534? 316. Saxifraga. 46. SAXIFRAGES. PI. ex. cal. 
Scotch mountains; perennial; May. 
Petals large, much rounded ? 
9. Saxifraga pedatifida. Foot- cut saxifrage. 
Root-leaves kidneyshape, pedatifid, 7-lobed ; floivers 
nearly corymbous ; petals linear, reverse ovate ; ovary ad- 
herent. 
Saxifraga pedatifida, Engl. Botany, 32, 2278. 
Scotch alps; perennial; May and June. 
Plant large, in tufts; flowers small, numerous, milk- 
white. 
10 . Saxifraga quinqueflda . Five-cut saxifrage . 
Bud-leaves 5 -cut, lobes lanceolate, marked with a longi- 
tudinal line. 
Saxifraga quinqueflda, Haworth Miscall. Nat. 163. 
Scotch alps ; perennial ; May. 
Buds nearly upright, covered with white hairs ; rose-leaves 
aggregated, 5 to 11 -cut; bud- leaves scattered, 5-cut, some- 
times 3-cut, fleshy, with long petioles, bald, fringed ; stem 
flexuose, usually 5-flowered ; bractece elliptic, lanceolate, 
3-ribbed, bent back ; lowermost 3-cut ; flowers large. 
1 1 . Saxifraga hirta. Rough saxifrage . 
Bud-leaves and lower stem -leaves 3-cut, fringed; under- 
neath bald. 
Saxifraga hirta, Haworth Misc . Nat. 164, not of English Botany. 
Scotch alps; perennial; May. 
Buds straight, villous ; rose-leaves 5-cut; bud-leaves 3-cut. 
12 . Saxifraga laxa. Weak saxifrage , 
Leaves hairy, 3 to 5-parted; lobes elliptical, pointed; 
buds ascending ; petals reverse ovate, triple-ribbed. 
Saxifraga hirta, Engl. Bot. 2291. 
Scotch alps; perennial; May and June. 
Herb weak, viscous, few-flowered; petioles broad, long. 
13. Saxifraga palmata. Palmated saxifrage. 
Rose-leaves 5 or 7-cut, very hairy; petals nearly round. 
Saxifraga palmata, Engl. Botany , 455. 
Saxifraga petraea, With. Bot. Arr. 890. 
Welsh mountains ; perennial ; May and June. 
Stem upright, panicled ; flowers 5 or 7 ; petals yellowish 
white, pointed; ribbed; ovary half adherent. 
