SAXIFRAGA.— CHRYSOSPLEN lUM. 
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14. S. cer'nua (L.) ; st. erect simple \-flowered leafy, radical 1. 
reniform palmately lobed stalked, upper 1. nearly sessile sub- 
trifid, uppermost entire, axils bearing bidhs, cal. quite inferior. — 
E. B. 664. — Rarely flowering ; 11. replaced by reddish bulbs. 
St. 3—6 in. high. — Rocks on the top of Ben Lawers, very rare. 
P. VI.-VIII. s. 
15. S. riv^ddris (L.) ; st. ascending hranched few-flowered 
leafy, radical 1. subreniform stalked with 3 — 5 rounded lobes, 
uppermost 1. lanceolate entire, cal. half inferior. — E. B. 2275. — 
St. 1—2 in. long. Fl. few, stalked, white.— Wet places on the 
coldest parts of mountains. P. VIII. S. 
Stem leafless. 
16. S. nivalis (L.) ; st. erect leafless, I. all radical roundish- 
obovate dentate-serrate narrowed into a footstalk,^, in capitate 
cymes, cal. half inferior, pet. longer than the calyx.— ^. 440. 
St. 35. 4. — St. 3 — 6 in. high, usually simple, sometimes with 1 
branch. Fl. in a dense cluster, white. — Alpine rocks. P. VII. 
E. S. I. 
Sec. 3. Stems procumbent with opposite 1. and terminal 
flowers. 
17. S. oppositijolia (L.) ; st. procumbent, I. opposite in 4 rows 
oblong blunt fringed, sep. ciliate without glands, pet. ovate. — 
E. B. 9. — Very difl"erent from our other species. L. with a 
pore at tip. Fl. large, purple. — Damp alpine rocks. P. IV. V. 
E. S. I. 
2. Chrysosple'nium Linn. Golden Saxifrage. 
1. C. alternifolium (L.) ; I. alternate, lower 1. subreniform 
hairy crenate upon long. stalks. — Sy. E. B. 564. St. 12. — 
Crenatures of the lower 1. emarginate, upper 1. glabrous with 
the crenatures often rather acute. St. erect, 4 — 5 in. high, 
branching only near the top. FL umbellate, nearly sessUe, deep 
yellow. Stam. usually 8. — Boggy places. P. IV. E. S. I. 
2. C.oppositifolium (L.)j o^osi'^e, lower 1. roundish-cordate 
shortly stalked wavy. — E. B. 450. St. 4. 6. — St. branching frcmi 
the base, 4 — 6 in. long, decumbent, straggling, rooting. Fl. 
paler and more scattered than in the last. L. usually glabrous, 
sometimes slightly hairy. Stam. usually 8. — Damp shady 
places. P. IV. V. E. S. I 
