630 DECANDRIA. DIGYNIA. Saxifraga. 
Purple Saxifrage. Rocks. On the north side of Ingleborough; higher 
rocks of Snowdon; about Llanberris; Highland mountains, and Isles of 
Rum and Skye. Curtis. This beautiful plant insinuates its roots into 
every crevice, and, with its numerous trailing branches, clothes, with a 
rich tapestry, the perpendicular rocks on the west side of the summit of 
Ingleborough. Mr. Woodward. On Ben Lomond. Dr. Hope. Ben Vur- 
loch. Mr. Brown. (Calcareous mountains of Leitrim, and Sligo. E. 
Murphy, Esq. E.) P. April—June.* 
S. hir'culus. Stem-leaves spear-shaped, alternate, naked, without 
prickles: stem upright: (capsule superior: calyx reflexed, obtuse, 
fringed. E.) 
{Curt .— E. Bot 1009. E.)— FI. Dan. 200— H. Ox. xii. 8. row 2. 6. a — 
H. Ox. 6 — Gmel.iv. 65. 3— Hall. 11. 3— Clus. Cur. 6— Ger. Em. 1284. 8 
— Park. 656, the lowest figure — H. Ox. xii. 8. 5 — Breyn. 106. t. 48. 
{Stem solitary, four to eight inches high, sometimes invested with rusty 
hairs. E.) Stem purple, simple, generally with two or three flowers. 
Fruit-stalks downy. Leaves not fringed. Petals ribbed, yellow, with 
tawny spots, towards their base an oblong furrow of two pointed valves, 
containing honey. Linn. The ribs on the cup and on the petals clearly 
distinguish it from S. aizoides. Woodw. (As also the germen superior. 
E. Bot. Calyx-leaves much shorter than the petals. In many specimens 
\he fruit-stalks only one-flowered, seldom, if ever, more than two-flow¬ 
ered ; whilst in S. aizoides they bear from three to six much smaller 
flowers. E.) 
Yellow Marsh Saxifrage. Turf bogs, rare. Knutsford Moor, Che¬ 
shire. Ray and Lightfoot. (Near the junction of the Baulder and Black- 
beck on Cautherstone Fell, Yorkshire, found by Mr. J. Binks. Mr. 
Winch. E.) P. Aug.t 
S. aizoPdes. Stem-leaves strap-awl-shaped, sometimes fringed; root- 
leaves crowded together : stems trailing : (capsule half superior: 
floral receptacle depressed: calyx spreading. Sm. E.) 
E. Bot. 39— Gesn. Op. Schmid. App. f. 4— Scop. 14. at p. 493— FI. Dan. 72 
— Clus. ii. 60. 3—Ger. Em. 516. 2— Park. 737. 7—J. B. iii. 693. 2— 
Pet. 61. 10— H. Ox. xii. 6. row 2. 
Stems numerous, ascending, (three to four inches high. E.) Stem-leaves 
numerous, strap-spear-shaped, scattered, half embracing the stem, some¬ 
times with a few hairs at the edge, but oftener without. Fruit-stalks 
* (Well deserving the attention of the florist, especially for ornamenting rock-work. 
It is regularly sold in Covent-garden market as an acceptable spring flower. Its leaves 
when submitted to the magnifying glass exhibit additional beauty, bearing some resem¬ 
blance to those of Mesembryanthema. Indeed few objects appear more interesting beneath 
the microscope than those afforded by the delicate structure of the different parts of Saxi¬ 
frages. But we are so accustomed to the beauties of nature, that we too often neglect to 
admire the wisdom that stamps them all, and are never sufficiently grateful for the nume¬ 
rous advantages we derive from them. Thus what ought chiefly to excite man’s admiration 
and gratitude renders him indifferent and insensible. The genuine lover of nature must, 
however, be exempt from such an imputation, for 
“ A thousand beauties lost to vulgar eyes 
Full to his scrutinizing search are spread.” E.) 
f (This species is also worthy of cultivation, and will flourish in bog earth kept moist. E.) 
