m 
Decandria. 
five-petaled ; caps, two-beaked, one-celled, many 
seeded. 
Sax. Utnhrosa , London Pride, None-so-pretty ; with 
obovate leaves and naked paniculated stem. Native of 
some high mountains in Ireland and of some parts oi 
England, and one of the most common plants in the 
flower-garden. 
Sax. Granulata , White Saxifrage ; with kidney- 
formed, lobed leaves, paniculated stem, and granulated 
root. Frequent in meadows and pastures of a gravelly 
soil, and is not uncommon in the garden with double 
flowers. 
Sax. Hypnoides, Mossy Saxifrage, or Lady’s Cushion, 
with linear leaves, entire, or three- cleft ; on moun- 
tainous places, as on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh. 
Sax. Crassifolia, Oval-leaved Saxifrage ; with oval, 
crenulated leaves, and naked stem. Native of the 
Alps of Siberia, but common in the garden, and easily 
distinguished by its large leaves, which are red on 
the under, and of a fine shining green on the upper 
surface, and by its tall stem supporting a large bunch 
of purple pendulous flowers, which appear early in 
spring. 
Dianthus. Gen. char. — Cal. cylindrical, one leafed, 
scaly at the base ; petals five ; furnished with claws ; 
caps, cylindrical, superior, one- celled. 
Dian. Caryojrfiyllus, Clove Pink, or Carnation;— 
with solitary flowers, scales of the calyx very short, 
and somewhat rhomboidal, petals notched, and with- 
out beard. Native of England, and found on ancient 
walls, as on Rochester and Deal castles ; and from 
this species numerous varieties have been obtained by 
culture. 
