SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 109 



SARRACENIA L. 



Kootstock short, horizontal ; scape naked. Leaves trumpet- 

 shaped, with a wing extending nearly to the base and a broad 

 blade at the apex ; tube hairy within, with downward-pointing, 

 stiff hairs. Calyx o-bracted. Petals obovate, drooping or in- 

 curved. Style umbrella-shaped, 5-angled ; stigmas at the hooked 

 angles of the style on the under surface. Capsule globose, 

 rough. [The tubular leaves usually contain more or less water 

 and dead insects, the latter having been attracted by a honey- 

 like secretion near the opening.] 



1. S. purpurea L. Sidesaddle Flower. Leaves ascending, 

 curved, broadly winged, purple-veined, 4-8 in. long ; blade erect, 

 round-cordate, hairy on the inner side. Scapes 12-18 in. tall ; flower 

 deep purple, about 2 in. broad; style yellowish. jNIossy swamps.* 



44. SAXIFRAGACEiE. Saxifrage Family 



Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, generally 

 without stipules. Sepals 4 or 5, more or less joined with each 

 other and not usually hypogynous. Petals as many as the 

 sepals and alternate with them. Stamens as many as the 

 petals and alternate with them, or 2-10 times as many. Ovary 

 usually of two carpels, united only at the base or more or less 

 throughout. Fruit generally a 1-2-celled capsule, sometimes 

 a berry ; seeds many, with endosperm. 



I. SAXIFRAGA L. 



Herbs with simple or palmately cut leaves and generally 

 cymose or panicled flowers. Sepals 5, more or less united. 

 Petals 5, entire, inserted on the calyx tube. Stamens 10. 

 Capsule consisting of 2 (sometimes more) ovaries, united at 

 the base, separate and diverging above. 



1. S. pennsylvanica L. Swamp Saxifrage. Perennial. Leaves 

 4-8 in. long, oblong-lanceolate and tapering to the base, slightly 

 toothed. Scape 1-2 ft. high, bearing an oblong cluster of small 

 greenish flow^ers, at length diffusely panicled. Petals greenish-yellow 



