Saxifragaceae 1 3 7 



leaves on short petioles dilated at the base, 

 the uppermost sessile, merely 3-lobed at the 

 apex. Flowers showy in a short dense 

 corymb; the base of the calyx and sepals 

 yellowish-green about J of an inch long; 

 petals white or yellowish, broadly spatulate, 

 1 of an inch long; stamens 5, opposite the 

 sepals, filaments and carpels more or less 

 rosy in colour. 



On wet rocky slopes in the Selkirks at 

 Glacier, not common; flowering in June. 



Stems 1-3! inches tall, tufted, 

 Saxifraga 



rivularisL. smooth or nnel Y glandular- 

 Alpine- hairy. Leaves reniform in out- 



Brook line, |-i an inch broad, thick, 



Saxifrage. mainly 3 _i o bed, those of the 

 stem sometimes entire, short petioled or 

 sessile; basal leaves on slender petioles an 

 inch or more long. Flowers small, base of 

 the calyx and sepals | of an inch long ; petals 

 oblong, or broadly wedge-shaped, white, 

 slightly larger than the sepals. 



An inconspicuous little plant growing on 



