WILD FLOWERS WHITE AND GREENISH 
liquid not unlike gastric juice in the stomach of animals. 
A dozen or less tiny white flowers are borne along one 
side of the drooping, terminal end of the stalk. They 
open only in the sunshine and but one or two at a time. 
This is a rather inconspicuous little plant and is likely 
to be overlooked. It has a very. short rootstock and 
yields a purple stain to paper. It is found commonly 
during June, July and August in bogs or wet, sandy 
ground from Labrador to Alaska, south to Florida and 
Alabama, and in the Sierra Nevadas to Montana and 
California. 
EARLY SAXIFRAGE 
Saxifraga virginiénsis. Saxifrage Family. 
Early in March the pretty little white flowers of the 
Saxifrage blossom in numerous spreading groups, 
which are loosely clustered on the tops of long, thick, 
often sticky, hairy stems. This plant grows from 
four to twelve inches high and loves to dwell in dry 
or rocky hillsides and woodlands, where it usually roots 
in small chinks or crevices among the rocks. Its name 
is derived from the Greek, meaning rock-breaker and 
alludes to its fabled power to rend apart the rocks 
where it is generally found growing. It also has some 
significance in reference to certain bodily ailments which 
it was supposed to cure. The small, smooth, oval 
leaves taper to a rounding point and narrow at their 
base into broad stems. They are thick textured and 
their edges are scalloped. They are gathered into a 
small, compact and rounded tuft near the ground. 
The flowers have five pointed petals, ten yellow stamens, 
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