Castle Rook, I am satisfied is wrong, having several times searched there ; nor 
is the spot at all favourable: J. E. Bowman, in N. B. G. — Cumberland ; I'.U- 
tcrdale ; Gilsland near Spawell : Hutchinson. Ash ness Gill, near Keswick: 
E. Hill, Esq. By streams on the hill-side above Barrow Wood ; Barrowdale ; 
the lower parts of Skiddaw ; Vale of Newlands ; Black Rocks of Great End, 
abundantly ; and other hills and rocks : H. C. Watson, in N. B. G. By the 
cascade on the Irthing : N. B. G. Waterfall Gill Helvellyn : K. Hill, Esq. — 
Derbysh. 1 received a specimen of this and S. ceespitosa from Derbyshire : Mr. 
1.. Howard. — Durham ; Banks of the Whey Sike, Middleton Forest: Rev. J. 
Harhiman. Cawsey Dean: R. Bowman, in N. B. G. Near W'iddy Bank 
on Teesdale Forest : N. J. Winch, Esq. — Lancash. In Furness Fells, near the 
top of a mountain called the Old Man: Mr. Atkinson. On Coniston Fells: 
Mr. Jackson, and Miss Mary Bf.i vkk. — Northumberland ; On rocks by the 
river Irthing, above Wardrew : N. J. Winch, Esq. — Westmoreland; Patter- 
dale! Over Kirkston : B. G. About the base of Helvellyn towards I’atterdale : 
H. C. Watson, in N. B. G. By Buckbarrow Well, in Landsleddale : N. J. 
Wincii, Esq. And on most of the mountains : Enyl.Fl.— Yorksh. In Craven, 
and Wensleydale: Mr. Bhunton On the North side of Ingleborough : N. J. 
Winch, Esq. — WALES. On mountains: Hook. Brit. FI.— SCOTLAND. 
Abundant in alpine rills, and springy places: Dr. Hooker.— IRELAN D. On 
calcareous mountains of Leitrim and Sligo: Mr. Murphy. On Ben Bulben 
near Sligo, and on Conner Cliffs near Dingle : Mr. J. T. Mackay. 
Perennial. — Flowers in July and August. 
Root fibrous. Stems tufted, decumbent at the base, with many 
short, leafy, trailing shoots ; the flowering part ascending, 3 or 4 
inches high, leafy, smooth or hairy, unbranched. Leaves most 
crowded towards the root, alternate, sessile, strap-shaped, spread- 
ing, smooth, shining, variously fringed with sharp, hair-like teeth, 
which are seldom wanting. Panicle leafy, mostly simple, of from 
3 to 4 or 6 flowers ; sometimes branched and many-flowered ; the 
stalks short, glutinous, and densely hairy. Segments of the calyx 
broadly egg-shaped, spreading. Petals a little longer than the 
calyx, inversely egg-shaped, or tongue-shaped, with 3 simple 
nerves, bright yellow, beautifully spotted with orange. Stiqmas 
blunt, concave, downy. Capsule, when ripe, almost perfectly 
superior. 
I bis is a verv pretty alpine species, well deserving a place in the garden, 
where it should be planted in a peat soil, and kept rather moist ; it is best kept 
in a pot with other alpine plants. — I be Drawing for the accompanying plate was 
made from a specimen kindly communicated to me by Miss Mary Bllvlr, 
fiom the vicinity ol Coniston. 
The Saxiera'ge* are herbaceous plants, variable in habit. Their leaves are 
simple, either divided or entire, alternate, and without stipula:. Their^otcer- 
stems are simple, and often naked. Their calyx is either superior or inferior, 
of 4 or 5 sepals, which are rnoie or less united at their base. Their petals ate 
either 5, or none, inserted between the lobes of the calyx. Their stamens are 
5 or 10, and are inserted either into the calyx (perigynous), or beneath the ova- 
rium (hvpogynous). The anthers are 2-celled, and burst longitudinally. The 
disk is either hypogynous or perigynous, sometimes nearly obsolete, sometimes 
annular and notched, rarely consisting of 5 scales. The ovarium is inferior, or 
nearly superior, usually consisting of^or 5 caipels, or follicles, cohering more 
or less on the inner side, but distinct at the apex ; sometimes it is 2-celled, with 
a central placenta; sometimes 1 -celled, with parietal placentas, rarely 4- or 
5-celIed. Styles none ; the stigmas being sessile on the tips of the lobes of the 
ovarium. The fruit is generally a membranous 1- or 2-celled capsule, with 2 
bracteas, rarely a 4- or 5-celled, 4- or 5-valved capsule; sometimes it is a 
4-celled beiry. The seeds are numerous, and very minute, and usually have 
long hexagonal reticulations on the side of a transparent testa. The embryo is 
taper, in the axis of fleshy albumen, with the radical next the liylum. See Lind. 
Syn, and Don's Gen. Syst. of Gard. & Hot. 
