186 SAXIFKAGE^. 



compound cyme ; bracts ovate-lanceolate : pedicels 1 — 3 lines long : 

 sepals broadly lanceolate, }^ in. long : petals yellow, oblong-lanceolate, 

 mostly acuminate. 4 — 6 lines long : carpels ovate-oblong, }^ in. long.-^ 

 Near Monterey and Sonoma ; also in the foothills of the Sierra. 



5. C. Palmeri, Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. 292 (1879). Caulescent, 

 not mealy or glaucous : leaves reddish, lanceolate, acuminate, 2 in. long, . 

 8 or 9 lines wide at base and gradually tapering to the very acute apex, 

 the margin obtuse : flowering stem with broadly triangular-ovate leafy 

 bracts : inflorescence of a few simple spreading secund racemes, some- 

 what glaucous ; pedicels 1^—3^ in. long : calyx broad ; sepals triangular- 

 ovate, 2 lines long : petals pale lemon-yellow, 5 — 6 lines long : carpels 

 •i lines, at length somewhat spreading, with divergent styles. — At San 

 Simeon Bay, Palmer. 



6. C. Ling'ula, Wats. 1. c. 293. Habit of the preceding : leaves 

 oblong, acute, 2—3 in. long, 1 in. broad : stems l^^— 2 ft. long, the 

 branches of fhe cyme less spreading ; pedicels very short : sepals 

 narrower and longer : carpels \^ in. long, somewhat spreading, with 

 straight styles. — Habitat of the last. 



Order XXVIII. SAXIFRAGE >E. 



Ventenat, Tabl. du Eeg. Veget. iii. 277 (1799). Saxifrage, Juss. (1789). 



Herbs (Ribes shrubby) with simple alternate usually exstipulate leaves, 

 the petiole often stipulaceously dilated at base. Stems mostly simple 

 below, commonly leafless and scape-like. Inflorescence mostly either 

 cymose, racemose or paniculate. Calyx of about 5 sepals, often more or 

 less coherent below and united to the base of the ovary. Petals as many 

 or 0. Stamens 5 or 10, perigynous or hypogyuous. Ovary of about 2 

 carpels more or less cohering by their inner faces, commonly distinct and 

 diverging at apex ; style often wanting and stigmas sessile on the tips of 

 the lobes of the ovary. Fruit capsular or follicular (in Ribes baccate). 

 Seeds many, small, albuminous.— A considerable family, analogous to 

 Eosacese, b^^t with few and definite stamens, and albuminous seeds ; 

 more closely related to Crassulacese, from which they are most readily 

 known by the dicarpellary pistil and different (seldom succulent) herbage. 



Hints of the fienera. 



Shrubs; fruit berry-like, ------------11 



Herbs, or low alpine undershrubs ; 



Petals 0; capsule obcordate, compressed, ------ 10 



" 5, undivided ; 



Stamens 10, -_--------!, 5 



5, - - - - - - - - - 2, 3, 6, 9 



" 3, ---------- - 4 



Petals 5, toothed or cleft ; 



Stamens 10, ---------- - ^' ^ 



5, - - 8 



