HYDRANGEA FAMILY. Hydrangeaceae. 



yellow or red at the base and slightly irregular, the three 

 upper petals being narrower than the two lower. The 

 anthers are orange; ovary white or pinkish; calyxes and 

 buds purplish-red. This grows among rocks in mountains. 



HYDRANGEA FAMILY. Hydrangeaceae. 



Shrubs or trees, with opposite leaves and no stipules. 

 The flowers are in clusters and usually perfect, but some- 

 times those at the margins of the clusters are without pistils 

 or stamens and larger than those in the middle; the calyx 

 usually with four to ten sepals, and in sterile flowers often 

 conspicuously enlarged; the petals four to ten; the stamens 

 eight to many; the ovary wholly or partly inferior; the 

 styles separate or united, sometimes lacking; the fruit a 

 capsule. Many very ornamental garden shrubs, such as 

 Deutzia and Hydrangea, are included in this family. 



There are several kinds of Fendlera, natives of North 

 America; shrubs, with white or pink flowers, with four 

 sepals and four petals, the latter with claws. The eight 

 stamens have two-forked filaments and the ovary is partly 

 inferior, with four styles. 



Fendlera rupicola Among the many beautiful plants to be 

 White, pink found in the Grand Canyon one of the 



Spring most conspicuous is the Fendlera. It is a 



Ariz., Utah, Nev. ^ handsome shrub, growing along the 

 upper part of Bright Angel trail, and in May it is covered 

 with charming white blossoms. These flowers measure 

 an inch across, and have cream-white or pale pink petal% 

 narrowing to a claw at the base, and purplish sepals, an$ 

 they grow in clusters of three or four, mixed with pink 

 buds, on the ends of short branches. The small oblong, 

 leaves have three nerves and the wood is tough and gray; 

 with deeply furrowed bark. Though their scent is rathel 

 unpleasant, the flowers are lovely and look just like some 

 novel variety of fruit-blossom, but this resemblance is 

 deceptive for they produce nothing but dry pods. 



There are a good many kinds of Philadelphus, natives 

 of North America, Asia, and Europe; shrubs, with large, 



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