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SAX I'FRAGA*. 
Linnean Class and Order. Deca'.ndria f, Digy'NIA. 
Natural Order. Saxifra'ge/E, De Cand. — I.indl. Syn. p. 66 ; 
lutrod. to Nat Syst. of Bot. p. 49. — Rich, by Maegilliv. p 511. — 
Loud. Hort. Brit. p. 517. — Saxi'fragte, Juss. Gen. PI. p 30S. — 
Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 163. — Saxifraga'ce.e, Don’s Gen. Syst. of 
Gard. & Bot. v.iii. p 204. — Rosales; sect. Crassulinte ; type, 
SaxifragacevE ; subtype, SaxiFragio/e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. 
pp. 614, 730, 733, & 734. — Succulents, Linn. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (see figs. 1 & 5.) inferior, half inferior, or 
almost perfectly superior, of 1 sepal, in 5 deep, permanent seg- 
ments. Corolla (see figs. 2 & 3.) of 5 petals, attached to the calyx, 
spreading, contracted at the base, not always uni'brm, deciduous. 
Filaments (see figs. 2 & 4.) 10, attached to the calyx, awl-shaped, 
spreading, successively incumbent, permanent. Anthers of two 
round lobes. Germen superior, or more or less inferior, roundish 
or egg-shaped, terminating in 2 short spreading styles. Stigmas 
blunt, mostly downy. Capsule (see fig. 5.) nearly egg-shaped, 
with 2 beaks formed of the permanent styles, and opening between 
them, of 2 cells, (which are sometimes incomplete,) with a central 
receptacle. Seeds numerous, very small, roundish, compressed, 
covering the receptacle. 
Distinguished from other genera, in the same class and order, by 
the calyx of 5 deep segments ; the corolla of 5 entire, unguiculate 
petals; and the 2-celled, 2-valved, 2-beaked, many-seeded capsule. 
Twenty-five species British, according to Sm. Engl. FI. 
Twenty-one species do. according to Hook. Brit. FI. 
SAXI FRAGA AIZOI'DES. Aizoon-Iike Saxifrage. Yellow 
Mountain Saxi rage. Sengreen Saxifrage. 
Spec. Char. Stem decumbent at the base. Leaves alternate, 
strap-shaped, with fringe-like teeth, smooth. Segments of the 
calyx broadly egg-shaped. Petals oblong-spear-shaped, 3-nerved, 
nerves simple. 
Engl. Bot. t. 39. — Curt. Brit. Kutomol. v. iii. t. 103. — l.inn. Sp. PI. p. 376. — 
Sm. El. Brit. v. ii. p. 452. Engl. FI. v. ii. p. 268. — W ith. ( 7;li ed.) v. ii. p. 530. — 
Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 532. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 194. — 1). Don, in I r. of Linn. 
Soc. v.-xiii. p. 375. — Don’s General Syst. of Gaul. ix Bot. v. iii. p. 212. — I look. 
FI. Scot. p. 129. — W inch’s FI. of Norlhumb. it Durham, p. 28.— Mack. Gaial. 
of PI. of irel. p. 41 . — Saxifraga autumn alls. Hurls. FI Angl. (2nd etl.) p. 180. 
— Gray's Nat. Arr. v. ii. p.532. — Light). H. Scot. v. i. p. 222 . — Saxifraga 
Alpina angusto folia, ft ore luten guttato, Bay’s Syn. p. 353 . — Leioyync 
aizoides, Lind I Syn. p. 67 . — Leptasca uizoides, Haworth’s Saxifrageurum 
Knutneralio, p. 39 . — Sedum alpinutn pritnum clusii, John. Gerarde, p. 516. 
Localities. — On the borders of mountain rills, in a black boggy soil : rare. — 
Cheshire ; On Beeston (iastlc, and on a high hill in \V vrsu all I own near Mal- 
pas, plentifully : Bi.ackstose, in Spec. Bot. I lie habitat for this on Beeston 
Fig. 1. Calyx.— Fig. 2. Corolla.— Fig. 3. A Petal. — Fig. 4. A Stamen. — 
Fig. 5. Capsule, and permanent Calyx. — 1'ig. 6. A Leaf .^-Atl more nr (ess 
magnified. 
r From sa.nim , a stone ; anrl f range, to break- ; in allusion to the supposed 
medicinal virtues of some of the species : or, perhaps, to i heir roots penetrating 
the crevices ol rocks and stones, among which they generally grow. Hooker. 
t See Saponaria officinalis, lolio 37, note t- 
