142 36. SAXIPRAG.VCE.E. 



oblong mucrouate ciliate entire flat above convex beneath, sep. 

 blunt.— J?. B. 39. -Si. 35. 9.— Fl. in a leafy panicle, with glu- 

 tinous downy stalks. Pet. bright yellow often spotted with 

 scarlet. St. 3 — 6 in. long. L. rigidly ciliate or with several 

 strong teeth. — ^^'et places on mountains. P. VII. — IX. E. S. I. 



**** Cal. erect or spreading superior or half inferior, st. more 

 or less leafy, I. lobed, cilia all Jointed. — See Baker in /. 

 o/A viii. 280,355. 



8. S. ctsspitdsa (L.) ; root-l. crowded 3 — 5-cleft blunt veined 

 fringed, fl. 1 — 5, pet. rounded 3-veined, cal. half inferior, sep. 

 blunt. — Barren st. very short. Fl. white. Germen broad and 

 rounded below. Common base of the 1. not furrowed. Anth. 

 long, cordate with an open notch. Horns of caps, spreading. — 

 0. S. incurvifolia (D. Don) ; stem-1. more numerous with in- 

 curved lobes. JE. B. S. 2909. — Caernarvonshire. Aberdeen- 

 shire. Kerry. P. V. VI. E. S. 



9. S. Sternbergii (WiUd.) ; I. crowded 3 — 4-cleft, lohes lanceo- 

 late pointed fringed, fl. few (usually 3) loosely panicled, pet. 

 obovate 3-veined, cal. half inferior, sep. bluntish. — -S. hirta Sm. 

 E. B. 2291(not Haw.). — L. on the barren shoots as well as the 

 radical 1. 3-oIeft, the lateral lobes often divided halfway down, 

 lobes diverging. Barren shoots 3 — 6 or 8 in. long, weak. Fl.- 

 st. hairy glandular, bearing 2 or 3 deeply 3-lobed I. and a few 

 simple linear bracts : lateral fr.-ped. much overtopping the inter- 

 mediate one. Fl white. Anth. large, round, with a deep parallel- 

 sided notch. Horns of caps, slightly spreading. — 8. decipiens 

 (Sm.) is hardly distinguishable, it is found at Llyn y Cwn, K. 

 Wales. — On the summit of Brandon Mountain, Ken-y ; and 

 Galty More, Tipperary. AVest of Scotland. Mr. G. I)on. P 

 VII. E. S. I. 



10. S. sponhemica (Gm.) ; 1. of the barren shoots 3 — 5-lobed 

 with a very broad base fringed, lobes linear acute, fl. few (2-^4), 

 pet. oblong 3-veined, cal. half inferior deeply divided into tri- 

 angular subulate sepals. — iS. a^nis Don. £. B. 8. 2903. S.pin- 

 natifida Haw. — The 6-cleft 1. few. St. I — 3 in. high, erect, 

 with a few linear simple leaves, glandular. Fl. white. Antli. 

 |- as large as in Sp. 8 ajid 9, cordate-ovate. Horns of caps, 

 spreading. — The original S. affinis has pet. with inflexed sides ; 

 S. platypetala (E. B. 2276) has them broad and flat. — Moun- 

 tains. P. VII. E. S. I. 



11. S.hijpuoi'des (L.) ; root-l. 3— 5-cleft those of the trailing 

 shoots undivided or 3-cleft, lobes all actite bristle-pointed and 

 fringed, calyx half inferior, sep. triangular-subulate or ovate acute. 



