SAXIPRAC4A 



EE. L^df ' }itiir(n)is sprnitl- 

 iiiij. s, mil.', soiiu'liiurx 

 l..i!h iiutr.jins .niil n/>- 



p, r /■((('.' cniHtute 11, 



1^. 

 <:G.Ai>..r at/J HHinjIil of hacrs 

 irlthuift jii\y..s. 

 D. True ■'iii'iii all s ii b t e r - 

 r'/ih-a II , 

 E. Pill lit jirniiiiiiiitiihi h II 

 III.., I IIS ,./' xii'lil, rniiiiiin 

 I, nil, I. Is i,r„,liir,,l ,, II 

 III,' r.rll sli.,ii ^ j.iliil.il 



,;iil,h.,: ' i:;. 



1+. 

 T.'^. Phi III /iriiiiai/iili III] hii 

 ll.,il-l,i,ll,il,l.„l,H sliaols. 



V. F.iil.i,/.. luihii, . iiirii, ..-[:,. 



FF. F.ill.i./.. I, „t p.ltiil,., 

 11.^11, llhl II, .1 1. 1,;/,-. 



O. P,l,lt..< II. II, .11-'. llj. 



GG. P.i.lls irlllli- {..11,111, - 

 lliiiis .yiiillfij). 

 H. Liiii-ir Irs. orhh'ii- 



hir 17. 



IS. 



l:i. 



HH. L,'ii;-r 1 r s . c il - 



ii,-,il,' , olior,i I,' nr 



sp, 1 1 II I, lie {orate 



in Xo. AT). 



1. .S7(r(//,' of petals 



1 ,1 II e e I a t e - 



a elite, or nor- 



rairer 20. 



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SAXIFRAGA 



1619 



Cotyledon 

 Aizoon 



2. Stracheyi, HixjIc. i. &. Thorn. ( ,V. ii ii,,iiieiitiitu, 

 Hc.rt., iHit Jinyl.). t'\.^. 22."i8. Haiiit of «.' li,/ii tutu : 

 Iv.s. ^hihrous on liotli siclps, ohovatp, u.sually not :it iiU 

 ei.a-(l;ao :it hast.', tin- inurgin ciliafi- and from i-r'onale- 

 serrati' to nearly entire: pedicels and .-alires |inlios,a;nt, 



granulata 

 rivularis 



peltata 

 chrysantlia 



rotundifolia 



punctata 



Mertensiana 



II. Shape of petals 

 b r a t e o r 

 orbieular 



bryophora 



leucanthemifolia 



Pennsylvanica 



DD. True stem ali.iee f/r„iiiiil, 

 ttie pill lit prapiii/iitiiiif bif 

 eeiilriit sPilnils oroffsets. 

 E. Petiils lilt eiiniil. 



F. Pistil ,11,, re nrles.s ail- 



iial,. I,, the eahix-tiibe 



a I its b,ise. 



G. F„tin,je s tiff anil 



iriflieriiii! ra t Ji e r 



fliiiil fiTlliii,/, not 



rliriileil, the iiinr' 



ijiii iisiiallij selose.'2\'K 



00. Foliaeje herbaceoH.'i, 



iiiiitividedor lohed.2S. 

 21). 



:!(!. 



F. Pistil free from flie 

 ciilijic-tiibe .'11. 



::2. 



EE. Pefrils lliieipilill. the tie,, 

 loire-r eiiii's oiiirli lari/i r 



than the others ;;:;. 



. nivalis 



. Virginiensis 



. integriSolia 



azoides 

 bronchialis 



Camposii 

 csespitosa 

 aphylla 



umbrosa 

 Geum 



sarmentosa 



1. ligulata, Wall. {S. Sehmidtii, Regel). Strons- 

 growing plant, with large radical Wx. '.i-H in. acro.'is and 

 orbicular or obovate in outline and cordate at bawe, the 

 margin scarcely undulate but ciliate: scape becoming 

 about 1 ft. tall, thi.s and the pedicels and calices gla- 

 brous: fls. white to light purple, orbicular and clawed: 

 fr. subglobose, drooping. Himalayan region. B.M. 

 3406, "the sepals too acute and the leaves too undulate," 

 according to Hooker. L.B.C. 8:747. R.H. 18(18:271. 

 — Not perfectly hardy at Boston. By error, the name is 

 sometimes written .S'. Une/itlata , a name which ]">ro]ierly 

 belongs to a very different species ( Xo. 91. Var. riibra, 

 Hort., is aform with red-purple ds. V:ir. speciosa, Hort., 

 has showy blush or rose-white fls. 



Var. ciliita, Hook. {.S'. cAlieltn, Royle), has Ivs. hir- 

 sute on both sides and the margins strongly ciliate. 

 B.iAI. 4915. G.G. HI. 5:.%5. 



2258. Sa-\iirasa Stracheyi (X 3^4J. 

 A^ tlie flowers aro uiii.faring in earlie.st sprint,'. 



the scape becoming 1 ft. or more tall: fls. white or rose 

 (sometimes- yellow?), the calyx-teeth oblong and often 

 wider above their base: fr. ovatt-lanceolate, usually 

 erect. Kashmir, 8, ntiii-U. 9(1(1 fr. l^.M. 59(i7?. B.R.29:(j'5 

 (as ;S'. ci7i«/(/). (t.iM. :;9:2:i::;. .1.1-1.111.32:281. 



3. Milesii, Leichtl. {S. St'rcicheyi,-v&r. iniesii, Ylort.). 

 From S. Straeheiji it differs in having longer Ivs. 

 (9-12 in. long and 4-.=> in. broad), white lis.," oblong 

 calyx-lobes, the petals distinctly clawed: corymli ilense. 

 Himalaya. 



4. crassifolia, Linn. (5'. ciineifolia, Hort., not Linn. 

 S. *'iV,/'r/ca, Hort., not Linn.). Fig. 22.59. Strong-grow- 

 ing species with woody rhizome: lv.s. obovate to long- 

 obovate, narrowed at the base, undulate-crenate: scape 

 and intlorescence glabrous: fls. lilac or purplish, nu- 

 merous on the inclined or drooping branches of the 

 elevated panicle (scape lO-lG in. tall). Altai to Jlon- 

 golia. B.JI. 19U. G.M. 34:137. Mn. 10, p. 74. 



5. cordiWlia, Haw. Very like the above and probably 

 only a form of it; differs in having broader, round-ob- 

 long, and more or less cordate Ivs. Altai. Var. pur- 

 piirea, Hort., has purple fls. 



6. purpurdscena. Hook. f. & Thorn. Lvs. broad-obo- 

 vate to short-oldong, the margins entire or slightly 

 undulate, somewhat cordate at base: scape 12 in. or less 

 high, bright purple, hairy: fls. deep purple, nodding, 

 the calyx-lobes very obtuse: fr. elliptic-lanceolate, erect. 

 Sikkim (India), 10,000 to 15,000 ft. altitude. B.M. 5006. 

 — Very handsome because of its purple scape and flowers. 



7. Huetiana, Boiss. Annual or biennial, l;iut grown 

 from se^-d as a hardy garden annual and used for edg- 

 ings ami borders of small beds: dwarf, about C in. high, 

 compact in growth: lvs. reniform and sballowly 5-7- 

 lotjed, the lobes obtuse or short-apiculate, long-petioled, 

 liright green in color: fls. small but very numerous, 

 long stalked in the axils, bright yellow, the petals ovate 

 or oblong: seeds small, tuberculate. Asia Minor. — Very 

 effective little plant. 



8. oppositifolia, 

 Linn. .Stem or cau- 

 dex perennial and 

 leafy, the branches 

 rising 6 in. high and 

 bearing many small 

 persistent thick se- 

 dum-like lvs., and 

 giving a moss -like 

 aspect to the plant; 

 sterile shoots with 

 lvs. im br icated in 

 four series: fls. soli- 

 tary on the ends of the annual leafy shoots, lilac or 

 w'hite, the obovate petals exceeding tliC' stamens. Rocks, 

 alpine and boreal parts of Europe and North America, 

 extending into northern Vermont. L.B.G. 9:8(19.- An 

 excellent little rock plant, making a sedum-lil^e mat, 

 tlie foliage of a purplish cast. Tliere are several cul- 

 tivated forms, as var. alba, fls. white; var. major, fls. 



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2259. Sa.xifraga crassifolia. 



