SAXIFRAGA OCCIDENTALIS S. `Vats. Proc. Am. Acad. 23 : 264. I888.
This species was founded on plants collected on Vancouver Island, by Prof. Macoun. It is a beautiful and distinct species averaging one decimeter in height, with a purple hue which ex tends even to the petals and filaments; it also possesses an abund ance of red or reddish tomentum on the lower surface of the finely crenate leaves. This form is not as widely distributed as indicated by Dr. Watson, when he states " the specific name is
given to the species as the western correlative of the common eastern S. nor is it the western correlative of the latter species, Saxifraga Californica, proposed in the following year holding that place. Saxifraga acthientalis is apparently confined to Vancouver Island and the mainland in the immediate vicinity.