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. "SAXIFRAGA HIRCULUS.  MaARsH SAXIFRAGE. 
| SAXIFRAGA. L/.Gen. Pl DzcANDRIA DrovN1A. yrs 
| Cal. 5-partitus. Cer. 5-petala. Caf. 2-roftris, 1-locularis polyfperma. 
Ran Syn. Gen. 24. HERBA PENTAPETAL/E VASCULIFERA. 
SAXIFRAGA Hrculus foliis caulinis lanceolatis alternis nudis inermibus, caule ere&o. Linn, Syf. 
Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. p. 413. Sp. PL. ed. 3. p. 576. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. n. 370. Mantiff. 
$. 383. FL Dan. t. 200. 
SAXIFRAGA Hirculus foliis alternis lanceolatis integerrimis acutis nudis, caule adfcendente foliofo. 
; Hudf. Fl. Angl. ed. 2. p. 181. 
SAXIFRAGA foliis ellipticis caule unifloro. Ha//. Hf. 1. 972. 
" SAXIFRAGIA petalis latiffimis luteis lineatis. Ha//. Hifl. t. xi. 
GEUM anguftifolium auctumnale, flore luteo guttato. Y. R. H. 252. Rau. Syn. ed. 3. b- 355: 
SEDUM . paluftre luteum bicorne nardi celticz foliis. Mor. Hz. Ox. III. 477. f: 12. t. 8. f 5. 
. HIRCULUS frificus Dortmanni. Clif Cur. poff. 5. 
CHAMACISTUS frificus foliis Nardi celtice. Bau. Pin. p. 466. 
CHAMACISTUS Frificus. Frifian Dwarfe Ciftus. Ger. Em. p. 1984. fig. 8. Park. Th. p. 656. f. 3. 

RADIX perennis, fibrofa. ROOT perennial, and fibrous. 
CAULIS fubfpithameus, ere&tiufculus, fimplex, folio- 
fus, teres, fub-biflorus, pilis raris flexuofis 
fufcefcentibus veftitus. i 
STALK about a fpan high, nearly upright, fimple, 
leafy, round, fupporting ufually about two 
flowers covered with brownifh hairs, crooked, 
and few in number. 
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SURCULI radicales foliofi, procumbentes, radiculas 6 SHOOTS from the root leafy, procumbent, putting 
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LEAVES growing irregularly, more crowded below, 
nearly upright, feffile, furnifhed with a {mall 
tubercle at the bafe, betwixt linear and lan- 
ceolate, fomewhat blunt, fmooth, perfectly 
entire, thickifh, edged with hairs like thofe 
on the ftalk. | 
lia, ad bafin tuberculo inftructa, lineari-lan- 
ceolata, obtufiufcula, laevia, integerrima, craf- 
fiufcula, pilis raris caulinis fimillimis ciliata. 
FOLIA. fparfa, inferne magis conferta, fubere&ta, feffi- | 
FLOWERS yellow, large, nodding before they 
FLORES flavi, majufculi, priufquam aperiuntur nu- | 
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tantes. 
CALYX: aPrniANTHIUM of five leaves, which are 
ovato-oblong, obtufe, edged with hairs like 
thofe on the ftalk, fomewhat concave, finally 
reflexed. | 
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CALYX: Pertanruium 5-phyllum, foliolis ovato- 6 
oblongis, obtufis, pilis caulium fimilibus ciliatis, 
concaviulculis, demum reflexis. i 
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COROLLA: PzrALA quinque obovata, flava, calyce é COROLLA: five Perazs obovate, yellow, much 
multo longiora, fubnervofa, gibberibus duobus longer than the calyx, fomewhat ribbed, each 
acuminatis ad bafin infignita, punctifque nu- charatterifed by two pointed tubercles at its 
merofis aurantiacis ad medium ufque macu- bafe, and marked with numerous orange- 
lata. coloured fpots from the middle downwards. 
STAMINA : ten FiramentTs, tapering, yellow, up- 
right, the alternate ones fhorteft, continuing ; 
ANTHERZ yellow, flattened, bilocular, the 
cavities finally diverging below, 
STAMINA: FirAMENTA decem, fubulata, flava, : 
ere&ta, alterna breviora, perfiftentia ; Ax- 8 
THERE flave, comprefle, biloculares, loculis 6 
demum inferne divergentibus. | 
PISTILLUM: Germen oblongum, majufculum, bi-  PISTILLUM : Germen oblong, “rather large, bifid ; 
- fidum; Stigmata duo, plana, villofa, in- STIGMATA two, flat, villous, fitting on the 
fidentia. germen. 
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PERICARPIUM: CarsuLA preter morem grandis. © SEED-VESSEL : a Carsute larger than in the other 
fpecies of this genus. 
Though the prefent fpecies of Saxifrage is extremely rare in this country, and altogether local, it is found 
in various parts of Europe, as in Sweden, Switzerland, Lapland, and Siberia, and always in bogs: according 
to Ray, it was firft difcovered on Knutsford-Moor, Chefhire, by Dr. Kincston; upwards of twenty years 
fince, Mr. Howarp, Surgeon, of Knutsford, fent me roots of it, the produce of which I füll retain; and 
lately Ireceived an account of it, accompanied with a drawing, from Mr. Benjamin Harzv, Gardener to 
——— — Ecerton, Efq. Tatton-Park, near Knutsford. 
It is fo very different from all the European Saxifrages, that there is fcarcely a poflibility of its being miftaken 
for any of them, yet it has been confounded with the aurumnalis, from which it obvioully differs in the fuperior 
fize and form of its petals, the lower half of which is beautifully {potted with orange, and towards the bafe 
of each are two very fingular pointed projections (vd. fig. 1.) which fhews a petal magnified. 
Perfons not converfant with botanical names, are apt to affix a different meaning to its trivial name ( Hzreu/z;) 
to what it imparts; Hircu/us fignifies a little goat, and has been applied by fome of the old Botanifts to the 
Valeriana celtica, which the prefent plant refembles in-its foliage. | | 
As this plant, when properly treated, blows freely, and is very ornamental, we fhall give a few direGtions 
"for its culture, and thofe indeed may be comprifed in a {mall compals, it being one of thofe plants that will 
live, if not egregioufly neglected; all that is neceflary, is to place a root of it in a pot of bog earth, and - 
keep the pot in a pan of water, fo that the earth fhall be conftantly moift; in the winter it will be proper to 
fet the pot and pan under a frame, to guard againft fevere froft ; or the plant will thrive very well in the open 
border (if moift, and formed chiefly of bog earth) and throw out fhoots, which will take root and afford 
abundance of increafe; the plant allo may be increafed by cuttings of the fhoots, which will ftrike root if put 
under a clofe glafs towards the clofe of the fummer; if the plant be kept in a pot, it will be, neceffary to renew 
it once in two or three years, | 
