i4 2 Saxifragaceae 



a rather striking plant, flowering in July. 



Leaves erect or ascending, 1-5 

 Micranthes . , 



Nelsoniana lnches lon g' suborbicular or 

 (D. Don.) reniform, f-if inches in diam- 

 Small. eter, deeply cordate at the base, 



Nelson's usually sparingly hairy on both 



sides, coarsely few-toothed with 

 crenate, gland-tipped teeth. Flower-stem 

 erect, ij-y inches tall, glandular- villous, 

 especially above, terminating in a compact 

 head usually with purple or purplish bracts; 

 sepals ovate or oblong-ovate J | of an inch 

 long, ciliate; petals white, broadly oblong 

 to ovate, twice as long as the sepals. 



A rather rare though very beautiful al- 

 pine flower found throughout the region in 

 moist places and along alpine brooks ; flower- 

 ing in June. 



Spatularia Copiously glandular-hairy, 4-15 

 Brunoniana inches tall. Leaves crowded on 

 Bong. Tall the short roots tock, spatulate 

 Saxifrage. to OD lanceolate-spatulate, 1-3 

 inches long, sharply and sometimes broadly 



