. Field and woodland plants. ged inspreading rosettes ; andtlie stem is leafless withthe exception of littlebracts at the base of thepedicels. The starUkeflowers, larger than thoseof the last species, arewhite, with two yellow-spots on each petal, andare arranged in a loosepanicle on spreadingpedicels. The calyx isadherent to the ovaryonly at the base, with itssegments turned doAon the pedicels ; and thepetals are narrow andspreading. Another Northernspecies—the YellowMountain Saxifrage {) — is abundanton the wet rocks ofmountainous districts,flowering from June to September. It is a
. Field and woodland plants. ged inspreading rosettes ; andtlie stem is leafless withthe exception of littlebracts at the base of thepedicels. The starUkeflowers, larger than thoseof the last species, arewhite, with two yellow-spots on each petal, andare arranged in a loosepanicle on spreadingpedicels. The calyx isadherent to the ovaryonly at the base, with itssegments turned doAon the pedicels ; and thepetals are narrow andspreading. Another Northernspecies—the YellowMountain Saxifrage {) — is abundanton the wet rocks ofmountainous districts,flowering from June to September. It is a tufted plant, with branched, decumbent, leafystems, about six inches long ; and crowded, narrow, fleshy leaves,about half an inch long, fringed with hairs at the base. Theflowers are yellow, in a loose panicle. The calyx is yellow, likethe petals, but much shorter, and erect; and the ovary is adherentto the short tube of the calyx to about half way up. The Rue-leaved or Three-fingered Saxifrage [S. iridactijliks) is a. The Ivy-LEWED Toadflax. 326 FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS small species, rarely exceeding four or five inches in height, commonon walls in most parts of Britain, flowering from April to whole plant is usually more or less tinged with red. and its erectstem is covered with fine glandular hairs. The radical leavesare very small, stalked, and undivided ; those of the upper partof the stem are also small and entire, but sessile ; and the inter-mediate leaves, lower on the stem, are palmately divided into three or five narrow seg-ments. The smallwhite flowers areplaced singly onrather long terminaland axillary stalks ;and the haiiy calyx,which adheres to theovary, has five bluntlobes less than halfthe length of thepetals. Our last exampleof this order is theCut-leaved or MossySaxifrage (;S. hypno-ides), a very variableplant, fiom three toten inches high,rather rare in SouthEngland, biit muchmore common in therocky parts of NorthEngland and Scotland. It has n
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