Saxifragaceae 145 



longer than the calyx ; seed pods J of an inch 

 or more long. 



A common species throughout the Rockies, 

 forming mats on the wet gravel and sand of 

 the shores and flood -plains of the rivers and 

 torrent fans at the bases of the moraines; 

 flowering throughout June and July. 



Leaves of the caudices \ an inch 



or less long, stiff and crowded, 

 austromon- 



tana (Wie- but fliore r I GSS . spreading, the 

 gand) blades narrowly lanceolate to 



Small. subulate, ciliate, slender, spine- 



tipped. Flower-stalks ii-6 

 Saxifrage. 



inches tall, nearly smooth or 

 finely glandular- hairy, bearing several 

 leaves which are smaller than those of the 

 caudices; sepals ovate, sometimes rather 

 narrowly so, |- of an inch long, smooth 

 or sparingly ciliate, obtuse; petals white, 

 usually yellow- spotted, oblong to oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, \ of an inch or more long, filaments 

 slender ; seed pods often nearly | an inch long. 

 Common everywhere throughout the 



