SAXIFRA'GA GRANULA'TA. flore pleno. 
DOUBLE GRAIN-ROOTED SAXIFRAGE. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
SAXIFRAGES. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
I nhabits 
Britain. 
1 foot. 
April, June. 
Perennial. 
Meadows. 
No. 264. 
The word, Saxifraga, is from the Latin saxum, a 
stone ; and frango, to break. It is said to have been 
given originally, to some plant on account of its 
real or supposed medicinal qualities. Some have 
thought that as the little granulated roots were not 
unlike small stones, the old herbalists looked on this 
peculiarity as an indication that the plant was a 
remedy for calculous concretions of the kidneys. 
Though this was amongst their methods of reasoning, 
there is no evidence to show that our plant was one 
which originally bore the appellation. Granulata, 
from the Latin granum, a grain ; in reference to its 
small numerous grain-like roots. 
The single-flowered Saxifraga granulata is very 
frequent in various parts of England, particularly in 
the midland counties; but the double flowering va- 
riety is only met with in gardens, where it forms a 
neat little tuft of foliage, whence rise its stems, bear- 
ing a pretty display of delicate flowers. 
It will grow in almost any soil or situation, and is 
very suitable for ornamenting artificial rock work. 
It may be divided at any time of the year, if fre- 
quently watered till it has taken root. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 3, 69. 
