SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 



the stems begin to lengthen, and by the time these 

 are fully open they stand six to ten inches high. When 

 developed the flowers are in a flattish cluster, each 

 having a five-cleft calyx, five petals, ten stamens, and 

 two styles. 



The plant has a threatening name for so harmless an 

 individual, as Saxifrage is literally rock-breaker, a name 

 referring to the habit of many of the species of rooting 

 in the clefts of rocks. 



GOLDEN SAXIFRAGE 



Chrysosplenium Americdnum 



Name compounded of chrysos, golden, and splen, the 

 spleen; probably from some reputed medicinal qualities. 



Perennial. Native. An inconspicuous, early blooming 

 plant, growing in cold, wet places. Nova Scotia to Georgia 

 and west to Minnesota. Found in northern Ohio. March- 

 May. 



Stems. — Slender, decumbent, and forking. 



Leaves. — Principally opposite, roundish or heart-shaped, 

 obscurely crenate. 



Flowers. — Inconspicuous, greenish, tinged with yellow 

 or purple. 



Calyx. — Tube coherent with the ovary; lobes four to 

 five, yellow within. 



Corolla. — Wanting. 



Stamens. — Eight to ten, very short, inserted on a con- 

 spicuous disk. 



Pistil. — One; styles two. 



Fruit. — Many-seeded capsule. 



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