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Saxifrage (Saxifragacece) 



four or five egg-shaped petals, and twice as many 

 stamens. Styles, two, diverging. Seed-case, two- 

 beaked and adherent to the calyx-tube. 



Leaves, opposite, toothed, without stipules, smooth or 

 nearly so, egg-shape, or rarely heart-shaped. Apex, 

 pointed. 



Fruit, fifteen-ribbed, two-beaked, crowned with the two 

 styles, two-celled in the lower part, opening by a 

 hole between the beaks. A many-seeded capsule. 



Found, from Pennsylvania westward and southward. 



A very beautiful shrub, five or six feet high, often 

 cultivated for its abundant flower clusters. 



(2) Genus Itea, Gronov. 



Greek name of the " willow." 

 Fig. 49. Itea. /. Virginica, L. 



Flowers, white, in somewhat spike-like, terminal clusters, 

 small. Petals, five, separate, lance-shaped, much 

 longer than the calyx. Stamens, five, shorter than 

 the petals. May, June. 



Leaves, simple, alternate, fine-toothed, with short stems, 

 without stipules. 



Fruit, oblong, two-grooved, two-celled, tipped with the 

 two united styles, when ripe two-parted. Seeds, 

 eight to twelve, oval and somewhat flattened. A 

 capsule. 



Found, in wet places, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and 

 southward. 



A shrub about six feet high. 



