SAXIFRA'GA ROTUNDIFO'LIA. 
ROUND-LEAVED SAXIFRAGE. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
SAXIFRAGES. 
Native of 
Height. 
E lowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
Austria. 
1 foot. 
May, June. 
Perennial. 
in 1596. 
No. 270. 
The derivation of our present generic term has 
been lately noticed. The word rotundifolia, round- 
leaved, may be supposed to have no very distinct 
meaning, in botany, if the decision be made from the 
shape of the foliage in our present and preceding 
subjects. Though the leaves of the Ononis rotun- 
difolia have considerable variation in their shape, 
and sometimes are rounder than shown in our figure 
of that plant, still the term may seem to be somewhat 
incorrectly applied, as their prevailing form is rather 
oval than round. Perfection in any science will be 
sought in vain. 
This very pretty and delicate species of Saxifrage, 
should be present in every collection ; for the beauty 
and delicacy of its minutely dotted flowers, will be 
found to excite admiration in proportion to the atten- 
tion with which they are examined. 
It is extremely hardy ; and may be said to require 
but one care from the hand of its cultivator, w r hich 
is, that it be planted in a shady situation. It will 
grow in any common garden soil, and its roots may 
be divided in March or September, when increase 
of the plant is desired. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 3, 69. 
