CLASSIFICATION OF ANGIOSPERMS. 



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FIG. 312. Early Saxifrage (Saxifraga virginiensis}, a perennial herb with a whorl of 

 root leaves from which arise the flower scapes bearing open and loosely panicled cymes. 

 It grows in the clefts of rocks, and the name is derived from the Latin, meaning to break 

 a rock. No doubt because of its habit, medicinal virtues were earlier ascribed to it, and it 

 was used to cure stone in the bladder. After Troth. 



arborcscens) ; a glucoside is also found in the root of garden 

 hydrangea (H. panlculata grandiflora). 



In this family are also included the gooseberries (Fig. 245) 



