532 316. Saxifraga. 46. SAXIFRAGES. PI. ex. cal, 
b. Stem leafy ; leaves opposite , not cut , leathery, fringed ; 
flowers 1 or 2, terminal , bluish. 
2. Saxifraga ceerulea. Blue saxifrage . 
Leaves crowded, ovate, fringed ; flower solitary, nearly r 
sessile ; petals ovate, twice as long as the stamens or styles. 
Saxifraga alpina ericoides, flore caeruleo, Raii Syn. 353, 1, 
Saxifraga oppositifolia, Lin. S. P. 575. 
Saxifraga caerulea, Lapeyr. Saxifr. 36, 16. 
Purple saxifrage. 
Rocks and alpine places ; perennial ; April. 
Stem prostrate, very long, tufted or pendulous; flower- 
bearing shoots upright; leaves sometimes slightly alternate, 
uppermost leaves remote ; ovary half-adherent. 
c. Stem leafy ; leaves not cut , alternate , leathery, fringed ; 
flowers panicled , yellow dotted with red. 
3. Saxifraga autumnalis. Autumn saxifrage. 
Stem prostrate at bottom ; root-leaves aggregate ; stem- 
leaves alternate, linear, lanceolate, fringed ; calyx 5-cut. 
Saxifraga alpina angusto folio, flore lufeo guttato, Raii Syn. 353, 2. 
Sedum Alpinum primum Clusii, Ger.em . 516,2. 
Saxifraga aizoides, Lin. S. P. 576, 
Saxifraga autumnalis, Hudson FI. Angl. 180. 
Alpine rivulets ; perennial ; July and August. 
Stems aggregated, branched at bottom ; leaves sessile, 
blunt; panicle simple, few-flowered or branched, many- 
flowered, leafy; petals ligulate; ovary depressed; capsule 
half-adherent. 
4. Saxifraga aizoides. Sengreen saxifrage. 
Stem-leaves scattered, linear, awlshape, fringed ; cilise 
teethlike; terminal calyx 4-cut. 
Saxifraga aizoides, Lin. S. P. 576. 
Alpine places ; perennial ; August. 
Herb smaller, slenderer, and more decumbent than S. au- 
tumnalis; leaves rather upright; flowers nearly paniculate; 
terminal flower 4-petaled; anthers 7. 
d. Stem leafy ; root-leaves petioled , lobed , herbaceous ; 
flowers panicled , white; ovary half-adherent. 
5. Saxifraga granulata. Granulated saxifrage. 
Root granulated; stem nearly racemose; leaves round, 
kidneyshape, slightly lobed* 
