Saxifrage Family 191 



late or in fruit somewhat urceolate, 5-lobed, the lobes 

 obtuse and sometimes unequal, the tube coherent with 

 lower half of the ovary. Petals unguiculate, small, en- 

 tire, inserted on the throat of the calyx. Stamens 5, ex- 

 serted or included ; anthers 2-celled. Ovary and cap- 

 sule 1-celled, with 2 parietal placentae, more or less 

 2-beaked, the beaks tapering into the slender styles, 

 dehiscent between the beaks. Seeds numerous, minute, 

 papillose. 



1. H. elegans Abrams. Scape 25-35 cm. high, villous-hirsute; 

 leaves thickisb, round-cordate, 1-2 cm. broad, crenately lobed 

 and toothed, the margins ciliate, otherwise glabrous; petioles 

 2-2.5 cm. long, villous; stipules scarious, the free portion nar- 

 rowly lanceolate, 2-3 mm. long, ciliate with long slender hairs ; 

 panicles 14-18 cm. long, villous-pubescent throughout and some- 

 what glandular, its branches cymose, 3 cm. long, usually 9-flow- 

 ered, the uppermost becoming reduced ; bracts subtending the 

 branches about 4 mm. long, lacerate, those subtending the 

 pedicels similar but somewhat reduced ; calyx pink, villoua, 8-10 

 mm. long, narrowly campanulate, its lobes narrowly oblong, 

 about 3 mm. long; petals white, lanceolate-spatulate, 5-6 mm. 

 long, narrowed below to a slender claw ; stamens included. 



Frequent in rocky places in the higher altitudes of the chapparal belt. 

 Mount Gleason; Mount Lowe; Mount Wilson. 



4. LITHOPHRAGMA T. & G. 



Slender perennial herbs from mostly grumous roots, 

 with chiefly basal round-cordate toothed or lobed leaves, 

 their petioles stipuliform at base, cauline few on the 

 simple stems. Flowers few in a simple terminal raceme. 

 Calyx campanulate or turbinate, 5-lobed, free from the 

 ovary or more or less adnate to it. Petals 5, exserted, 

 3-7-lobed or sometimes entire. Stamens 10, included ; 

 anthers cordate. Ovary 1-celled, with 3 parietal placen- 

 tas ; styles 3, short. Fruit a 3-valved, many-seeded cap- 

 sule. 



