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xxxvii. saxifragacejE. [ Chrysosplenium. 
Arctic American plants (see Gunner Norv. ii. t. 7. f. 1, 3, 4, which is 
also S.Grcenlandica L.), the calyx when in fruit is of a different form ; 
and the leaves, which are almost glabrous on the surface, are never 
ciliate with short glandular hairs. 
15. S. *mnscoides Wulf. ( mossy alpine S .) ; sterile shoots very 
short erect, radical leaves crowded linear obtuse entire and 
trifid, stem nearly naked few-flowered, petals oblong obtuse 
(buff- coloured) a little longer than the superior calyx. E. B. 
t. 2314. 
Mountains above Ambleside, Westmoreland? IJuds. Highlands 
of Scotland? If. 5. — -A very dubious native, the only authority 
being cultivated plants said to have been originally brought from 
Scotland : the plant from Westmoreland is supposed to have been 
S. hypnoides. 
16. S. *geranoides L. ( Geranium S.) ; sterile shoots short, 
leaves glandular-pubescent thickish scarcely rigid, lower ones 
and those of the shoots upon very long foot-stalks deeply 3-cleft, 
the segments usually 3-lobed and incise sometimes 2-lobed or 
entire, lobes acute, panicle cymose, segments of the superior 
calyx linear or linear-lanceolate longer than the geruien. S. 
pedatifida Ehrh. : E. B. t. 2278. 
Said to bave been found in the “ Scottish mountains ” by Mr. J. 
T. Mackay ; and on “rocks near the head of Clova, Angusshire,” 
by Mr. G. Don. “ Isle of Achill, Ireland.” Mr. Wyne. 11. 6, 7. 
— There seems to be a mistake as to the supposed discovery of this 
plant in Scotland, a mistake the more probable from its being sup- 
posed distinct from X geranoides. 
2. Chrysosplenium Linn. Golden-Saxifrage. 
Cal. superior, 4 — 5-cleft, somewhat coloured. Cor. 0. Stam. 
8 — 10. Ovary 1-celled. Capsule 1 -celled with 2 beaks, many- 
seeded. — Named from xprcror, goM, and (jrXrjv, the spleen , or 
a medicine for the spleen ; a disease, for which this plant was 
supposed to be a cure. 
1. C. altemifulium L. (alternate-leaved G.) ; leaves alternate, 
lower ones subreniform upon very long foot-stalks. E. B. t. 54. 
Boggy places among rocks and springs, rather rare in England, 
more frequent in Scotland. Near Belfast, Ireland. 11 . 4 — 6 
Stem 4 — 5 inches high, branched near the summit. Leaves petiolate, 
crenate. Flowers in small umbels, deep yellow, mostly with 8 stamens. 
2. C. oppositifulium L. (common G.) ; leaves opposite cor- 
date-rot undate. E.B. t. 490. 
Sides of rivulets in shady places, common. Abundant near the 
source of rivulets in very alpine situations, in the Highlands. If. 
4 — 7. — Generally more branched at the base than the last, and of a 
paler colour in all its parts. Stamens usually 8. 
