. Flowers of the field. Botany. SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 169 lobed ; laiiliiic Itavts sessile, more deeply cut into more acute segments ; jioKn-rs \n a luose cluster, i in. across, inclined, pure white.—Gravelly banks and meadows ; not uncommon. A double variety is grown in gardens.—Fl. April;^—June. Perennial. ****** 7'iifted plants ivitli leaves paliualely cut into narrow sci;nicnts : Jloivers ivliite 13. 5. i\i:spitosa (Tufted Alpine Saxifrage), distinguished by the obtuse lobes of its leaves, with few small, crowded flowers, occurs very rarely on alpine summits, forming bright green cushions.—Fi.
. Flowers of the field. Botany. SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 169 lobed ; laiiliiic Itavts sessile, more deeply cut into more acute segments ; jioKn-rs \n a luose cluster, i in. across, inclined, pure white.—Gravelly banks and meadows ; not uncommon. A double variety is grown in gardens.—Fl. April;^—June. Perennial. ****** 7'iifted plants ivitli leaves paliualely cut into narrow sci;nicnts : Jloivers ivliite 13. 5. i\i:spitosa (Tufted Alpine Saxifrage), distinguished by the obtuse lobes of its leaves, with few small, crowded flowers, occurs very rarely on alpine summits, forming bright green cushions.—Fi. May—August. Perennial. 14. i', Stern/'er^'ii, a very hairy glandular species, with 3—4-. ^# CUKYSOsl'LLMl'M O PI'i tsii I Kill .1U M {C''rrniU'II Coi<tcfl Saiifrilgt^. lobed leaves, the lobes lanceolate, acute, fringed, occurs on alpine rocks in the south-west of Ireland.—fl. July, I'ercnnial. 15. S. rosdeea, a closely allied form, with 3—7-lobed leaves, the lobes abruptly acuminate, occurs in North ^\'ales. 16. S. greenldndiea, another closely-allied form, i — 2 in. high, densely tufted, with few cauliiie leaves : leaz'es broadly wedge- shaped, palmately 3—5-fid, with ovate-lanteolate acute lobes, and I'ew flouv/s, has been recorded from BeU; Lawers. 17. 6'. li/rta (Hairy Saxifrage), with 3—.^^-lobed leaves, very finely cut into bristle-pointed lobes and Jloivers 2—4 together, with subulate sepals and oblong 3-veined petals, the sides of which are inllexed, occurs on the Galtce Mountains, — Fl. Jul)-. Perennial. iS. .S". livpnoiiles (Mossy Saxifrage).—'\Vith trailing barren shoots and erect flowering ones ; leai'es mostly 3-cleft, bristle- pointed, wilh nairow fringed segments wi"th narrow triangular. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Johns, C. A. (Char
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