1917] Fernald,— New Saxifragas 141 
a. Sepals 5-10 mm. long: flowering stem 0.5-3 dm. high, 1-3-flowered. b. 
b, —— St alla within, yellowish, greenish or dull purplish outside, 
var. hudsoniana. 
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for on sanguinea. 
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Sepals s very numerous (14-16).........4..0..00005 forma polysepala. 
®, ag ge th 1.1-1.7 ¢ oy Rk: tas 5 in number: flowering a (1.5-) 3 my 
. high, 1-5- 
@,; Sepals bright-r = ea eRUN USS TEOE Fie WE RES eee ees var. Richardsiana. 
©: Bepais: Milk-whites'. i6 0665s BU ay 2 be ee ok te’ forma leucantha. 
Var. HUDSONIANA DC. Syst. i. 209 (1817?). A. Hudsoniana Rich- 
ardson in Franklin’s Journ. 741 (1823).— Dryish slaty or calcareous 
ridges and gravel, local, eastern Newfoundland and Anticosti Island to 
des Chaleurs, Quebec, Restigouche River, Brunswick, St. John 
River and tributaries, New Brunswick and Maine, and Winooski 
iver, Verm 
ont. 
Var. beaten y forma sanguinea (Pursh),n.comb. A. Hudson- 
tana 8. Sanguinea Richardson in Franklin’s Journ. 741 (1823) based 
upon A. sanguinea Pursh ined. in herb. Lamb.— Of similar range, 
often gent common. 
Var. HUDSONIANA, forma polysepala, n. f., sepalis 14-16 — QuEBEc: 
banks of the Grand River, Gaspé County, June 20-July 10, 1903, 
George H. Richards (typ in Gray Herb.). 
Var. Richardsiana, n. var., sepalis 1.1-1.7 cm. longis rubris saepis- 
sime 5; caulibus floriferis 3-7 dm. altis 1-5-floris.— QUEBEC: gravelly 
banks of the Grand River Gaspé County, June 20-July 10, 1903, 
George H. Richards (TYPE ‘in Gray Herb.), June 30—July 3, 1904, 
M. L. Fernald; banks of Restigouche River, Matapedia, June 28, 
1904, M. L. Fernald. 
ar. RICHARDSIANA, forma leucantha, n. f., sepalis lacteis.— 
QuEBEC: with the typical form, banks of the Grand River, Gaspé 
County, June 30—July 3, 1904, M. L. Fernald (type in Gray Herb.). 
IV. NEW SPECIES, VARIETIES AND FORMS OF SAXIFRAGA. 
Saxifraga gaspensis, n. sp. S. nivalem simulans, differt foliis 
basilaribus angustioribus cuneato-obovatis basi angustatis subpetiola- 
tis, apice acutis acute dentatis, 1.5-3 cm. longis 5-9 mm. latis; scapo 
gracile 1-7 em. alto minute glanduloso-piloso; inflorescentia spicato- 
racemosa maturitate 1-2.7 cm. longa 3-5-flora; bracteis inferioribus 
oblongis_ vel a, acutis beh mm. longis flores superantibus; 
tu reflexis 1.8-2 mm. af ih aie albis lanceolatis vel anguste 
ellipticis acutis vel subacutis 1.5-2 mm. longis 0.5-0.8 mm. latis; 
amentis filiformibus subulatis purpurascentibus. 1-1. 2 mm. longis; 
