﻿SAXIFRAGE 
  FAMILY 
  111 
  

  

  IV. 
  MITELLA 
  L. 
  

  

  Delicate 
  perennial 
  herbs. 
  Flowers 
  small, 
  pretty, 
  in 
  a 
  simple 
  

   raceme 
  or 
  spike. 
  Calyx 
  5-cleft, 
  slightly 
  perigynous. 
  Petals 
  5, 
  

   cut-fringed, 
  inserted 
  on 
  the 
  throat 
  of 
  the 
  calyx 
  tube. 
  Stamens 
  

   5 
  or 
  10, 
  not 
  projecting 
  from 
  the 
  calyx 
  tube. 
  Styles 
  2, 
  very 
  

   short. 
  Ovary 
  and 
  pod 
  2-beaked, 
  globular, 
  1-celled. 
  

  

  1. 
  M. 
  diphylla 
  L. 
  TWO-LEAVED 
  BISHOP'S 
  CAP, 
  FRINGE 
  CUP, 
  

   FAIRY 
  CUP. 
  Stemless, 
  with 
  long-petioled, 
  roundish-cordate 
  root 
  

   leaves, 
  and 
  a 
  scape 
  about 
  1 
  ft. 
  high, 
  bearing 
  2 
  opposite, 
  nearly 
  ses- 
  

   sile 
  leaves. 
  Flowers 
  many, 
  racemed, 
  white. 
  Woods. 
  

  

  V. 
  PHILADELPHIA 
  L. 
  

  

  Shrubs. 
  Leaves 
  simple, 
  opposite, 
  3-5-ribbed, 
  petioled, 
  with- 
  

   out 
  stipules. 
  Flowers 
  solitary 
  or 
  in 
  cymes, 
  large, 
  white. 
  Calyx 
  

   tube 
  top-shaped, 
  the 
  epigynous 
  limb 
  4-5-parted, 
  persistent. 
  

   Petals 
  4-5, 
  rounded 
  or 
  obovate. 
  Stamens 
  20-40, 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   the 
  petals. 
  Ovary 
  3-5-celled, 
  many-seeded; 
  styles 
  3-5, 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  united.* 
  

  

  1. 
  P. 
  grandiflorus 
  Willd. 
  LARGE-FLOWERED 
  SYRINGA. 
  Shrub, 
  

   6-10 
  ft. 
  high; 
  branches 
  downy. 
  Leaves 
  ovate 
  or 
  ovate-oblong, 
  

   taper-pointed, 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  downy, 
  3-ribbed. 
  Flowers 
  solitary 
  or 
  

   2-3 
  together, 
  white, 
  1.^2 
  in. 
  broad, 
  not 
  fragrant. 
  Calyx 
  lobes 
  ovate, 
  

   taper-pointed, 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  -as 
  the 
  tube. 
  On 
  low 
  ground 
  S., 
  

   and 
  cultivated.* 
  

  

  2. 
  P. 
  coronarius 
  L. 
  GARDEN 
  SYRINGA. 
  Shrub, 
  8-10 
  ft. 
  high. 
  

   Leaves 
  oval 
  or 
  ovate, 
  obtuse 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  acute 
  at 
  the 
  apex, 
  remotely 
  

   toothed, 
  smooth 
  above, 
  downy 
  beneath. 
  Flowers 
  in 
  terminal 
  racemes, 
  

   creamy 
  white, 
  1-H 
  in. 
  wide, 
  very 
  fragrant. 
  Calyx 
  lobes 
  ovate, 
  acute, 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  tube. 
  Common 
  in 
  cultivation. 
  From 
  southern 
  Europe.* 
  

  

  VI. 
  DEUTZIA 
  Thunb. 
  

  

  Shrubs 
  with 
  simple, 
  opposite 
  leaves, 
  without 
  stipules. 
  

   Flowers 
  all 
  bisexual 
  and 
  alike, 
  racemed 
  or 
  panicled, 
  showy. 
  

   Calyx 
  lobes 
  5. 
  Petals 
  5. 
  Stamens 
  10, 
  5 
  long 
  and 
  5 
  short 
  ; 
  

   filaments 
  flat 
  and 
  3-pronged, 
  the 
  middle 
  prong 
  bearing 
  an 
  

   anther. 
  Styles 
  3-5, 
  slender. 
  Pod 
  3-5-celled. 
  

  

  1. 
  D. 
  gracilis 
  Sieb. 
  & 
  Zucc. 
  About 
  2 
  ft. 
  high, 
  loosely 
  spreading. 
  

   Leaves 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  sharply 
  serrate, 
  smooth. 
  Flowers 
  white, 
  

   very 
  numerous. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  Japan, 
  often 
  in 
  greenhouses. 
  

  

  