Saxifrage (Saxifragacecz) m 



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 ( ach~enia) , 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. 



1 6. 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. //. arbordscens, 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 



