SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. Saxifragaceae. 



Modesty The onl y kind > a P rett 7 Httie under- 



Whipplea mod'esla shrub, with many woody stems, spreading 

 White and trailing on the ground, the branches 



w" fa g O C dothed with more or less hairy leaves, 

 * with three veins, and bearing clusters of 

 very small flowers, with a pleasant honey-like fragrance. 

 They usually have ten stamens, the ovary is partially 

 inferior, with from three to five styles; sepals whitish; 

 petals white, becoming greenish. The low masses of green 

 foliage, spotted with white flower clusters, are a pretty 

 feature of the Coast Range forests and thickets, especially 

 among redwoods. 



There are several kinds of Mitella, perennials, of North 

 America and Asia. 



An inconspicuous little plant, of moun- 

 Bishop's Cap, tain WOO( } S w i t h pre tty leaves and tiny 

 Mitrewort ' , . . , n 



Mitella ovalis flowers. The slender, hairy, leafless stem, 

 White about ten inches tall, springs from a 



Summer cluster of root-leaves, smooth on the 



y ? per side> except for a few bristl y hairs 



with bristly hairs on the under veins and 

 on the long, slender leaf-stalks. The flowers grow in a 

 graceful, one-sided spray and have a five-lobed, green 

 calyx, five minute petals, five stamens with short filaments, 

 and a roundish ovary, almost wholly inferior. The petals 

 have pretty little bits of feathery fringe between them, 

 which make the little flowers look like tiny snow crystals 

 in shape, when we examine them closely. 



There are several kinds of Spatularia, perennials, 

 sometimes with bulblets; leaves from the root, mostly I 

 toothed; flowers white, in open clusters; sepals five; petals 

 all clawed, the three upper differing from the two lower; 

 ovary chiefly superior. 



A beautiful plant, with such slender 



stems and branches that, at a distance, 



t ^ ie ^le white flowers look like specks of 

 Nutkana) foam. The hairy, reddish stems, from a 



(Saxifraga few inches to over a foot tall and very 



White^ branching, spring from clusters of thickish, 



Summer stiffish, hairy root-leaves and bear dozens 



Northwest of flowers, about three-eighths of an inch 



across, with white petals, spotted with 

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