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THE SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. 



forked near the top. Leaves all opposite, 

 3 or 4 to 6 or 8 lines in diameter, slightly 

 crenated or sinuate, and notched at the 

 base, with a few stiff hairs on the upper 

 surface. Flowers small and sessile, in 

 little, compact cymes, surrounded by 

 leaves like those of the stem, but smaller, 

 more sessile, and of a golden yellow. 

 Calyx-segments obtuse and spreading. 



In moist, shady places, along the sides 

 of rivulets, dispersed over the greater 

 part of Europe and Russian Asia. Abun- 

 dant in Eritain. Fl. spring. 



Fig. 385. 



Alternate Chrysosplene. Chrysosplenium alternifolium, 

 Linn. (Fig. 386.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 54.) 



Closely resembles the opposite C, but 

 is usually of a paler colour ; the leaves 

 are always alternate, and the lower ones 

 on longer stalks, and rather more of a 

 kidney-shape. 



In similar situations as the opposite C, 

 and much more common in Continental 

 Europe, Hussian and central Asia, and 

 northern America, extending into the 

 Arctic regions. In Britain, on the con- 

 trary, much less common than the oppo- 

 site C.j although pretty generally dis- 

 tributed. Fl. spring. The two species 

 are frequently found growing together, 

 but appear always to retain their cha- 

 racters. 

 Fig. 386. 



III. FARNASSIA. PARNASSIA. 



Herbs, with a perennial stock ; entire leaves, mostly radical ; and 

 erect, annual flowering stems, usually bearing a single leaf, and a single 



