Saxifrage (Saxifragacecz) \\\ 



Leaves, simple, opposite, entire, without stipules, oblong, 

 thin. Apex, blunt or taper-pointed, smooth or nearly 

 so on both sides. 



Fruit, many times larger than that of the rose, which it 

 somewhat resembles, enclosing the one-seeded seed- 

 case ( aclienia) , dry when ripe. A covered cluster of 

 achenes. 



Found, in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and southward 

 along the Alleghany Mountains. 



A shrub with aromatic bark, foliage, and flowers. 

 The flowers when crushed have a " strawberry" odor. 



C. floridus, with larger flowers and oval leaves downy 

 beneath, is often found in cultivation, but wild only in the 

 South. 



16. Family SAXIFRAGACE^. (Saxifrage Fam.) 



Flowers, in clusters. Petals, separate, four to five [absent in Hydran- 

 gea (i)], inserted with the stamens on the calyx. Sepals, as many 

 as the petals. Seed-case, adherent to the calyx. Young Seeds, 

 small, many. 



Leaves, simple, alternate or opposite, toothed or lobed. 



Fruit, one- to two-celled, many-seeded. A capsule or a berry. 



GUIDE TO THE GENERA. 



Leaves opposite. (i) Hydrangea. 



" alternate, edge fine-toothed ; Fruit, a capsule. (2) Itea. 



" lobed ; Fruit, a juicy berry. (3) Rlbes (Currant, etc.). 



(i) Genus HYDRANGEA, L. 



From two Greek words meaning " water " and " vase " because of the shape of 

 the capsule. 



Fig. 48. Wild Hydrangea. H. arbore'scens, L. 

 Flowers, in clusters, those in the margin usually without 

 petals, stamens, or pistils, and with colored sepals ; 

 central flowers white, becoming rosy, fertile, with 



