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SAXIFRAGES 



acute s€j>als.- Occurs somewhat frequently in mountainous dis- 

 tricts, and is often grown in gardens.— Fl: May— July. Ferenniai; 



2. Chkvsosplknium (Golden 

 Saxifrage). — Sinall succulent 

 herbs^ ; /eaves e.xstipulate ; 

 jlowe^s minute, green or 

 yellow, apetalous ; sepals 4 — 5, 

 obtusej imbricate ; statncns 

 8 — lOj epigynous ; ovary in- 

 ferior- i-chambered ; styles 2 ; 

 ovules many, parietal ; fruit a 

 capsule. (Name from the 

 Greek clirusos, golden, and 

 5///«,,the spleen, probably from 

 some supposed medicinal 

 virtues.) 



1. C. oppositifoliuin (Com- 

 mon Golden Sa.xifrage). — A 

 smalL aquatic plant about 2 — 6 

 in. high, with a creeping stem, 

 rooting below ; leaves bright 

 green, opposite, orbicular ; 

 flowers minute, 4 - merous, 



yellowish green, in flat terminal 

 clusters. — Damp shady places ; 

 common. — Fl. April — July. 

 I'erennial. 



2. .C. alternifoliuui (Alter- 

 nate-leaved Golden .Sa.xifrage). 

 — A very similar plant with an 

 erect stem, alternate, reiiiform 

 leaves and deeper yellow 

 Jloivers, grows in similar situ- 

 ations, but is loss common. 

 These little plants sometimes 

 form a true peat. — Fl. April — 

 June, rerennial. 



3. Tarn-VSSI.v (Grass of P.u'- 

 nassus). - -Glabrous herbs, with 



radical, exstipulatc, entire leaves and large solitary floivers on 

 slender, erect peduncles ; sepals 5, imbricate, persistent ; petals 

 5, thick ; stamens 5, alternating with 5 staminodes ; ovary 

 superior, i -chambered ; ovules many, | varietal ; stispmas 3 — .|, 



