DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Saxifraga. 
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intermediate between S. Geum and umbrosa, but whether really and spe¬ 
cifically distinct remains for future observation. 
S. punctata, of Don, Linn. Tr. xiii. 3 52. but not of Linnaeus : S. umbrosa 
(3. Sm. Leaves roundish, with sharp, tooth-like serratures; the full grown 
ones erect; foot-sfalks elongated; appears likewise to have been found 
by Mr. Evans in the Lancashire stations, along with S. umbrosa. E.) 
London Pride. None-so-pretty. Geum folio subrotundo majori, pistillo 
Jloris rubro. Tourn. R. Syn. Mountains of Sligo, and on Mangerton in 
Kerry, Ireland. (In a sloping field a little below Mosely Common, and 
also on Chap-moss, Lancashire. Mr. W. Evans. In Thorpe Arch woods, 
near Wetherby. Sir T. Frankland. Between ArnclifF and Horton in 
Craven, Yorkshire. Mr. Bingley. In Blair woods Scotland, and natural¬ 
ized on old stone walls in the lane behind Ormathwaite, Cumberland. 
Mr. Winch. E.) P. June.* 
(S. ge'um. Leaves of a roundish, kidney-shaped, sharply-toothed, 
(somewhat hairy: foot-stalks linear, channelled: E.) stem naked, 
panicled: capsule superior. 
E. Bot. 1561. 
Herbage of several leafy evergreen tufts. Leaves heart-shaped at the base, 
hairy on both sides, purplish on the under side. Flower-stalks about a 
span high. Leaves, not elongated at the base into a flat foot-stalk, but 
standing each on a longish narrow, hairy foot-stalk. Flower-stalk viscid, 
with red, glandular hairs. Petals cream-coloured, (not sprinkled with 
yellow and red spots,) merely marked at the base with a purple line and 
yellow stain. Flowers small. Calyx reflexed. 
Varieties have been observed of double the usual size, and sometimes the 
petals exhibit three or four crimson .spots, and the leaves are nearly 
destitute of hairs. 
Kidney-leaved Saxifrage. S. Geum. Linn. Discovered by Mr. Mackay, 
on a mountain near Dingle, county of Kerry, Ireland. 
P. June. E. Bot. E.) 
(2) Leaves undivided; stem leafy. 
S. ofpositifo'lia. Stem-leaves opposite, tiled, fringed: (branches 
single-flowered: petals ovate. E.) 
Dicks. H. S. — E. Bot. 9— Curt. — FI. Dan. 34— FI. Lapp. 2. 1— Allion. 21. 3 
— Pet. 61. 9— J. B. iii. 694. 1— H. Ox. xii. 10. 36. 
Stems numerous, thread-shaped, pendulous, or creeping. ( Plant forming 
small, dense, tufts. E.) Leaves (small, dark green, E.) oval, somewhat 
running down the stem, in opposite pairs, alternately from each side of 
the stem, giving the appearance of quadrangularly tiled, all fringed, sea- 
green, frequently tinged with purple. Cup purplish, fringed. Petals very 
blunt, bright purple. Woodw. ( Flowers terminal, large, handsome. E.) 
* (Like many other Sowers, this was introduced into gardens from foreign countries long 
before it was ascertained to be indigenous to our own. As an edging to borders it is much 
used, but more advantageously, and more naturally displayed on rock-work. Being one of 
the prettiest flowers which will endure a smoky atmosphere, even that of the metropolis, it 
long ago obtained a correspondent familiar appellation. E.) 
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