Chryfofplenium Oppofitifolium. Common Golden Saxifrage.
CHRYSOSPLENIUM Limai Gen. PI. Decandria D i.gynia.
Cal. 4-f. 5-fidus, coloratus. Cor. o. Caps. 2-roftris, 1 lo-
Gularis, polyfperma,
RaiiSyn.Gen. 5. Herbæ flore imperfecto seu stamineo vel apetalo
potius.
CHRYSOSPLENIUM oppoßlifolium foliis oppofitis. Lin. Syß. Fegetab. p. 342. Sp. PI. 569.
CHRYSOSPLENIUM foliis conjugates. Haller. Hiß. No. 1549.
SAXIFRAGA rotundifolia aurea. Bauhin. pin. p. 309.
SAXIFRAGA aurea. Ger. emac. 841. Parkinfon 425. Rail Syn. 158. Golden Saxifrage.
Hudfon Fl. Angl. p. 156.
Oeder FI. Dan. ic. 365.
Lightfoot FI. Scot, p» 220.
RADICES perennes, fibrofae, capillares.
CAULES bafi repentes, quadrati, palmares et ultra, pilis rarist enheirrfruimtii;, raemreodftii,, iuperne dichotomi.
IFOLIA otpupnodfai,t a, pciloisn nraatrai,s paeltbioidlaist a,h iprafutetna,t ia,d efnutbartoo-- 1 calrbeindaat,a , fufupbrecmaran opfrao,f eu fnldaviuos v cirreefncaetna.tia, fubtus
[FLORESr yflmavbio, fif,e fffailfetsi,g iaftuim. mis ramis infidentes, co-
[CALYX : Perianthium quadripartitum, rarius quin-
quepartitum, patens, flavum, perfiftens ; la-
ciniis ovatis, fubæqualibus, Jig. 1,2.
[COROLLA nulla.
KTAMINA : F ilamento o£to, (in fupremo flore decern
aliquando obfervantur,) fubulata, erefta,
longitudine fere calycis : A ntheræ didymæ,
fubrotundæ, flavæ, Jig. 3, 4.
plECTARIUM fquamula crenulata germen cingens,
fs- s-
IlSTILLÛM : Germen inferum, definens in Stylos
duos, fubulatos, longitudine ftaminum : Stigmata
obtufa, Jig. 6.
IffilCARPIUM : Capsula biroftris, bipartita, uni-
locularis, bivalvis, calyce viridi cindta.
pEMINA plurima, minuta, aurantiaca.
t ROOTS fibrous, capillary, and perennial.
I¥ STALKSu pcrriegehpti,n ga baotu tb footutorm i,n cfhqeusa rien, hveeirgyh t,t ebnedfeert, |? ewdi tha t at ofepw. ftiffifh hairs, branched, and fork-
$ LEAVESf porpeapdoifnitge,, ocof na nraotuen, diHfha nfdiginugre ,o nb effeoto tw-ftiatlhk sa, | few white ftiffifh hairs, indented or crenated |t agtr etehne ceodgloeusr, , fobmute w'whhaitt ifflhe fhuyn, doefr,nae yaetlhlo; wtihfhe ¥ ' uppermoft leaves more deeply notched. t
??| FLOWEbRrSan cyheellso, wf,o rfmefilnilge, af citotirnygm obnu st hpee rtofepcst loyf ftlhate ¥ at top. ?|
CALYX: a P e r ia n th iu m divided into four fegments,
feldom into five, fpreading, o f a yellow colour,
| ■ and continuing; the fegments ovate, and
nearly equal, Jig. 1 , 2 .
| COROLLA wanting.
| ■ ■ $| STAMINtAen :a reei gfhotm eFtiimlaesm oebnfetrsv,a b(ilne, )t tahpee rtionpg , fulopw-er | right, almoft the length of the calyx: An-
| therje double, roundifh, and yellow,^. 3,4.
*| NECTARY ' a fcale wi.th a crenated edge, furrounding $ the germen, Jig. 5.
I PISTILLiUngM i n: Gtweor mtaepne rpinlagc ed below the calyx, endthe
Stamina : Styles, the length of Stigmata blunt, Jig. 6.
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|i SEED-VhEoSrSnsE, Ld;i vai diCnag pisnu lthee hmavidindgle ,t woof o nbee caakvs ityor, $ and two valves, furrounded by a green Calyx. $I
SEEDS numerous, minute, of an orange colour.