SAXIFRAGE FAMILY 109 
SARRACENIA L. 
Rootstock short, horizontal; scape naked. Leaves trumpet- 
shaped, with a wing extending nearly to the base and a broad 
blade at the apex; tube hairy within, with downward-pointing, 
stiff hairs. Calyx 3-bracted. Petals obovate, drooping or in- 
curved. Style umbrella-shaped, 5-angled ; stigmas at the hooked 
angles of the style on the under surface. Capsule globose, 
cough. [The tubular leaves usually contain more or less water 
and dead insects, the latter having been attracted by a honey- 
like secretion near the opening. ] 
1. S. purpurea L. SrpesappLe Frowrr. Leaves ascending, 
curved, broadly winged, purple-veined, 4-8 in. long; blade erect, 
round-cordate, hairy on the inner side. Scapes 12-18 in. tall ; flower 
deep purple, about 2 in. broad; style yellowish. Mossy swamps.* 
44. SAXIFRAGACEA. SaxIFRAGE FamiIty 
Herbs or shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, generally 
without stipules. Sepals 4 or 5, more or less joined with each 
other and not usually hypogynous. Petals as many as the 
sepals and alternate with them. Stamens as many as the 
petals and alternate with them, or 2-10 times as many. Ovary 
usually of two carpels, united only at the base or more or less 
throughout. Fruit generally a 1—2-celled capsule, sometimes 
a berry; seeds many, with endosperm. 
I, SAXIFRAGA L. 
Herbs with simple or palmately cut leaves and generally 
eymose or panicled flowers. Sepals 5, more or less united. 
Petals 5, entire, inserted on the calyx tube. Stamens 10. 
Capsule consisting of 2 (sometimes more) ovaries, united at 
the base, separate and diverging above. 
1. S. pennsylvanica L. Swamp SaxiFraGe. Perennial. Leaves 
4-8 in. long, oblong-lanceolate and tapering to the base, slightly 
toothed. Scape 1-2 ft. high, bearing an oblong cluster of small 
greenish flowers, at length diffusely panicled. Petals greenish-yellow 
