174 SAXIFRAGACE^. (SAXIFRAGE FAMILY.) 



iuto one, persistent Stigma thick, 7-10-rayed. Capsule 10- 15-ribbed, 7- 

 10-celled, many-seeded, bursting at the sides, the thin partitions at length sep- 

 arating into numerous chaffy scales. — A smooth climbing shrub, with opposite 

 ovate or oblong entire or serrate leaA'es, no stipules, and numerous fragrant 

 white flowers in compound terminal cymes. (Name said to be derived from 

 decern, ten, referring to the fact of its being often 10-merous.) 



I. D. barbara, L. Leaves shining, sometimes pubescent; capsule with 

 the persistent style and stigma urn-shaped, pendulous. — Banks of streams; 

 Dismal Swamp. Ya , to Fla and La 



12. P H I L A D E L P H U S, L. Mock Orange or Syringa. 



Calyx-tube top-shaped, coherent with the ovary ; the limb 4 - 5-parted, spread 

 \\-\^, persistent, valvate in the bud. Petals rounded or obovate, large, convolute 

 in the bud. Stamens 20-40- Styles 3-5. united below or nearly to the top 

 Stigmas oblong or linear. Capsule 3 - 5-celled, splitting at length into as many 

 pieces, Seeds very numerous, on thick placentse projecting from the axis, pen- 

 dulous, with a loose membranaceous coat prolonged at both ends. — Shrubs, 

 with opposite often toothed leaves, no stipules, and solitary or cymose-clustered 

 showy white flowers (An ancient name, applied by Liuuaus to this genus for 

 no obvious reason.) 



1- P. inodorus, L. Glabrous- leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, pointed, 

 entire or with some spreading teeth , flowers single or few at the ends of the 

 diverging branches, pure white, scentless: calyx-lobes acute, scarcely longer 

 than the tube. — Mountains of Va. to Ga. and Ala. 



2 P. grandiflorus, Willd. A tall shrub, with long and recurved 



branches; like the last, but somewhat pubescent, with larger flowers, and the 



calyx-lobes long and taper-pointed. (P. inodorus, var. grandiflorus. Gray.) — 



Along streams, Va. to Fla. Often cultivated. 



P. coroxArius, L., the common Mock Orange or Svringa of cultivation, 

 from S. Eu., wdth cream-colored odorous flowers, has sometimes escaped. 



13. I TEA, Gronov. 



Calyx 5-cleft, free from the ovary or nearly so. Petals 5, lanceolate, much 

 longer than the calyx, and longer than the 5 stamens. Capsule oblong, 2- 

 grooved, 2-celled, tipped with the 2 united styles, 2-parted (septicidal) when 

 mature, several-seeded — Shrubs, Avith simple, alternate, petioled leaves, with- 

 out stipules, and small white flowers m simple racemes. (Greek name of the 

 Willow.) 



1. I. Virginica, L. Leaves deciduous, oblong, pointed, minutely serrate ; 

 seeds oval, flattish, with a crustaeeous coat. — Wet places, Penn and N- J. to 

 Fla , west to Mo and La, 



14. R I B E S, L. Currant. Gooseberry. 



Calyx 5-lobed, often colored ; the tube coherent with the ovary. Petals 5, 

 inserted in the throat of the calyx, small. Stamens 5, alternate with the petals. 

 Ovarv 1 -celled, with 2 parietal placentae and 2 distinct or united styles. Berry 

 crowned with the shrivelled remains of the calyx , the surface of the numerous 

 seeds swelling into a gelatinous outer coat investing a crustaeeous one. Em- 



