138 Saxifragaceae 



wet rocks and beside alpine brooks at high 

 altitudes throughout the region; flowering 

 during midsummer. 



, f Stems 3-8 inches tall, leafy, 



Saxifraga 



cemua L. somewhat glandular-hairy, 

 Nodding growing in groups. Leaves reni- 

 Bulbous orm in out ii ne i-i inch wide; 



the basal and lower stem-leaves 

 long-petioled prominently, 3-7 lobed, the 

 lobes linear to triangular-lanceolate; the 

 upper stem leaves, 3-5-lobed. Flowers repre- 

 sented by clusters of rosy bulblets, except 

 a single terminal one with the base of the 

 calyx and sepals J of an inch long, and wedge- 

 shaped, the clawless white petals nearly half 

 an inch long. 



A rather -striking alpine plant growing 

 on wet rocks at Lake Louise and Moraine 

 Lake;' -flowering in midsummer. 



Muscaria Somewhat glandular-hairy, 1-4 

 adscendens inches tall. Leaves J-J of an 

 (L.) Small. inch long, mainly wedge-shaped 

 QT spatulatej 3 _ to othed or those 



