Saxifraga granulata. White Saxifrage. 



SAXIFRAGA Linnai Gen. PL Decandria Digynia. 



Calyx quinquepartitus. Corolla pentapetala. Capfula biroftris, unilocularis, 

 polyfperma. 



Rail Syn. Herb^: pentapetala vasculifera. 



SAXIFRAGA granulata foliis caulinis reniformibus lobatis, caule ramcfo, radice granulata. Linn. Syfi. 



Vegetal \ p. 344. Fl. Suecic, n. 3J2, 

 SAXIFRAGA foliis radicalibus reniformibus, obtufe dentatis ? caulinis palmatis. Haller. hijl. helv. n. 976. 

 SAXIFRAGA rotundifolia alba. Bauhin Pin. 309. 

 SAXIFRAGA alba. Gerard emac. 841. 

 SAXIFRAGA alba vulgaris. Parkinfon 424. Rail Syn. 354. Hud/on FL Angl. p. 159. Oeder. Flor, 



Dan. 514. 



RADIX. Fibris hujus radicis glomeratim adnafcuntur ? RQQT. 



plurimi bulbilli, extus rubefcentes aut flavef- f 



centes, intus alhidi, faporis primum adftringen- $ 



tis, poftea amari et ingrati, | 



CAULIS plerumque fimplex, pedalis, fubramofus, teres, t STALK 



hirfutus, prefertim ad bafin, parum foliofus. 1 



To the fibres of the root of this plant, adhere 

 in clufters a number of fmall bulbs, externally 

 red or yellowiih, internally white, of a tafte at 

 firft aftringent, afterwards bitter and difagreeable. 



generally fimple, about a foot high, a little 

 branched, round, hirfute particularly at bottom, 

 furnifhed with but few leaves. 



FOLIA radical/a petiolis longis, hirfutis, ban" latis inii- 

 dentia, reniformia, hirfutula, Jobata, lobis ob- 

 tufis ; caulina ficut adfcendunt petiolis breyiori- 

 bus gaudent donee tandem feffilia fiunt, lobi 

 foliorum acutiora evadunt, apicibus rufefcenti- 

 bus. 



CALYX "• Perianthium quinquepartitum, hirfutulum, 

 fubvifcidum, laciniis ovato-acutis apice rufis, 



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COROLLA: Petala quinque alba, patentia, apice 

 rotundata, bafi anguftiora et venisflavelcentibus 

 notata, fig. 2. 



STAMINA ; Filamenta decern fubulata ; Anthers 

 ovatas, compreflae, infidentes, rlavge, biloculares, 

 quorum quinque Pollen primum emittunt, hinc 

 longiores, fig. 3, 4. 



PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum, inferum, glandu- 

 la faturate viridi cinclum, fig. 7; Styli duo 

 Staminibus breviores, incurvati, fig. 5 ; Stigma 

 concavum, fig. 5, demum expandens, fig. 6. 



LEAVES which grows next the root placed on long hairy 

 foot-ftalks with a broad bafe, kidney-ihaped, 

 flightly hairy, divided into obtufe lobes, thofe 

 of the Jlalk, as they afcend, are furnifhed with 

 fhorter foot-ftalks, 'till they gradually become 

 feffile, the lobes more acute, and the tips of 

 a reddifh colour. 



CALYX : a Perianthium divided into five fegments, 

 hirfute and fomewhat vifcid, the laciniae of an 

 oval pointed fhape, and red at the tips, fig. 1 . 



COROLLA : five Petals, white, fpreading, round at top, 

 at bottom narrower, and ftriped with yellowiih 

 veins, fig. 2. 



PERICx^RPIUM : Capsula fubovata, biroftris, bilo.cu- 

 laris, pallide fufca, fig. 8. 



SEMINA numerofa, rninutimma, nigra, fig. 9. 



% STAMINA : ten Filaments tapering ; Anthers oval, 



I flat, fitting on the Filaments, yellow, bilocu- 



I lar, five of them fhed the Pollen firft, hence 



? they become longer than the others, fig. 3, 4. 



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f PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh, placed below the 



t Calyx, furrounded by a gland of a deep green 



X colour, fig. 7 ; Styles, two, fhorter than the 



$ Stamina, bending inward, fig. 5; Stigma hol- 



| low, fig. 5, finally expanding, fig. 6. 



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? SEED-VESSEL: a Capsule of a fhape fomewhat oval, 



I and pale brown colour, having two beaks or 



$ horns, and two cavities, fig. 8 



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I SEEDS numerous, very minute, and black, fig. 9. 



THE Root of this fpecies of Saxifrage, by means of which it is chiefly propagated, affords the young Botanift a 

 very good example of the Radix granulata, being compofed of a number of little grains or bulbs, connected together 

 in clufters by the fibres ; fome of thefe bulbs are folid and entire, not unaptly refembling in fhape the bulbs of Onions ; 

 L^i.^~„ f^^^A r-^or-, nt- tv>n inJ fn^m <-o Kpmmnnfp^ r\f <n nnmKAr r\f frmci mnl^ nr leftp.r bulbs, thefie are offpn of nbriobf- 



. lu accompany molt of the plants of this Genus. The two Styles, 

 which at 'firft are fhort, with a hollow Stigma, fig. 5, quickly grow much longer ; the Stigmata fpread open, fo that 

 they referable in fome degree a pair of tea-tongs, fig. 6. 



This plant does not occur fo frequently with us as many others : according to Mr. Hudson, it is common about 

 Wandfiworih ; I have frequently gathered it in the fields about PecBam, and lately have found it in great abundance 

 much nearer town, viz. in the fields called Lock-fields, on the right hand fide of Kent-fireet Road, at the back of, and 

 contiguous to Mr. Driver's Nurfery Gardens : it delights to grow in dry paftures which have a gravelly bottom ; 

 flower's in May, and produces its feeds in the month following. When double, it ferves, with many other 

 BritifiV plants, to ornament the gardens of the curious. 



Like many other plants, this feems to owe what little importance it has in medicine to the doctrine of fignatures, 

 which has moft unphilofophically introduced a number of plants into our Materia Medica. As the root bore fa great 

 a refemblance to little ftones, it was concluded it muft be efficacious in the ftone and gravel, for which difeafes it has 

 been recommended, but there are no accounts of its fuccefs to be depended on. If it does poflefs any medical virtue, 

 it mould appear from the tafte of the root to be that of an aftringent. 



