Saxifragaceae 135 



triangular-ovate, acute, doubly and sharply 

 serrate. Flowers in a loose panicle 2-6 inches 

 long; calyx with the turbinate base about 

 | of an inch long, sparingly fringed with hairs ; 

 petals white, broadly spatulate, acute, about 

 twice as long as the sepals; stamens much 

 exserted, with scarlet and orange anthers. 



On damp shaded rocks, especially abun- 

 dant in the Selkirks in the vicinity of Glacier. 



Flowering branches naked, 

 Heuchera . 



ovaiifolia densely glandular-hairy, 1-2 



Nutt. feet high- Leaves round-oval, J- 



Round- ij inches broad, }-2 inches long, 



leaved rounded, slightly heart-shaped 



Alum-root. 



at the base, round- lobed and 

 crenate with bristle-tipped teeth. Flowers 

 in a short dense raceme less than 4 inches 

 long, the deeply campanulate, yellowish, 

 densely hairy base of the calyx, with the 

 broadly oblong sepals J of an inch long, 

 petals usually wanting. 



On dry rocky banks and hillsides through- 

 out the region, flowering in midsummer. 



