﻿SAXIFRAGE 
  FAMILY 
  109 
  

  

  SARRACENIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Rootstock 
  short, 
  horizontal 
  ; 
  scape 
  naked. 
  Leaves 
  trumpet- 
  

   shaped, 
  with 
  a 
  wing 
  extending 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  

   blade 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  tube 
  hairy 
  within, 
  with 
  downward-pointing, 
  

   stiff 
  hairs. 
  Calyx 
  3-bracted. 
  Petals 
  obovate, 
  drooping 
  or 
  in- 
  

   curved. 
  Style 
  umbrella-shaped, 
  5-angled 
  ; 
  stigmas 
  at 
  the 
  hooked 
  

   angles 
  of 
  the 
  style 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  surface. 
  Capsule 
  globose, 
  

   rough. 
  [The 
  tubular 
  leaves 
  usually 
  contain 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  water 
  

   and 
  dead 
  insects, 
  the 
  latter 
  having 
  been 
  attracted 
  by 
  a 
  honey- 
  

   like 
  secretion 
  near 
  the 
  opening.] 
  

  

  1. 
  S. 
  purpurea 
  L. 
  SIDESADDLE 
  FLOWER. 
  Leaves 
  ascending, 
  

   curved, 
  broadly 
  winged, 
  purple-veined, 
  4-8 
  in. 
  long 
  ; 
  blade 
  erect, 
  

   round-cordate, 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side. 
  Scapes 
  12-18 
  in. 
  tall 
  ; 
  flower 
  

   deep 
  purple, 
  about 
  2 
  in. 
  broad 
  ; 
  style 
  yellowish. 
  Mossy 
  swamps.* 
  

  

  44. 
  SAXIFRAGACEJE. 
  SAXIFRAGE 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  Herbs 
  or 
  shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  alternate 
  or 
  opposite, 
  generally 
  

   without 
  stipules. 
  Sepals 
  4 
  or 
  5, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  joined 
  with 
  each 
  

   other 
  and 
  not 
  usually 
  hypogynous. 
  Petals 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  

   sepals 
  and 
  alternate 
  with 
  them. 
  Stamens 
  as 
  many 
  as 
  the 
  

   petals 
  and 
  alternate 
  with 
  them, 
  or 
  2-10 
  times 
  as 
  many. 
  Ovary 
  

   usually 
  of 
  two 
  carpels, 
  united 
  only 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  or 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   throughout. 
  Fruit 
  generally 
  a 
  1-2-celled 
  capsule, 
  sometimes 
  

   a 
  berry; 
  seeds 
  many, 
  w?th 
  endosperm. 
  

  

  I. 
  SAXIFRAGA 
  L. 
  

  

  Herbs 
  with 
  simple 
  or 
  palmately 
  cut 
  leaves 
  and 
  generally 
  

   cymose 
  or 
  panicled 
  flowers. 
  Sepals 
  5, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  united. 
  

   Petals 
  5, 
  entire, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  calyx 
  tube. 
  Stamens 
  10. 
  

   Capsule 
  consisting 
  of 
  2 
  (sometimes 
  more) 
  ovaries, 
  united 
  at 
  

   the 
  base, 
  separate 
  and 
  diverging 
  above. 
  

  

  1. 
  S. 
  pennsylvanica 
  L. 
  SWAMP 
  SAXIFRAGE. 
  Perennial. 
  Leaves 
  

   4-8 
  in. 
  long, 
  oblong-lanceolate 
  and 
  tapering 
  to 
  the 
  base, 
  slightly 
  

   toothed. 
  Scape 
  1-2 
  ft. 
  high, 
  bearing 
  an 
  oblong 
  cluster 
  of 
  small 
  

   greenish 
  flowers, 
  at 
  length 
  diffusely 
  panicled. 
  Petals 
  greenish-yellow 
  

  

  