ORPINE FAMILY 297 
(S. Telephium, Gray.) Stems 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves broad egg-shaped, 
without leaf-stalks. Less densely crowded than No. 1. Plant light green. 
Flowers purple. Escaped from gardens. 
3. §. telephioides, Michx. AmerRICAN OrPINE. Similar to No. 1, 
but more slender, Flowers pink; petals twice as long as sepals. Southern 
Penna., and southward. 
4. S. acre, L. (Fig. 6, pl. 58.) Mossy Sronecrop. Growing in 
dense mossy tufts. Plant 1 to 3 in. high, with bright yellow blossoms. 
Leaves short, thick, egg-shaped, about 1/12 in. long. Escaped from 
gardens. 
5. §. reflexum, L. (Fig. 6, pl. 59.) Crookep YeLLow SToNEcROoP. 
Plant 8 to 15 in. high. Leaves lance-formed, crowded on the stem, } to 
2 in. long. Flowers yellow in broadly spreading cluster. Escaped from 
gardens. Rare. 
6. §. ternatum, Michx. (Fig. 8, pl. 58.) Witp STonecror. Grow- 
ing in mossy tufts. Stems 3 to 8 in. high. Leaves in verticles of 3 or 
opposite in pairs, 4 to 1 in. long. Flower cluster of about 3 spreading 
branches, thickly studded with purplish or white flowers. Rocky woods 
in southern part of our region. April-June. 
PENTHORUM, L. 
Erect, only slightly succulent. Herbs with alternate leaves with foot- 
stalks. Petals generally absent, when present 5. Calyx of 5 sepals, 
stamens 10, carpels 5, united to the middle. Flowers in spreading clus- 
ters, the branches one-sided and drooping (cymose). 
P. sedoides, L. (Fig. 9, pl. 58.) DircH Sronrcrop. Leaves lance- 
shaped, pointed at each end, with foot-stalks 4 to } in. long, finely 
notched at borders. Wet places, borders of ponds, etc. July-October. 
Faminty III.—SAXIFRAGACEAE. Saxirrace Famity 
In our region nearly all small herbs; perennial. Leaves mostly 
alternate or in whorls about the base; less frequently opposite. 
Flowers with both stamens and pistils. Sepals 5, generally 
free, but sometimes adherent to the ovary. Petals 5, rarely want- 
ing. Stamens 10 in all our species. Styles 2, terminating below 
in a two-celled capsule or a many-seeded casket, opening at the 
side or, rarely, in a berry. 
Herbs 
Flowers in clusters or solitary and purple. 
Petals with undivided borders. 
Styles 2, ovary of 2 lobes, parted about half way up 
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