140 36. SAXIEKAGACE^. 



4. It. nibntm (L.) ; racemes mostly glabrous and pendulous, 

 bracts shorter than the pedicels ovate, cal. nearly tlat glabrous, 

 1. bluntly 5-lobed. — E. B. 1289. — a. satwum (&.) ; 1. glabrous, 

 raceme glabrous. — /S. R. petrcsurn (Sm. not Wulf.) ; racemes 

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

 705. — y. a. spicatiim (Robs.); racemes erect both in flower and 

 fruit, " fl. nearly sessile," was perhaps a sport from this. E. B. 

 1290. —Woods. /3. North of E., S. Sh. IV. V. Bed Currant. 



E. S. 



Order XXXVI. SAXIEEAGACE^. 



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

 Stam. 5 — -10, free, pengjTious 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. Oal. 5-fid or 5-parted, more or less adnate 

 to the ovary or free. Cor. of 6 petals. Stam. 10, rarely 5. 

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

 by a pore between the beaks. 



2. Ohrysosplenium. Cal. 4-fld, half superior. Cor. 0. 

 Stam. 8, rarely 10. Styles 2. Caps. 1-celled, with 2 beaks, 

 opening into the form of a cup. 



.3. Pabnassia. Cal. 5-cleft, inferior. Pet. 5. Stam. 5. 

 perigynous, with 6 scales bearing glandular bristles inter- 

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



1. Saxif'eaga Linn. Saxifrage. 



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



* Cal. refiexed inferior, jl. panicled, flowering stems leafless. 



t Filaments enlarged upwards. Robebtsonia Haw. 



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

 or sharp notches tapering at the base into dilated footstalks with 

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

 E. B. 063. — ^. 8. punctata (Haw.) ; 1. nearly round acutely ser- 

 rate erect. R. I. t. 622, 623.— y. .S'. serrafifolia (Mack.); 1. 

 oblong acutely serrate erect. E. B. 8. 2891. — West of L-eland. 

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

 St. Patrick's Cabbage. [E.] T. 



