SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. Saxifragaceae. 



Alumroot ^ stout and tall plant bearing some re- 



Heuchera semblance to Mitella nuda on a large 



Americana scale; but the flowers are distinctly differ- 



Whitish green gj^^. they are borne in along loose cluster, 



ay- u y usually 4-5 on one of the small branching 



stems, small, bell-shaped, with inconspicuous green 



petals, very prominent stamens tipped w-ith orange 



anthers, of which there are but five. The leaves are 



heart-shaped and scalloped ; the teeth blunt. The stem 



is more or less hairy, and is 2-3 feet high. Named for 



Johann Heinrich von Heucher, a German botanist of the 



early eighteenth century. Rocky woodlands N. Y. and 



Conn., west to Minn., southwest to Ala. and La. 



An insignificant plant of cold bogs or 

 Golden Saxi= ^ , -^i \ a ^ ■ 



frae-e ^^ places, with a slender low-growing, 



Chrysosplenium forking stem, with roundish fine-scalloped 

 Americanum generally opposite-growing leaves, and 

 Yellow or pur= ^j^g yellowish or purplish green flowers 

 ^ ~^_j with orange anthers, growing close be- 



tween the points where the leaves join 

 the plant stem. In wet shady places. Me., south along 

 the mountains to Ga., and west to Mich, and Minn. 

 Stems 3-7 inches long. The name means golden spleen, 

 from reputed medicinal qualities. 



An interesting perennial herb with sin- 

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gle cream white flowers delicately veined 

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Parnassia with green, about 1 inch broad. A single 



CaroUniana ovate olive green leaf clasps the flowering 

 White green= gtem; the others are long, slender-stemmed 

 J^'^ and heart-shaped, and spring from the 



September root. The flower has five petals and five 



straw yellow anthers terminating the fer- 

 tile stamens and alternating with the petals ; a number 

 (perhaps 15) of abortive stamens encircle the green 

 pistil. Tlie blossom is visited by bees and the smallest 

 butterflies (skippers); chief among the visitors are the 

 larger ones named C olias pliilodice {j eWo^y), ?aidi Pieris 

 rapce (white). 8-20 inches high. In swamps and wet 

 meadows, Me., south to Va., west to S. Dak. and Iowa. 



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