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S A X I F R A G A czefpitofa.
Tufted Alpine Saxifrage.
D EC A ND RIA Digynia.
Gen. Char. Cal. 5-cleft. Petals 5 . C ap/, with a
beaks, 1 cell, and many feeds.
Spec. Char. Radical leaves clnftered, fleflhy, linear
undivided or three-clefl, ribbed beneath. Stem
almoft naked, bearing one or two flowers.
S y n . Saxifraga caslpitofa. Linn. Sp. P I. 5 7 8 . Stn.FL
B r it. 4 5 5 . _______ __
F o R th is p la n t alfo we are obliged to M r . G riffith , who
difcovered it o n th e ro ck s a b o u t Cwm Idwel g row in g very
Sparingly, flowering in J u n e . I t affords us a fo rtu n a te opportu
n ity o f e x h ib itin g , and fixing as a B ritifh fpecies, th e certain
p la n t o f L inm e u s ; for, i f D r . W ith e rin g be rig h t, th e S. ctej-
pitofafd H u d fo n is n o o th e r th a n J a c q u in ’s mofcbata, to which
p e rh ap s all th e fy n o n ym s, applied in Sp. PI. to th e tru e cczjp-
tofa, really b e lo n g . E v en th e figure o f Scopoli, th e only one I
v en tu red to q uote in th e FI. Britannica, I am now fatisfied is
rig h tly referred b y Ja c q u in to his mujcotdes.
T h e tru e S. cafpitofa, o f w h ic h th e L in n a tan he rbarium
co n ta in s a b u n d a n t fpe cimens, ha s a p e ren n ia l ro o t, crowned
w ith d e n fe tu fts o f flelhy lin e a r b lu n t leaves, e ach w ith a triple
nerve b e n e a th ; o f w h ic h th e lowe rmoft are und iv id ed , the
re ft th re e -c le ft, fometime s five-cleft. S tem a b o u t two inches
h ig h , e re ft, b e a rin g a few lin e a r (rarely th re e -c le ft) bracteae, and
te rm in a te d b y one o r two large c re am-co lo u red flowers. Calyx
h em ifp h e ric a l, c lo th ed like th e he rbage w ith p rom in e n t, glan d
u la r, n o t woolly, h a irs, b u t its te e th are fm o o th e r a n d blunt.
P e ta ls obovate, e n tire , b lu n t, w ith a trip le ne rv e . Germen
a lm o ft en tire ly in ferio r.
I t is m u c h to be wilhed th a t fome a ccu rate b o ta n ift would
a fc e rta in w h e th e r it b e th is fpecies, th e mofcbata, o r th e muf-
eoides, th a t grows ab o u t Amblefide,