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The BRITISH HERBAL, 
The reed-vcffcl is oblong, and Tplit a: the end ; 
and the feeds are very minute. 
It is a native of the Welch inoLintains, and 
flowers in May. 
Ray calls it Sa>:ifr(}ga vnifcofa Irifdo foUo. C, 
Bauhine, Sedim alpinim [rijido folio. Others, Se- 
dum tijug^foUis. 
4, Shoit-leaved blue-flowered Sa.\ifrage. 
Saxifraga carulea foliis brevibm. 
The root i.s long, flendcr, divided, and fur- 
nifhed with a few fibres. 
The leaves rife in a thick tuft, and are fup- 
ported on fhort ftalks, a great clutter upon each. 
They are oblong, and fomewhat broad ; and 
of a pale green, pointed at the ends, and undi- 
vided at the edge.=. 
The ftalks which bear the flowers are fmall and 
vveak. 
The flowers are large, beautiful, and blue. 
The feed-veifel is roundilh, but terminates in 
a forked end ; and is full of very fmall, brown 
feeds. 
It is found on the hills in our northern counties, 
and on the Welch mountains ; and it flowers in 
April. 
Ray calls it Saxifrtiga alpina eru'ordes fore cctru- 
leo ; but, though he adopts that name, he de- 
clares it to be ill fuited ; the leaves being like 
thofe of mother of thyme, rather than of heath. 
C. Bauhine calls it 5edum alpimm erkoidss c^ru- 
kum. 
5. Saxifrage with yellow fpotted flowers. 
Saxifraga fiorihus lulcis giittatis. 
The root is fmall, and compofed of flender 
fibres. 
The ftalks that firft rife from this trail upon 
the ground, and fend out roots alfo in many 
places. 
From thefe rife the ftalks which bear the 
flowers. 
They are fmall, upright, round, flefliy, and 
four or five inches high. 
The leaves are oblong, narrow, and of a flefliy 
fubftance and pale green colour: thev are difpofcd 
irregularly on the ftjlk, and are very numerous. 
The flowers are fingular, and very beau- 
tiful: they are large, of a bright gold yellow, 
fpotted with a deeper yellow: in foitie plants 
thefe fpots are very numerous; in others there 
are fewer ; and in fomc there are none : they alfo 
vary in degree of colour, being very pale in fome, 
and very deep in others. 
The feed-veflil is oval, and has two horns : 
the feeds are moderately large, and redifti. 
It is found in damp places, and about fprings, 
in the noithern mountains of England ; and 
flowers in June, 
Ray calls it Saxifrage alpim angujlifolia pre 
luteo guttata. C. Bauhine, Sedum alpinum flore 
pallida. 
6. Saxiflage with ferrated leaves. 
Saxifraga foliis ovalis ferralis. 
The root is compofed of a multitude of thick 
black fibres. ' 
The leaves rife in a tuft from this ; and they 
are large, of an oval figure, and fljarply ferrated 
at the edges : they are of a pale green, and fre- 
quently their edges turn in ; fo that they aopear 
hollow : they are an inch in length, and two 
thirds of an inch in bi-eadth ; they lie fpread up- 
on the ground, rifing from the head of the root 
without any footftalks. 
The ftalk rifes in the midft of thefe, and is 
round, thick, flefliy, and of a pale trrecn. 
It has no leaves, nor is at all branched; and its 
height is four, five, or fix inches. 
The flowers ftand at its top in a thick, fliort 
tuft : tlicy are large and beautiful. 
The feed-veflbl is oval, and fplits at the top 
into two horns ; and is full of minute feeds. 
It is frequent on the mountains of Wales, and 
flowers in May. 
Ray calls it Saxifraga foilis oblongo rotundis dea- 
talis floribus compaais. Merret, Sedum fenatum 
rotundifolhm. 
Thefe plants are fuppofed to poflifs the fame 
virtues with the common faxifrage ; but few of 
them have been tried. 
DIVISION II. FOREIGN SPECIES. 
Great Saxifrage with a buibiferous ftalk. 
Saxifraga major caule hulbifero. 
The root is compofed of a number of tu- 
bercles, and many fibres rifing among them. 
The firft leaves are of a roundifli form, but 
deeply cut in leveral parts, and more flightly in- 
dented. 
They ftand upon fliort, redifti footftalks, which 
are flefliy and firm. 
The ftalk is round, fingle, undivided, and 
two feet high. 
The leaves are placed alternately, and they are 
oblong, broad, thick, flefliy, and very deeply 
divided. 
In the bofom of each leaf, where it is inferred 
to the ftalk, there ftands a little, flefliy bulb, or 
tubercle. 
Thefe in all refpefts refemble thofe tubercles 
which grow to the root, and anfwer the fame 
purpofes ; for they fall to the ground when the 
leaves drop, and taking root furnifli new plants. 
The flowers ftand three or four together at the 
tops of the ftalks, and are large and white, 
'I he fecd-veflil is oval, and fplit at the top 
into two horns; and is full of fmall brown 
feeds. 
This is frequent in Germany, and flowers in 
June, It greatly refcmbles our common Saxi- 
frage, but is larger, and has the leaves more di- 
vided. The experiment has been tried, and the 
feeds of one will not produce the other, which is 
the bcft teft to prove them diftinft fpccics. 
The virtues of this are the fame with thofe of 
the common Englifti kind ; and thefe bulbs from 
the 
