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POPULAR FLORA. 157 
%. THREE-LEAVED S. Stems spreading, 3' to 8’ high; leaves wedge-obovate or oblong, the lower ones 
in whorls of 3; the earliest flower with the parts in fives, the rest generally in fours; petals white. 
Rocky woods, S. and W. and in gardens. 8. ternatum. 
3. Hanpsome §. Stems 4! to 12' high; leaves thread-shaped; flowers crowded; petals rose-putple. 
Rocky places, 8. W. and cultivated. F 8. pulchéllum. 
4. Great §S. or LivE-For-EVER. Stems 2° high; leaves oval; flowers in a close compound cyme, 
purple. Gardens. S. Teléphium. 
42. SAXIFRAGE FAMILY. Order SAXIFRAGACEZ. 
Herbs, or in the case of Hydrangea, &c. shrubs, differing from the last in having the 
pistils fewer than the petals, and generally more or less united with each other and with 
the tube of the calyx. Petals 5 (rarely 4), on the calyx. Stamens 5 or 10, or in Mock- 
Orange many. 
Herbs. Leaves generally alternate. Petals 5. Styles only 2. 
Stamens 10, short. Petals entire. Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Pod 2-beaked or pods 2, 
many-seeded, : (Saxifraga) SAXIFRAGE. 
Stamens 5. Petals small, entire (greenish or purplish), between the short lobes of the 
bell-shaped calyx. Pod 1-celled, 2-beaked, many-seeded. Flowers in a long 
panicle, (Heuchera) ALUM-Roor. 
Stamens 10, short. Petals pinnatifid, whitish, slender. Styles and pod short, one- 
celled, the latter few-seeded at the bottom, opening across the top. Stem 
2-leaved below the slender raceme, (Mitélla) Mirreworr. 
Stamens 10, and the 2 styles much longer than the slender-clawed petals. Pod slen- 
der, few-seeded at the bottom. Flowers white in a short raceme on a 
naked scape, (Tiarélla) FausE-MiTrEewort. 
Shrubs. Leaves opposite. Tube of the calyx coherent with the ovary. Seeds many. 
Flowers small, in compound cymes; some of the marginal ones generally large and 
neutral (Fig. 169), or in cultivation nearly all the flowers becoming so. 
Petals 4 or 5. Stamens 8or10. Styles 2, diverging, and between them the 
little pod opens, (Hydréngea) HyDRaAncEa. 
Flowers large, somewhat panicled. Petals 4 or 5, white, showy. Stamens 20 or 
more. Styles 3 to 6, united below: pod with as many cells, very many- 
seeded, (Philadélphus) Mock-OrancE. 
Saxifrage. Sazifraga. 
1. Earty SaxirraGeE. Leaves all clustered at the root, obovate, toothed; scape 4! to 9! high, many- 
flowered; flowers white, in early spring. Damp rocks. S. Virginiénsis. 
2. Swamp S. Leaves all at the root, lance-oblong, 3! to 8! long; scape 1° or 2° high, clammy, bearing 
many small clustered greenish flowers. Bogs and wet ground, Ne 8. Pennsylvdnica. 
Hydrangea. Hydrangea. 
1. GARDEN HypRANGEA. Leaves very smooth; flowers mostly large neutral ones, blue, purple, or 
pink. A well-known garden and house plant. H. Horténsia. 
2. Witp H. Leaves thin, nearly smooth, sometimes heart-shaped; flowers mostly perfect, white. — 
, H. arboréscens. 
