530 312. Robertson. 46. SAXIFRAGEiE. PL ex. cal. 
Mountains; perennial; June. 
Leaves aggregated, spread, smooth ; scape red, hairy, 
panicled; petals white, spotted with blood-colour and 
yellow. 
II. 313. HYDATICA. Necker. Kidney-wort . 
Calyx 5-parted ; lobes become bent back; petals 5, clawed; 
filaments threadshape, alternate, enlarged at bottom, con- 
nate, shorter than the petals ; ovary free ; capsule membra- 
naceous, beaked, beaks short, bent back ; seeds many, rough 
with elevated tubercular lines placed lengthways. — Herb 
perennial ; stem branched ; leaves crowded, radical, wedge- 
shape, serrated or not cut; scape panicled ; petals white, 
spotted with yellow. 
Hydatica stellaris . Starlike kidney-wort . 
Leaves oblong, wedgeshape, rather fleshy, toothed or not 
cut; petals equal, oblong, pointed. 
Geum palustre minus, foliis oblongis crenatis, Ran Syn.35 4, 1. 
Saxifraga slellaris, Lin. S. P. 572. 
Hairy kidneyvoort. 
Sides of shady alpine rivulets ; perennial ; June and July. 
Root tufted; stem rooting, 8 inches high; leaves most 
hairy on the edge ; panicle few-flowered ; bractecz lanceolate, 
or 3-cut ; petals with two yellow dots On each end. 
@. minor. Stem 1 inch high; scape 1 -flowered \ flowers 
large. 
III. 314. MISCOFETALUM. Flaw. Bulbous-saxifrage. 
Calyx 5-parted, lobes upright ; petals 5, equal, crowned ; 
filaments filiform, slender above, dilated at bottom, con- 
nate; ovary free; capsule ovate, 1-celled, many-seeded. — 
Stem leafy ; leaves petioled, roundish, kidneyshape, fleshy, 
serrated or lobed; flowers white, solitary, or panicled. 
Miscopetalum P cernuum. Drooping bulbous-saxifrage . 
Leaves palmately lobed, rather bald ; upper leaves uncut ; 
axillae gemmiparous ; flowers solitary ; petals retuse, very 
slightly nicked. 
Saxifraga cernua, Lin. S. P. 577. 
Moist alpine rocks; perennial; July. 
Root scaly; stem upright, seldom branched, l -flowered; 
upper leaves sessile; flower white, terminal, drooping. 
