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3. ©. verrveo’sa, L. Leaves deeply 5-lobed, the middle lobe narrowed 
at tae 3 fruit elliptic-oblong, or clavate and often arcuate, verrucose. 
Warry Cucursira. Warted Squash. Long-necked Squash. 
Hirs Root annual. Stem 10-15 feet long, somewhat branching ; tendrils branched. 
Lew va 8 10 ie ong ; petioles n oeerty a as long me e@ leaves. F' yellow, rather 
ing from dg ong to oboyoid a clava’ te, often much elongated ont 
“Fl. July. Fr. October. 
- Calva as Fe 5 proceling (0% which it is — pet 
for the sa =o rposes th species are apt to produce ess Hy- 
brids among Pumpkin ale ee ing pwn thea page mchecnaal 
never be pleated 4 in their Suhediate vicinity. 
Orper XXXII. SAXIFRAGA’CE. (Saxirrace Famtry.) 
Hferbs or shrubs, with ey or gpnesite, somesings stipulate leaves, and various, often 
Shioke inflorescence. 4-5, persistent, m r less connected with oe other, and 
often more or i adherent to the o sino ‘i many as the nig eos ely want- 
ing. any—or more commonly twice as many as the aie inserted 
with them wore >the a of agi calyx. Ovaries mostly 2, cohering ae base and dis- 
ee ct ca be capsular. Seeds numerous ; embryo straight, in the axis of fleshy 
tot copdortanrbeili Order to the Agriculturist,—though some es of Hydrangea and 
Philadelphus are admired, and cultivated as ‘Ornamental Shrubs 
1. SAXI’FRAGA, £. Saxirrace. 
[Latin, Sazum, a rock, and frangere, to break ; the plant often growing in clefts of rocks.J 
Calyx 5-parted, often adnate to the base of the ovary. Petals 5, entire. 
Stamens Leg Fred 10 (rarely 5). Capsule usually oe artalanall Ne rather 
consisting of nnate carpels, openi verg- 
= beaks. Rosca leaves usually rosulate ; cau/ine ones mostly alter- 
"5 a Pennsytvan ica, L. Leaves all radical, rae ony or oval, rath- 
er acute, Shpietely denticulate, tapering at base to a broad mar, 
pa decjealiate petals lin linea: late, scarcely twice as 
; ovary ni free. 
Pennsyivanta Saxtrrace. Tall oleae 
Root parsnnies, with coarse fibri inches long, thin an + wanes 
somewhat ciliate. Scape 2-3 aneaeaey de -3) pit high, — stout, sulcate-striate, 
bescent 
ees eenish yellow, small. Stamens persistent ; enhin oran, se-ciierke With 
le. pk tect ang dark brown. 
piomaneenne : Canada to Virginia and Ohio. Fl. May. Fr. July. 
There are numerous ica of Baxi en. thin nostineets 
witotovre te -viz. : ‘8. Vir ' 5, Me is 
