SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. Saxifragace*. 



Alumroot A stout and ta ll plant bearing some re- 



Heuchera semblance to Mitella nuda on a large 



Americana scale; but the flowers are distinctly differ- 



Whitish green ent . they are borne in a long loose cluster, 



usually 4-5 on one of the small brandling 



stems, small, bell-shaped, with inconspicuous green 



petals, very prominent stamens tipped with orange 



anthers, of which there are but five. The leaves are 



heart-shaped and scalloped ; the teeth blunt. The stem 



is more or less hairy, and is 2-3 feet high. Named for 



Johann Heinrich von Heucher,a German botanist of the 



early eighteenth century. Rocky woodlands N. Y. and 



Conn., west to Minn., southwest to Ala. and La. 



_ , , An insignificant plant of cold bogs or 



Golden Saxi- , ... , °. 



l ra wet places, with a slender low-growing, 



Chrysosplenium forking stem, with roundish fine-scalloped 

 Ameriamvm generally opposite-growing leaves, and 

 Yellow or pur- fi ne y e ii ow i sn or purplish green flowers 

 April-June with orange anthers, growing close be- 

 tween the points where the leaves join 

 the plant stem. In wet shady places, Me., south along 

 the mountains to Ga., and west to Mich, and Minn. 

 Stems 3-7 inches long. The name means golden spleen, 

 from reputed medicinal qualities. 



An interesting perennial herb with sin- 

 nassus = " £* e crea »n white flowers delicately veined 

 Pamassia with green, about 1 inch broad. A single 



Caroliniana ovate olive green leaf clasps the flowering 

 White green- s tem; the others are long, slender-stemmed 

 j and heart-shaped, and spring from the 



September root. The flower has five petals and five 

 straw yellow anthers terminating the fer- 

 tile stamens and alternating with the petals ; a number 

 (perhaps 15) of abortive stamens encircle the green 

 pistil. The blossom is visited by bees and the smallest 

 butterflies (skippers); chief among the visitors are the 

 larger ones named Colias philodice (yellow), and Pieris 

 rapce (white). 8-20 inches high. In swamps and wet 

 meadows, Me., south to Va., west to S. Dak. and Iowa. 



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