H orti E lthamensis. 337
SAX IFR AGA P EN S ILV AN IC A, FLORIBUS
MUSCO S i S RA C EMO S I S T. CCLIII. E 328.
NO v a plane & major, quam alia quæcunque ex raotis hujus generis, fpecies
eft, quam primum ex Penfilvdnia naflus nobifc'am communicavit Petr.
Collinfon, eui a radice perenni fibrofa folia enafcuntur plura magna, oblonga,
partim forrefta, interiora nempe, partim obliqua & nonnihil reflexa, media
nempe, partim reflexa & fuper terrain ftrata, ima nimirum feu exteriora, inter
Primulas veris & Auricula: urli folia media, figura nempe illi, confiftentia & læ-
vore his magis fimilia, crafliufcüla glabra, laste yifentia & Iplendentia, media
præfertim & interiora folia, per margines obiter dentatä, nérvo medio-lato di-
ftinäa, a quo alternatim vehæ oblongæ 6c obliquas 6c inde alise minores tranfver- •
fæ producuntur, parte, ffipina nonnihil protubérantes, prona, fecus ac in plerit
que foliis eontingit, latentes 8c inconfpicüæ; qua patte folia pallidiora font, ex
glauco albicantia, asquabilia, excepta media parte, qua nervus in dorfum prohibent,
fuperiore veto parte vël planus eft nervus, vel leniter faltem, in majori-
bus nempe & exterioribus Foliis, idque Verfos bafim, excavatus, cbloris ea parte
rubentis, cetera e viridi albicântis.
Caulis non ex medio plants, fed juxtâ interiora folia erigituf craffus, digitum
nempe minorera ea parte asquans, cavus, teres, viridis, inferne pilofos 8c hirfo-
tus, foperne villofos ad fefquipedis 8c duorum pedum altitudinem in fidtili, in fo-
îo libêro altiUs procul dubio afforgens, qui verfos foi medium ramùlos alterna
fèrie e ligüla foliacea emittit, fimiliter villofos, villo tenui tubore, cum inferiuS
piii virefcant, vel e viridi albicënt, afperfo, in quibus pediculis nunc altérais,
nunc, 8c plerumqué, cönjugätis, tenui ad bafim ligula præditis, flores nafcuntur
pluriffli, racematim in mufcaria congefti, pro plante maguitudine parvi, mufcofi,
petala nempe, quæ quina habent, pallide herbacea font, (maculis carentia) angu-
fta oblonga, ab initio concava 8c extenfa, dein planiora 8c reflexa, calyces vero
parvi etiam & virides font, in quinque fegmenta retroflexa divifi. Embryo in
medio flore bicornis eft, virens, extremitatibus, ceu in aiiis Saxifragis, intus de-
nùo inflexis,, âd bafim citculo protubérante, calyci cohærente, cin&us, in cujus
peripheiia ftamina oriuntur brévia herbacea, pro petalorum nilmero duplicata,
una feu eodëm tempore oriéntia, 8c apices fubrotundös, ochteo colore præditos,
gerentia; Sole ex Tauro ad Geminos tranfeunte floret.
SAXIFRAGA TRIDACTFLIDÉS G ROE NLA fr
DIC A C J Ü L lC U L I S V A V D E FOLIOSIS T. C C L I I I F. 329.
QU æ in Alplnis nobilcum nafountur plante^ eas in campeftribus plhnis Sepien
trionalium nafci, obl’erVatio eft a Lobelio olim faSla. Sic Angelica 8t
Arnica Schroed. vel Doronicum Plantaginis folio alterum C. B. qüod in
Pannonioe 8c Germanise auftralis montanis tantum provenit, nafcuntur in campe-
ftribus Septentrionalis Germanise 8c aiiis borealibus provinciis, de quo vid. Sim.
Paulli Quadrip. Bot. p. 200. 8c p. 258. 259. Sic novimus Pirolam,Radicem Rhodiam,