PI. ex. cal. 46. SAXIFRAGES. 315. Kingstonia. 531 
IV. 315. KINGSTONIA. Marsh-saxifrage. 
Calyx 5-parted, lobes grow reflected; petals 5, equal, 
reverse ovate, clawed, with 2 hornlike appendages above 
H the base situated on the 2 outer veins ; filaments thread- 
shape, slender above, dilated at bottom, connate; ovary 
free; capsule ovate, 1 -celled, mam'-seeded. — Stem leafy; 
leaves alternate, lanceolate, bald ; edge undivided, often 
fringed ; flowers panicled, terminal, yellow. 
Dr. Kingstone first found this plant on Knotsford-moor, 
Cheshire, Dillen in Rail Syn. 355. 
Kingstonia guttata. Spotted marsh-saxif rage. 
Stem upright ; leaves lanceolate, blunt, bald. 
Geum angustifolium auctumnale, flore luteo guttato, Dillen in Raii Syn. 
355, 2. 
Chamaecistus Frisicus, Ger. em. J284, 8. 
Saxifraga Hirculus, Lin. S. P. 576. 
Turf bogs ; perennial ; August. 
Root fibrous; stem round, hairy, branched at bottom, 
tw r igs lying down; panicles 3 or 4-flowered; petals spotted 
as far as the middle with yellow. 
V. 316. SAXIFRAGA. Pliny. Saxifrage. 
Calyx adherent, 5-cut, lobes upright ; petals 5, slender 
at bottom ; filaments slender at top, dilated at bottom, con- 
nate; ovary adherent or semi-adherent; capsule 1-celled, 
many-seeded. — Habit various, probably containing many 
natural genera. 
a. Stem naked ; leaves radical^ fleshy , broad , not cut ; 
flowers panicled. 
1. Saxifraga nivalis. Snow saxifrage. 
Leaves reverse ovate, crenate, nearly sessile ; flowers 
crowded. 
Saxifraga foliis oblongo-rotundatis dentatis, floribus coinpactis, Raii 
Syn. 354, 5. 
Saxifraga nivalis, Lin. S. P. 573. 
Alps; perennial; July. 
Roots tufted ; leaves broad ; scape viscid and hairy above; 
" bractece lanceolate; petals spotted with green; ovary ad- 
herent. 
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