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tree" of the settlers. All parts intensely bit- 

 ter; even the berries, which in G. elliptica are 

 sweet and edible, although the bark and leaves 

 partake of the bitterness of the other species. 



ORDER 2. COENICULAT^E. Calyx gamo- 

 sepalous; stamens equaling or double the num- 

 ber of the petals: always correspondent. Ovar- 

 ies compound of several carpidia, each carpid- 

 ion oo-ovulate. 



Family 1. SAXIFRAGACE^E. 



Number of carpidia less than that of the 

 petals. Fruit a capsule. 



1, Saxifraga L. SAXIFRAGE. 



Stamens 10. Pistils two. Ovary 2-celled. 

 Fruit a loculicidal capsule. 24!. 



1. S. VIRGINIANA Michx. Petals white. 

 Lagunitas Creek. Sunnyside. Spring. 



2, Boykinia Nutt. 



Stamens five. Pistils two. Ovary 2-celled. 

 Fruit a 2-celled capsule. 2. 



1. B. OCCIDENTALIS Torr. & Gray. Petals 

 white. Lagunitas Creek. Summer. 



3, Tellima R- Brown. 



Stamens 10. Pistils 2-3. Petals lobed. 

 Ovary 1-celled; styles short; stigmas capitate. 

 Capsule valvularly dehiscent near the apex. 



