 



S. muscoides. — A pretty Pyrenean 

 species 2-3 in. high, forming a dense 

 green carpet of smooth entire or 3-5 -cleft 

 leaves. Flowers in May and June, 

 pale yellowish or purple, 1-10 on a stalk. 

 The variety atropurpurea produces a mass 



