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KAMTSCHATKA. 



[SaxifragecB. 



longioribus, carpellis ovatis vix rugosis pallidis. De Cand. Prodr. v. 2. p. 583. — Lehm. 

 Monogr. Pot. p. 50. t. 4. Gmel. Fl. Sib. v. 3. t. 34./. 2. 



Our specimens are rather larger, and have broader leaflets, but otherwise accord well with the figures 

 above quoted. At the same time, we must observe that the P. Sprengeliana, (Lehm. Pot. t. 3.) comes so 

 very near our plant, that if the flowers be yellow, which cannot positively be determined from the individuals 

 in the Herbarium, those before us may probably be rather united to that species than to P. fragarioid.es. 



1. Rosa Kamtschatica ; ( Sect, feroces, rami tomento persistente vestiti, fructus nudus), 

 aculeis infra stipularibus falcatis majoribus, foliis opacis. Lindl. — Vent. Hort. Cels. t. 67. 

 Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 419. 



1. Pyrus sambucifolia ; foliis 5 -jugis, foliolis ovato-lanceolatis argute serratis acuminatis 

 nervo et margine pilosis apice barbatis, stipulis rufo-villosis. Cham, et Schlecht. in Linncea, 

 v. 2. p. 36. 



Chamisso remarks that this occurs on bushy banks about the harbour of Petropaulski, and that no tree 

 is found there besides, except the Beech. 



Ord. IX. CRASSULACES. De Cand. 



1. Sedum Rhodiola. De Cand. Prodr. v. 3. p. 401. — Rhodiola rosea. Linn. — Engl. Bot. 

 t. 508. 



Ord. X. SAXIFRAGES. Juss. 



1. Saxifraga punctata; (Sect. Hydatica), foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis reniformi- 

 cordatis rotundatis membranaceis pilosis reticulatis profunde grosse aequaliter dentatis 

 immargmatis, dentibus integris discretis (plerumque) acutis, caule aphyllo, floribus (parvis) 

 paniculatis, panicula glandulosa bracteata, bracteis minutis linearibus, filamentis saepissime 

 abortivis petaloideis, calyce reflexo. — Linn. Sp. PL p. 574. Sternb. Saxifr. Suppl. p. 7. t. 4. 

 Sm. in Bees' Cycl. Ledeb. Fl. Alt. v. 2. p. 118. — S. birsuta, /3. punctata. De Cand. Prodr. 

 v. 4. p. 42. — S. gracilis. Sternb. Saxifr. Suppl. p. 7. t. 5. f. 1. — S. aestivalis. Fischer, in 

 Herb, nostr. Gmel. Fl. Sib. v. 4. p. 161. t. 65. / 1. 



A strange confusion has existed respecting this plant, which, nevertheless, is well described by Linnaeus, 

 from Gmelin's specimens, collected in Eastern Siberia. Sternberg has correctly figured small individuals 

 in the plates above quoted, but under the name of S. gracilis, and likewise as the true S. punctata. Mr. 

 Don has referred Linnseus's plant to S. umbrosa, from which it is widely different, while Gmelin's figure, 

 and the plant of Sternberg, he has quoted under S. Geutn. 



2. Saxifraga bronchialis. Linn. — Sternb. Saxifr. p. 13. t. 10. f. a. b. — /3. minor; caule 

 procumbente, foliis abbreviatis oblongis subspathulatis acutis muticis. — S. cherleroides. 

 Don, in Linn. Trans, v. 13. p. 382. 



At first sight, the var. /3., the only one in our Collection, and which we have also from Wormskiold, 

 gathered likewise in Kamtschatka, appears to be distinct from S. bronchialis; but we possess, from Mr. 

 Menzies, found in Behring's Strait, specimens exactly intermediate. It has much the habit of S. Chamissoi, 

 but the leaves in that are tridentate. 



1. Chrysosplenium Kamtschaticum ? Fischer, in De Cand. Prodr. v. 4. p. 48. 



We cannot judge, from our solitary specimen, whether this be really distinct or not from C. oppositifolium. 



