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36. SAXIFKAGACE^. 
renifonn palmately lobed stalked, upper 1. nearly sessile subtrifid, 
uppermost entire, (n ils hearing bulbs, ml. quite inferior. — E. JB. 
664. — Rarely flowering ; fl. replaced by reddish bulbs. St. 3 — 6 
in. high. — Rocks on the top ot Ben Lawers, very rare. P. VI. — 
vm. s. 
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' 16. S. rividuris (L.) ; st. ascending branched few-flowered leafy, 
radical 1. subreuifonii stalked with 3 — 5 rounded lobes, upper- 
most 1. lanceolate entire, cal. half inferior. — E. B. 2275. — St. 
1 — 2 in. long. Fl. few, stalked, white. — Wet places on the 
highest summits of moimtains. P. \ ill. S. 
** Stem leafless. 
17. *S nivalis (L.) ; st. erect leafless, /. all radical rmmdish- 
obovate dentate-serrate narrowed into a footstalk, capitate, cal. 
half inferior, pet. longer than the calyx. — E. S. 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. 
\_S. Andrews' a (llarT.) ; 1. linear spathulate dentate-serra;te 
with a membranous margin tapering below into a dilated plane- 
convex footstalk, panicle I'acemose. — Lond. Jmirn. Bat. vii. 1. 19. 
— Sep. patent, oblong, blunt. Pet. thrice as long as cal., ob- 
long, pimctate. — Head of Glen Caragh, Kerry. Mr. Andrews. 
Some error. A garden hybrid ? P. VI.] I. 
Sec. 3. Stems procumbent with opposite 1. and terminal flowers. 
18. S. oppositifolia (L.) ; st. procumbent, I. opposite oblong 
blunt fringed, sep. ciliate \\athout glands, pet. ovate. — E. B. 9. 
— Very different from our other species. Fl. large, purple. — 
Damp alpine rocks. P. IV. V. E. S. I. 
2. Chrtsosple'nium Linn. Golden Saxifrage. 
1. C. alternifdlium (L.) ; I. alternate, lower 1. subreniform 
hairy crenate upon long stalks. — E. B. 54. St. 12. — Crenatures 
"of the lower 1. emarginate, upper 1. glabrous with the crenatures 
often rather acute. St. erect, 4 — 5 in. high, branching onh'^ near 
the top. Fl. mnbellate, nearlv sessile, deep yellow. Stam. 
usually 8. — Boggy places. P. IV. E. S. I. 
2. C. 0})j)ositif6lium (Jj.) ; I. opposite, lower 1. roundish-cordate 
shortly stalked wavy. — E. B. 490. St. 4. 6. — St. bi-anching from 
the base, 4 — 6 in. long, decumbent, stra"-gling. Fl. paler and 
piore scattered than in the last. L. usually dabrous, sometimes 
slightly hairy. Stam. usually 8. — Damp shady places. P. IV. V. 
