2. S. Eschscholtzii (Sternb.): small, densely caespitose; leaves closely
imbricated, obovate, concave, pectinately ciliate; flowers solitary on very
short peduncles; petals (calyx, Sternb.) cochleate, ciliate. Hook— Sternb.
rev. Saxifr. suppl. p. 9, t. 10, f . 2; Seringe, in DC. 1. c .; Hook. fl. Bor.-
Am. 1. p. 243. S. fimbriata, Don, Saxifr. 1. c. p. 404.
N. W. Coast, lat. 59°, Mr. Nelson! Behring’s Straits, Menzies, and
Arctic sea-shore west of Mackenzie River, Capt. Franklin, ex Hook.—Stems
an inch high, silvery gray. Leaves somewhat 3-nerved.
§ 2. Caudex perennial, leafy: leaves fiat, mostly persistent, often bristlyciliate,
the margins not punctate nor cartilaginous : flowering stems annual,
leafy: sepals united at the base, slightly coherent with the ovary.—Hirc'ulus,
Tausch.
3. <S. Hirculus (Linn.): stem 1—6-flowered; leaves lanceolate, nerved,
not ciliate ; pedicels hairy; sepals usually ciliate, obtuse, much shorter than
the obovate many-nerved petals; styles very short; stigmas spatulate, at
first inflexed, at length divaricate.—L in n .; Engl. bot. t. 1009 ; Don, Saxifr.
1. c. p. 372 ; B. B r .! in Parry's 1st voy. suppl. p. 273 ; Seringe ! in DC.
prodr. 4. p. 45; Hook. ! fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 252. S. propinqua, R. Br. in
Ross’ voy. fed. 2) 2. p. 192.
Arctic Sea-shore and Islands, from Melville Island! to Behring’s Straits!
south to the Saskatchawan.—Flowers “very large, yellow.
4. S. flagellaris (Willd.): glandularly pubescent; stem simple, leafy;
stolons from the axils of the radical leaves very long and filiform, naked,
bearing a rooting bud or leafy tuft at the extremity; leaves obovate-spatulate,
ciliate, the radical and lower cauline ones much crowded, the uppermost
oblong or linear; flowers large (yellow) ; calyx very glandular; petals persistent,,
longer than the capsule.— Willd. ex Sternb. rev. Saxifr. p. 25, t. 6 ;
R. Br. ! in Parry's 1st voy. suppl. p. 273 ; Don, Saxifr. 1. c. p. 373 ; Seringe.
1 in DC. 1. c .; Torr. ! in ann. lyc. New York, 2. p. 203 ; Hook.! fl.
Bor.-Am. 1. p . 253, t. 87. S. setigera, Pursh! fl. l. p. 312.
a. stem 1-5-flowered; sepals oblong; ovary nearly free. Hook.__S. flagellaris,
Willd. 1. c .; Ledeb. ! fl. Alt. 2. p. 121, 8f ic. pi. Ross.-Alt. t. 321.
S. aspera, Bieberst. S. myosotifolia, Pall, in Spreng. syst. ? ex Hook.
O. stem about 1-flowered; calyx adhering to the base of the ovary; the
segments ovate. Hook.—S. flagellaris, R. Br. 1. c .; Hook. Sr Am . bot.
Beechey, p. 154.
Arctic America, from Greenland ! BafSn’s Bay, and Melville Island ! to
Kotzebue’s Sound and the N. W. Coast! and on the Rocky Mountains to
lat. 41°, Dr. James /—This singular plant is also found on the Caucasian
Alps. S. stenopetala, Royle, and two or three other species of the Himalaya
Mountains collected by Jacquemont, are allied to it.
5. S. bronchialis (Linn.) : stems ascending, slender, producing short
branchlets; leaves linear, rather coriaceous, finely ciliate, mucronate •
flowers corymbose or solitary ; peduncles long and weak ; sepals lanceolate’
rather acute; petals obovate-oblong, marked with numerous saffron-colored
spots; styles and stigmas convergent during flowering. Seringe.__Linn. ;
Pursh ! fl. 1. p. 310 ; Sternb. rev. Saxifr. p. 13, t. 10 ; Don ! Saxifr. 1. c.
p. 376 ; Seringe! in DC. 1. c. ; Torr.! in ann. lyc. New York, 2. v. 204 •
Hook. fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 255. “ ’
N. W. Coast! and Rocky Mountains, at the Portage of the Oregon,
Drummond; and to lat. 41°, Dr. James !—Flowers small, yellowish-white.
6. S. tricuspidata (Retz): stem strict, thick; lower leaves dense, oblong,
3-cuspidate, with cartilaginous points, the margins very slightly ciliate;
flowers somewhat corymbose, the peduncles rather short and rigid; sepals
ovate, somewhat coriaceous; petals obovate-oblong, not spotted [punctate
with numerous dots in specimens, and according to Pursh ff Don], longer
than the calyx; capsule ovoid, apiculate with the conical diverging styles ;
stigmas somewhat capitate. Seringe.—“ Retz, prodr. fl. Scand. ; Rottb. act.
Hafn. 10. p. 446, t. 6 ;” Pursh! fl. 1. p. 312; Fl. Dan. t. 976; Don!
Saxifr. 1. c. p. 440 ; Seringe, in DC. prodr. 4. p. 47 ; Hook.! fl. Bor.-Am.
1. p. 254.
0. smaller in all its parts. Hook. 1. c.—S. Chamissoi, Sternb. rev. Saxifr.
suppl. p. 12, t.. 10.
Arctic and Subarctic America, from Greenland! and Hudson’s Bay ! to
the N. W. Coast! south to Lake Winipeg, lat. 50°, ex Hook. 0. Unalasch-
ka, Chamisso; and on Mount Hood, Douglas, ex Hook.—Flowers large,
white according to Pursh and Seringe ; yellow according to Don.
7. S. Pseudo-Burseriana (Fischer ! mss.): caespitose, much branched from
the base ; sterile branches short and crowded; leaves flat, linear-spatulate,
mucronate, strongly ciliate, densely imbricated; those of the flowering
branches numerous, scattered; sepals nearly distinct, ovate, rather obtuse,
glabrous, shorter than oval-obovate not unguiculate somewhat 3-nerved petals
; ovary short; styles very short, stigmatic along the inside.
Unalaschka and Bay of St. Lawrence, Chamisso.—Stems 3-4 inches
high. Leaves 2-3 lines in length, very densely imbricated on the sterile
stems, coriaceous, obscurely 1-nerved, glabrous. Flowers few, small__We
know not whether any description of this species has been published : ours
is drawn from a specimen collected in Kamtschatka. I t is enumerated
among the plants of Chamisso’s collection in the Linncea, 6.p. 555.
_ 8. S. aizoides (Linn.) : stems caespitose, leafy ; leaves linear, more or less
ciliate, slightly mucronate, thick; flowers paniculate, sometimes solitary;
sepals ovate ; petals oblong, longer than the calyx, yellow or orange-color'
often dotted ; stigmas depressed; capsule rather thick, as long as the styles ;
seeds ovate-triquetrous, minutely rugose. Seringe.—Smith, Engl. bot. t. 39 ;
Wahl. fl. Lapp.p. 115; Pursh! fl. 1. p. 312; Don, Saxifr. 1. c.p. 376;
Seringe! in DC. prodr. 4. p. 4 7 ; Hook.! fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p . 255. S.
autumnalis, Linn.! 1. c. ; Fl. Dan. t. 72.
Arctic America! and from Greenland to Labrador! Newfoundland!
and the Island of Anticosti. Alpine rivulets on the Rocky Mountains
Drummond,!
§ 3. Caudex perennial, leafy: leaves persistent, the margins not punctate nor
cartilaginous: flowering stems annual, somewhat leafy: sepals united
below and coherent with the base of the ovary: cilia of the leaves articulated.__
Dactyloides, Tausch.
9. S. ceespitosa (Linn.): caespitose; leaves 3—5-cleft, the uppermost linear
and entire, glandularly pubescent; the segments broadly linear, obtuse, not
pointed; flowering stems' with a few scattered leaves, glandular, 1-4-flow-
ered; tube of the calyx adherent to the ovary; petals obovate, 3-nerved
twice the length of the calyx. Hook. 1 fl. Bor.-Am. 1. p. 244.
a. stems 2-3-flowered. Hook.! 1. c.—S. cae.spitosa, L in n ; Don, Saxifr
h .m Pursh! fl. 1. p. 312; Wahl. fl. Lapp. p. 119. S. Grcenlandica'
Linn. ; Seringe, in DC. prodr. 4. p. 27.
0. stems 1-flowered. Hook. 1. c.—S. uniflora, R. Br. in Parry's 1st voy.
suppl. p. 274. S. caespitosa, Engl. bot. t. 764 ; Seringe, l. c. S. venosa
Haw. enum. Saxifr. p. 28.