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37. SAXIFRAGEE. 
sile,” antli. -cells near together. R. spicatum Robs., E. B. 1290. 
— R. petraum (Wulf.) has a bellshaped coloured ciilyx ciliated at 
the margin, and leaves dee])ly divided into somewhat triangular 
acute lobes. — Woods. /3. is the j)lant usually cultivated, y. North 
of E., S. 8. Richmond, Yorkshire. Sh. IV. V. Red Currant. 
Order XXXVII. SAXIFRAGEiE. 
Cal. 4 — 5-cleft, superior or inferior. Pet. 4 — 5, rarely 0. 
Stam. 5 — 10, fi’ee, perigynous or hypogynous. Glandular disk 
present or wanting. Ovary of 2 carpels cohering by the indexed 
sides or margins. Styles 2, persistent. Seeds numerous. Albu- 
men fleshy. 
1. Saxifraga. Cal. 5-fid or 5-parted, more or less adnate 
to the ovary or free. Cor. of 5 petals. Stam. 1 0. Styles 
2, persistent. Caps. 2-celled, with 2 beaks, opening by a 
])ore between the beaks. 
2. Chrysosplenium. Cal. 4-fid, half superior. Cor. 0. 
Stam. 8, rarely 10. Styles 2. Caps. 1 -celled, with 2 beaks, 
opening into the form of a cup. 
1. Saxifraga 
Sec. 1 . With decumbent barren shoots at the base. 
* Cal. rejlexed inferior, jl. panicled, flowering stems leafless. 
t Filaments enlarged upwards. Robertsonia Ilaw. 
1. S. umbrosa{h.); 1. ohovate with cartilaginous crenatures 
or sharp notches tapering at the base into dilated flat footstalks, 
panicle racemose, caj)s. superior. — n. crenata ; 1. bluntly crenate 
spreading. E. B. 663. — S- crenato-serrata (Bab.); 1. acutely 
crenate or subserrate spreading. — y. punctata (Don) ; 1. nearly 
round acutely serrate erect. S. punctata (Haw.) R. I. t. 622, 
623. — S. serratifolia (Mack.) ; 1. oblong acutely serrate erect. 
E. B. S. 2891. S. serratifolia (Mack.) R. I. t. 624. — a. York- 
shire. All the forms are found in the west of Ireland. P. VI. 
London Pride. St. Patrick's Cabbage. E. I. 
2. S. elegans (Mack.) ; 1. rowjid smooth shining acutely serrate, 
footstalks broad flat above convex beneath, panicle racemose, caps, 
superior. — E. B. S. 2892. R. I. t. 625. — L. not tapering into 
the footstalks. — Very rare. Top of Tm-k Mountain, Killarney. 
P. VI. I. 
3. S. hirsuta [L.) ■, 1. oval sharply sevrute, footstalks linear 
semicylindrical cAawneZed hairy, panicle racemose, caps, superior. 
— E.B. 2322. R. Icon. t. 621. — Footstalks slightly tapering up- 
