In a wild state the flowers are usually fewer in number, and
the leaves when growing under a rock have frequently stalks
of fully twice their own length.
As this species exactly resembles S. umbrosa in most particulars,
it does not appear to be necessary to do more than
point out its peculiarities. It is distinguished from all of its
allies by the constant roundness of its leaves, the length of
which when fully grown scarcely at all differs from their
breadth; by their base being neither cordate nor narrowed
into the petiole; and by the petioles, although broad and flat
above, being convex beneath. Judging from Mr. Sowerby’s
drawings, the shape of the capsule and the direction of the
styles may afford distinctive characters for these plants.
Our present subject is the best of the Robertsonian group
of Saxifrages for cultivation, and from the shortness of its petioles
and its rose -shaped tufts of leaves, it forms a peculiarly
neat edging for garden beds, flowering in June.—C. C. B.
