SAXIFRAGACEJE. (SAXIFRAGE FAMILY.) 151 
flowers white. (Name a diminutive from riapa , a tiara , or Orien¬ 
tal head-dress, or turban, from the form of the pod, or rather pis¬ 
til, which is like that of Mitella, to which the name of Mitre-wort 
properly belongs.) 
1. T* cordifolia, L. Leaves from the rootstock or summer 
runners heart-shaped, sharply lobed and toothed, sparsely hairy 
above, downy beneath; scape leafless; raceme simple; petals oblong. 
—Rich rocky woods, Maine to Wisconsin, chiefly northward. April, 
May. — A handsome plant in flower, 6' -12' high. 
6. CHRYSOSPLENIUM, Tourn. Golden Saxifrage. 
Calyx-tube coherent with the ovary ; the blunt lobes 4-5, yel¬ 
low within. Petals none. Stamens 8-10, very short, inserted 
on a conspicuous disk. Styles 2. Pod inversely heart-shaped or 
2-lobed, flattened, very short, 1-celled, with 2 parietal placentae, 
2-valved at the top, many-seeded. — Low and small smooth herbs 
growing in brooks and springy places, with fleshy leaves, and 
small solitary or leafy-cymed flowers. (Name compounded of 
Xpvaos, golden , and cm\r]u, the spleen , probably from some reputed 
medicinal qualities.) 
1. C. Americantim, Schwein. (American Golden Saxi¬ 
frage.) Stems slender, diffusely spreading, forking; leaves princi¬ 
pally opposite, roundish or somewhat heart-shaped, obscurely crenate- 
lobed; flowers distant, inconspicuous, nearly sessile (greenish tinged 
with yellow or purple). JJ. — Common, April, May. — An incon¬ 
spicuous plant, smaller than the European C. oppositifolium. An¬ 
thers orange. 
Suborder II. ESCALLONIEiE ? 
7. ITEA, L. Itea. 
Calyx 5-cleft, free from the ovary. Petals 5, lanceolate, much 
longer than the calyx, and longer than the 5 stamens. Pod ob¬ 
long, 2-grooved, 2-celled, tipped with the 2 united styles, 2 part¬ 
ed (septicidal) when mature, several-seeded. — Shrub, with sim¬ 
ple alternate and minutely serrate oblong pointed leaves, and white 
flowers in simple spike-like racemes. (The Greek name of the 
Willow.) 
1. I. Virginica, L.— Wet places, New Jersey and south¬ 
ward. June. — Shrub 3? -6? high. 
