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BRITISH WILD FLOWERS. 
GENUS IV. 
THE FEW-FLOWERED SAXIFRAGE. (Leiogyne, Don.) 
Lin. Syst. DECANDRIA DIGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx 5-partcd, erect. Petals equal. producing few branches. Leaves either reniform or linear, never 
Stamens 10, perigynous. Disk obsolete. Capsule superior, with with a cartilaginous border. Flowers white, rarely yellow. ( Lindl.) 
2 cells. Seeds roundish.—Herbaceous plants, with simple stems, 
Description, &c. —The plants included in this genus are some of the most beautiful kinds of Saxifrage; and 
they are distinguished by the leaves never having a cartilaginous border ; the stems being either simple, or very 
slightly branched ; and the flowers being either white or yellow. This genus is in the same Linmean class and 
order as the last. 
§ 1 .—Capsule long. 
1. —THE YELLOW MOUNTAIN SAXIFRAGE. (Leiogyne aizoides, Lindley.) 
Synonymes.— Saxifraga aizoides, Lin. ; S. autumnalis, Willd. Specific Character. — Stem decumbent at the base. Leaves 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 39 ; 2nd ed., t. 600; and our fig. 3, alternate, linear, with fringe-like teeth. {Lindley.) 
in PI. 24. 
Description, &c. —A pretty little plant which grows abundantly among the mountains of Great Britain 
and Ireland, wherever the soil is a black peat. The plant is a perennial, creeping over the rocks, and sending 
up numerous erect flower-stalks five or six inches high, on which the bright yellow flowers are produced nearly 
all the summer. The petals are somewhat wide apart, and their bright golden hue is spotted with crimson. 
2.— THE WHITE MEADOW SAXIFRAGE. (Leiogyne granulata, Lindley.) 
Synonyme. —Saxifraga granulata, Lin. j Specific Character. —Leaves kidney-shaped, lobed. Stem panicled, 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 500 ; 2nd ed., t. 602 ; and our fig. 1, leafy. Root granulated. {Lindley.) 
in PI. 24. 
Description, &c. —This is one of the commonest species of the genus, particularly on gravelly and sandy 
soils. The flowers are large and of a clear white ; and the root produces a number of small granular tubers, 
which appear above the ground, and which look more like large grains of some kind of corn than roots. The 
stem, which generally grows nearly a foot high, is covered with hairs which are rather glutinous to the touch. 
The leaves are somewhat succulent'. This species is very much improved by cultivation, and there is a 
very handsome double-flowered variety of it in the gardens. It is a perennial, and flow T ers in May and June. 
.3.—THE DROOPING BULBOUS SAXIFRAGE. (Leiogyne cernua, Lindley.) 
Synonyme.' —Saxifraga cevnua, Lin. I Specific Character. —Leaves somewhat palmate, stalked. Stem 
Engravings. —Eng. Bot., t. 664 ; 2nd ed., t. 603. | with aggregate, axillary bulbs. Petals obovate. {Lindley.) 
Description, &c.— This is a very curious little plant, which is only found on the Scotch mountains, where 
it flowers from June till August. The stem is about three inches high, and it terminates in a single white 
flower ; but in the axil of each leaf it bears a cluster of small bright red bulbs ; and these bulbs, which have a 
very singular appearance, when ripe drop off, and falling on the ground, take root and produce new plants. 
The species is a perennial. 
