Saxifraga tridactylites. Rue-leaved Saxifrage. 



SAXIFRAGA himai Gen. PL Decandria Digynia. 



CaL 5-partitus. Car. 5-petala. Caps. 2-foftris* 1 locuiaris. polyfperma* 

 RanSyn.Gen.24. He-rbje pentapetalje vasculiferje. 



SAXIFRAGA tridadlylites foliis caulims cuneiformibus trifidis alternis, caule eredto raraofo. Limuei 



Syjl. Vegetab. p. 344. Sp. PL p. 578. FL Sueck. p. 143. 

 SAXIFRAGA foliis petiolatis trilobatis caule ereclo ramofo et foliofo. Hatter, bjft* heh. p. 422. n. 986. 

 SAXIFRAGA tridaStylites. Scopoli. FL Carniol. p. 237. n. 500. 

 SEDUM trida&ylites te&orum. Bauhln. Pin. 285. 

 PARONYCHIA rutaceo folio. Gerard, emac. 624. 

 PARONYCHIA foliis incifis. Parkin/on. 556. 



SAXIFRAGA verna annua humilior. L R. H. 252. Ran Syn. p. 354, Rue Witlow-grafs. 



Hudfon FL Angl. p. 159. ed. 2. 182. 

 Lightfoot FL Scot. p. 224. 



RADIX annua, fibrofa. f ROOT annual and fibrous. 



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CAULIS plerumque triuncialis, ere&us, teres, ruber- $ STAK generally about^ three inches high, upright, 



rimus, ramofus, pilis glanduliferis veftitus | round, of a bright red colour, branched and 



ut ut folia cum calycibus. % covered (as alio the leaves and calyx) with 



¥ hairs having glands at their extremities. 



FOLIA ima integra, fubrotunda, caulina ficut afcen- t LEAVES : the bottom leaves entire and roundim ; 



dunt bipartite, tripartita aut quinquepartita, | thofe of the ftalk as they aicend, are deeply 



fubcarnofa, rigida, patentia, petiolis foliis Ion- % divided into two, three, or five fegments, 



gioribus complanatis infidentia, fuprema feffi- | fomewhat fleflvv, rigid, and fpreading, fit- 



lia, bipartita aut fimplicia, ovato-lanceolata, | ting on flattened foot-ftalks longer thap the 



fubere&a. t leaves ; the uppermoft leaves feffile, divided 



I into two fegments, or intire, of an oval poin- 



| ted fhape, and nearly upright. 



FLORES albi, ere£ti, parvi. | FLOWERS white, fmall, and upright. 



CALYX: Perianthium monophyllum, quinque- | CALYX: a Perianthium of one leaf, fhort, and 



partitum, breve, laciniis ovato-acutis, fub- * divided into five fegments, which are oval, 



ere&is,fig. 1. | pointed, and upright, jig. 1. 



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COROLLA : Petal a quinque exigua, laciniis calycis % COROLLA : five fmall Petals, a little longer than 



paulo longiora, ovata, obtufa, patentia, bafi | the fegments of the calyx, oval, blunt, and 



angufta, immaculata, jig. 2. \ fp reading, narrowed at bottom, and fpotlefs, 



I fig- 2. 



STAMINA: Filament a decern, fubulata -.Antherje | STAMINA: ten Filaments, tapering towards the 



fubrotundee, flav^e, jig. 3. | top : Anthers roundim and yellow, jig. 3. 



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PISTILLUM : Germen inferum, calyce obtedum, % PISTILLUM : Germen placed below the calyx and 



fubrotundum, defmens in Stylos duos bre- | covered by it, of a roundim fhape, and termi- 



ves : Stigmata villofa, jig. 4. % nating in two fhort Styles : the Stigmata 



J villous, jig. 4. 



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PERICARPIUM: Capsula fubrotunda, bilocularis, % SEED-VESSEL a roundifh Capsule of two cavities 



biroftris, ore aperto, ovato, integro, | and two beaks, the mouth oval, open, and 



% intire. 



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SEMINA minima, nigricantia. | SEEDS very minute, of a blackifh brown colour. 



IN the months of April and May, this little plant fucceeds the Draba verna, and is no fmall ornament to 

 the tops of our walls. Jt grows alfo on houfes, and among rubbifh. 



It varies in fize from one to fix inches, or even more in particular fituations : the larger it grows, the 

 more branched it becomes, and the more numerous are the divifions of its leaves: on the contrary in its 

 fmall ftate, the flalk is frequently fimple, and the leaves undivided. 



Its medical virtues, if any, are not fufficient to preferve it in the prefent practice. 



