144 Saxifragaceae 



stalks 4-18 inches high, bearing i or 2 clasp- 

 ing leaves; flowers small and inconspicuous, 

 at first congested in a compact head, becom- 

 ing separated ; sepals ovate, about as long as 

 the base of the calyx, each with a terminal 

 gland and usually some lateral glands ; petals 

 narrowly spatulate, white, J of an inch 

 long ; seed pods J of an inch long with slightly 

 spreading tips; purplish. 



Along alpine streams and in damp shaded 

 places, rather abundant throughout the 

 region at the higher altitudes ; flowering in 

 June. 



Le tasea Stems decumbent. Leaves J-| 

 Van-Brun- of an inch long, the blades very 

 tiae Small. thick, flattish, smooth, ciliate 

 Fleshy Qn ^ Q margins, spine- tipped. 



Flowers i-several on stalks, ij- 

 3 inches tall, finely glandular-hairy, leafy, 

 bearing larger leaves than the decumbent 

 stems; sepals ovate to oblong ovate, | of an 

 inch long, smooth, more or less eroded at 

 the apex; petals deep yellow, oblong, much 



