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SAXIFRAG \« i 





Orw C< \IV. SAXIFRAGE 



Saiifragae, J,,, 



Du, 



H"** na plants, often growing in patches I 



•Jteniate, with or without 8t&. FlowSSent -i , ■ 



«P«nor or inferior, of 4 or S^pak, which cohe^Z 



■■ " r 0, inserted between t 1 



mens 5-10, ii ther into th< 



tte ovary; anthers 2-celled, I 



" " ' ™« nyp 



riy obsol 

 rarely consisting 

 nearly superior, usually c 



"**"«. "'" r ■ 'ess by their face, but 



diverging at the apt \ ; - 

 centra] placenta ; someUi 

 placenta adheruig to the sutures. Si 

 maa sessile on the dps of tne lol 

 I- nut generally a membranous I- or 

 with the cells divaricating when rip - 



• w ". v nimute ; usually with 

 reticulations on t 



bryo taper, in the axis of flesh} albui 

 radicle next the hilum. 

 ' i- the aflfinit; 



that in - 



distinguish the I 



theless the) 



t«.« distinct I 



that 



the consolidal 



the forn 



that 



War 



and thi 



their own 



«ill I 



noitod styles, from ( unomads and Hydrangeads in tin ir all 

 • lore remote affimties have been indicated b) authoi 



« Borne respects to Cloveworta, i specially to th. \ 

 •ii<'\ diner in the insertion of die stamens, placental 

 otherwise. Purslanes, which ma) be compared with 

 notation ol the stamens, waul of stipules, and albumiuo 

 """'""'''. "' ,h '' embryo, in the want of symmeb 

 Ptorentatioii. Currantworts correspond in 'th 

 ainer widely m the ovary being complete!) 

 ptteentae, in tlie seeds being attached to long umbil 

 corneous, and the embryo extremely minute, Del 

 "IT'/'-u-li Houseleeks, differing in having a smaller mm 

 1'artiallv unite,! both with each other and the calvx, 

 *e base of the carpels. 



Chrysosplenium is remarkable for the wanl 



' ' W\ Saxifrasi tri.lactvlites. 1. • 



■wuonol its ovary; -t. peri>eudi 





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