SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. Saxifragaceae. 



Pretty little plants, about six inches t-dl, 

 Dotted Saxifrage forming matt ed clumps of stiff, rather 

 Leptasea austro- ^ . 



montana. dark green foliage, the twigs crowded with 



(Saxifraga leathery, toothless leaves, bristly along 



bronchialis) the edges and tipped with a little stiff 



point. The pretty flowers are about half 



Northwest an ^ nc ^ across their white petals dotted 



with dark red or purple towards the tips, 

 sometimes dotted with yellow near the center, with yellow 

 anthers and a pale green ovary, partly inferior. These 

 little plants sometimes cover rocky slopes for long dis- 

 tances with their leafy mats and are common in the moun- 

 tains at moderate altitudes. 



There are several kinds of Muscaria, perennial, mstted 

 herbs; leaves alternate, usually three-lobed, mostly from 

 the root; flowers white, single, or a few in terminal clusters; 

 sepals five; petals five, without claws; stamens ten; ovary 

 about one-half inferior. 



Pretty little plants, from two to six 



Tufted Saxifrage incheg tall with smaU leay w{th from 

 Muscarta 



caespitdsa three to five lobes or teeth, forming matted 



(Saxifraga) patches of pretty foliage, from which 



White spring many slender, slightly hairy flower- 



Summer stems, with a few bracts or leaves, and 



Northwest, etc. 



bearing one or more pretty flowers, less 



than half an inch across, with white petals, yellow anthers, 

 and a greenish-yellow ovary. This grows in rocky crevices 

 in the mountains, across the continent, also in arctic and 

 alpine Europe and Siberia. 



There are a good many kinds of Lithophragma, peren- 

 nials, bearing bulblets on their slender rootstocks and 

 sometimes also on the stems; leaves more or less divided, 

 mostly from the root; stipules small; flowers few, in a 

 loose, terminal cluster; sepals five; petals five, white or 

 pink, with claws; stamens ten, short; ovary superior or 

 partly inferior, with three short styles. 



A little woodland plant, delicate and 

 Woodland Star 



Lithophragma P r etty, with a slender, hairy stem, from 

 heterophylla nine inches to two feet tall, springing 



White from a pretty cluster of hairy leaves, 



Spring, summer variable in shape but usua ll y w { t h three 

 California 



or five lobes. Ihe starrv flowers are 



